The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: EU and NATO Vow to Step up Pressure on Russia after 'New Escalation' in Germany
  Homemade Rockets Reportedly Hit One of Germany's Largest Power Plants in Another Sabotage Attempt
  Solar overtakes coal as China's largest source of installed power capacity
• Security Blocs & Alliances: NATO Scrambles Fighter Jets After Drones Enter Two Nations On Same Night
  Arctic Shield: 400 Soldiers From 11 NATO Nations to Exercise Defending Greenland
  US ambassador urges NATO vigilance: boost defense spending and weapons production to prepare for emerging Russian threats
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: DOJ says states must report undocumented immigrants or lose federal funds
  Florida Governor DeSantis bans Flock cameras from state highways, warns against 'digital surveillance
  2 killed, 3 officers injured, suspect dead after shooting at downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota
• China: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in national security case
  
  
• Russia: Russia Reports Battlegroup North destroys over 240 Ukrainian dugouts, deployment sites near Kharkov
  Russia to close German cultural centers after Berlin blames Moscow for airport drone plot
  ‘Shameful’ shootout internal between Ukraine spy services
• United Kingdom: U.K. confirms Iran fired two missiles at British-American base
  UK Call for sanctions as Glasgow-linked ships carry £2.18bn Russian gas
  
• India: India rejects Hague ruling to uphold Pakistan water-sharing treaty
  
  
• Germany: Arson attack at Rohde & Schwarz: LKA suspects attempted attack
  Germany hails Israeli LORA missile after secret naval test, eyes Russia deterrence
  Germany says Russia preparing ‘hybrid’ attacks over Ukraine support
• Japan: Japan's Top Court to Test AI Use in Civil Trials
  
  
• Spain: Tens of thousands in Spain protest Ceuta border crisis
  
  
• South Korea: South Korea hastens relocations of government offices outside of Seoul to lessen the capital’s dominance
  
  
• South and Central America: Venezuela grants North American Blue Energy Partners 100-year concessions for 17 oil fields
  
  
• Saudi Arabia Qatar And UAE Turn To Rare LNG Ship Transfers As Hormuz Crisis Drags On
  
  
• Israel: EU remains divided over trade sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements
  
  
• Continental Africa: Sixteen killed in bus accident in Egypt's South Sinai, ministry says
  Continental Reinsurance Plans Botswana’s First IPO in Almost a Decade
  

• White House:
  President Trump predicts that Chicago 'will die' in response to escalating violence
  Congressional Bill H.R. 6500 Signed into Law providing continuing FY2027 appropriations for federal agencies
  White House Statement: G20 Innovation Ministerial Concludes with Consensus Statement
• State Department:
  US Department of State Responding to the Murillo-Ortega Dictatorship’s Legislative Sham to Rig Nicaragua’s Elections
  B-1/B-2 Visas Revoked of Asylum Seekers by State Department
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Pentagon makes testosterone screening mandatory for U.S. service members effective immediately
  Iran Says US Strikes Killed 18, Including Four at a Wedding
  Speculation Iran modified its rocket systems to fire mines into the Strait of Hormuz
• Justice (DOJ):
  U.S. journalist sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for acting as an illegal agent for China
  Charlie Kirk murder suspect Tyler Robinson pleads not guilty as judge clears way for death penalty trial
  
• DHS:
  DHS Secretary Mullin's plane made emergency landing after engine failure
  ICE Arrests More Than 120 Illegal Immigrants At Memphis Nightclub
  DOJ Rules States now must report undocumented immigrants to DHS or risk federal funding
• Treasury:
  US Treasury Announces the Quantum-Readiness Task Force  to strengthen cryptographic protections for sensitive data, critical infrastructure, and digital economy
  
  
• HHS:
  HHS Convenes Leaders at the Live Real Life Symposium to Address Harms of Screen Use in Children
  
  
• Senate:
  Speculation rages as Senate Leader McConnell’s absence approaches shocking 3 month 'milestone'
  Sen. Thom Tillis calls for President Trump to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
  
• House:
  US Congress rejects constitutional amendment to restrict Supreme Court size
  House votes to condemn socialism, with 8 Democrats joining Republicans
  
• Supreme Court:
  BREAKING: SCOTUS orders Michigan to respond in ballot proposal case
  
  

• OpenAI Hits Back at Apple Lawsuit Claiming It Stole Trade Secrets
  Dutch central bank moves gold bars out of U.S. and Canada, citing ‘crisis preparedness’
  Bond yields soar as fresh U.S.-Iran tensions revive inflation concerns

• Dark matter finally found? Detector spots rare unexplained event
  Google News - Fermi Explorer Mission plans 80000-year trip to Alpha Centauri
  NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider

• Russia Fails to Get Data-Link Satellites to Low Earth Orbit
  Florida bans Flock Safety cameras from state roads over privacy fears
  

• Archaeologists Discover a 4,000-Year-Old Tomb With a False Door at Egypt's Ancient Saqqara Necropolis
  Researchers Alarmed as GPS Readings Suddenly Veer Off by 33 Feet, Enough to Crash Self-Driving Cars
  Geomagnetic superstorm shook GPS accuracy across the US—its timing may have averted agricultural losses

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