The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• United States: Still Not on Board with Rule of Law: California Democrats double down with $35 Million To nurture loyalty of Illegal Immigrants
  US Ultimatum 4 Days Remaining: Iran’s FM says deal with US ‘within reach’; President Trump says he prefers diplomacy
  
• China: Iran To Buy Chinese Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles As US Carriers Near
  China imposes export controls on 20 Japanese entities to curb 'remilitarization'
  China Reportedly Reducing Investment in Africa by up To 85%
• Russia: Russia Reports: Four dead, health center destroyed as Ukraine strikes Russian regions
  Fico Threatens To Cut Ukraine's Emergency Power As Russian Oil Transit Fight Escalates
  Russia’s non-resource non-energy exports up 9.5% in 2025 to nearly $170 bln — PM
• United Kingdom: Trump Admin To Launch New Free-Speech Site To Combat Censorship Abroad
  Another Migrant Sex Offender Granted Asylum In Britain Despite Skipping Bail In Europe
  
• India: Netanyahu announces Israel-India ‘hexagon of alliances' against ‘radical axes’
  India Reports: Heat intensifies as temperature climbs to 36 degree Celsius across Erode district
  India’s AI boom pushes firms to trade near-term revenue for users
• France: France Reports:Trump pivots to domestic issues in 'surprisingly disciplined' State of the Union speech
  Louvre director resigns after heist highlights security failures
  US ambassador to France banned from meeting French government
• Germany: Germany Shows How Difficult It Is to Rewire Relations With China
  Merz heads to Beijing as Germany Inc. reels from ‘China shock’ Jobs lost and trade deficit
  
• Japan: Japan plans to deploy air defense missile units on Yonaguni Island near Taiwan in 2030
  Japan's $36 Billion Bet On US Energy Dominance
  Tokyo protests as China blocks ‘dual-use’ exports to 20 Japanese companies
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• South Korea: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un unsurprisingly re-elected as chief of Workers’ Party
  
  
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• Australia: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese evacuated from his home
  Prime minister evacuated from The Lodge following security incident
  
• Venezuela: US President announces US has received 80m barrels of Venezuelan oil; 3rd tanker seized
  Venezuela reports over 3,200 people fully released under new amnesty law
  
• Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia Records Largest Budget Deficit Since 2020
  
  
• Israel: Israeli army, settlers attack Palestinians in Hebron area of West Bank
  A Dozen US F-22 Stealth Jets Land In Israel As Iran Tensions Soar
  International Stabilization Force to start working in Gaza soon — Board of Peace
• Continental Africa: South Africa secures return of 11 men ‘lured’ into Russia-Ukraine war
  
  

• White House:
  White House Reiterates: Democrats Showed Whose Side They’re On — And it’s Not the American People
  President Trump’s Peace Through Strength: Renewed American Leadership and Global Security
  
• State Department:
  State Department orders nonessential US diplomats to leave Lebanon
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Securing Rare Earth Elements a National Security Imperative, Official Says
  Joint Interagency Task Force Announces Counter-UAS Marketplace
  DoW CIO Says 'Bold' Changes Coming to War Department IT Efforts, 2025 Award Recipients to Play Role
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• DHS:
  President Trump uses State of the Union to call for end of DHS shutdown, declares ‘war on fraud’
  
  
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• Commerce:
  Chinese Defense Labs Exploit Nearly $1 Billion In US Research Funds, Report Says
  
  
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• Senate:
  US President:As Senate Equivocates over Popular Save America Voter ID Law - Democrat-Led NYC Requires Photo ID to Shovel Snow
  
  
• House:
  Small Business Artificial Intelligence Advancement Act
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Court holds that U.S. Postal Service can’t be sued over intentionally misdelivered mail
  Court grapples with disputes over efforts to recover losses from Cuban confiscations
  Supreme Court agrees to hear case on Colorado dispute over climate change

• CECO Environmental Nears $2.2 Billion Deal for Thermon
  Bitcoin Heads for Worst Month Since Crypto Collapse of June 2022
  OpenAI Massively Cuts Spending Plan as Reality Closes in

• China tests world's first megawatt-class flying wind turbine — it generated enough energy to power a house for 2 weeks | Live Science
  Pentagon buyer: We're happy with our (space) launch industry, but payloads are lagging
  Data center builders thought farmers would willingly sell land, learn otherwise
• Alzheimer’s may begin with a silent drop in brain blood flow
  
  

• Inside Anthropic’s existential negotiations with the Pentagon
  
  
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