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February 28, 2026
Iranian State Media Confirms Supreme Leader is Dead
WORLD
World at Large:
Operation Epic Fury and the Remnants of Iran’s Nuclear Program
Pakistan bombs Kabul: Why are Afghanistan and Pakistan fighting?
Iranian Ballistic Missiles Retaliation Involves Attacks on Many Civillian Targets
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
United States:
OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon, hours after rival Anthropic was blacklisted by President Trump
China:
Google Disrupts China-Tied Cyber Campaign That Hacked 42 Countries
CCP-Linked NGO Network Prepares "Emergency Protests" In US After Trump's Iran Strikes Jeopardize Oil Flows To China
Xi Purge Latest: China's Top Legislature Abruptly Sacks 9 Top Military Officials
Russia:
Most crew members of crashed Bolivian Air Force plane survive — firefighters
Russia Condemns US Attack On Iran, Warns Of Possible 'Radiological Catastrophe'
United Kingdom:
Watch: Smoke rises in Tehran as explosions heard across country
UK Locks In Critical Minerals Deal With Kazakhstan To Cut Reliance On China
Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to India with trade on his mind.
India:
'Exercise utmost caution': India issues advisory as Israel, U.S. bombs Iran
France:
Sweden confirms Russian drone intercepted near French aircraft carrier
Japan:
Russia weighs halt to peace talks unless Ukraine cedes territory
Spain:
92% Of Illegal Arrivals At Spain's Canary Islands Are Men, And Half Of 'Unaccompanied Minors' Are Adults
South Korea:
N. Korea ships 33,000 containers of weapons to Russia
Canada:
A Montreal Narco Network Busted For Allegedly Smuggling Super Fentanyl Into America
Canada sending $8M in food aid to Cuba as humanitarian crisis deepens
Venezuela:
Venezuelan oil really available to Cuba again?
Israel:
Israel Launches Wave Of Strikes On Lebanon In Precursor To Potential Iran War
Iron Dome interceptions seen in skies above Jerusalem and Tel Aviv after night falls | AP News
UNITED STATES — GOVERNMENT
White House:
White House Releases Photos of President and Vice President Monitoring Iran Strikes
State Department:
Pursuing Sustainable Health Outcomes Under the Trump Administration’s America First Global Health Strategy in the Republic of Guatemala, the Republic of Guinea, and the Republic of El Salvador
US Again Demands Iraq End Maliki Nomination
Dept of War (DoW):
OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash
Secretary of War Ends DEI Requirements in Scouts
Army orders $186 million in Switchblade kamikaze drones, tank killers
Justice (DOJ):
FBI Raises Alert Nationwide After Strikes on Iran
HHS:
Trump Admin to Withhold $259M in Medicaid Funding to MN
House:
Bill Clinton -Epstein Depostion: No wrongdoing and no knowledge of Donald Trump Involvment with Epstein
Supreme Court:
Justices appear dubious of challenge to constitutionality of foreclosure sales
President Trump's administration asks justices to allow it to remove protected status from Syrian nationals
ECONOMY & MARKETS
Oil Shipments in Persian Gulf Already Disrupted by Iran Attack
President Trump's allies David and Larry Ellison win battle for Warner Bros. Discovery after Netflix bows out
OpenAI Secures Record $110 Billion Funding Round Backed By Amazon, Nvidia, & SoftBank | ZeroHedge
SCIENCE
SOCOM on the hunt for ‘acoustic rainbow’ tech for silencing drones
NASA Adds Mission to Artemis Lunar Program, Updates Architecture
Chesapeake Bay Locked in Ice
TECH & SECURITY
Data Broker Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses
Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance
ODDS & ENDS