The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Israel bombs central Beirut, killing 6, strafes south, east Lebanon
  Iran launches ‘revenge’ missile attack on Israel after assassinations
  Israel says it has killed Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security official
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: President Trump says Iran is ready to negotiate a ceasefire but he's not ready to make a deal
  Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as it struggles with energy crisis
  Sable Offshore Corp. begins pumping oil off California coast
• China: Xi Jinping’s anticorruption drive sweeps up senior Chinese military chiefs
  China Directly Mediating Between Pakistan & Afghanistan After Weeks Of War
  
• Russia: Russia Touts Capture Of A Dozen Ukrainian Settlements In Opening Weeks Of March
  Russia Reports: Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant comes under attack
  Russian Pacific Fleet ships depart from Indian port of Visakhapatnam
• United Kingdom: Starmer says 'focus must remain on Ukraine' despite war in Iran after talks with Zelensky
  
  
• India: Two India carriers secure safe passage through Strait of Hormuz
  Watch: At UN General Assembly, India slams Pakistan’s ‘air-bombing campaigns’ during Ramadan
  Hundreds feared dead in strike on Kabul hospital
• Germany: From Economic Engine To Military Machine: Berlin's Quiet Pivot To War Economy A Challenge To EU
  
  
• Japan: 92% of job-seeking university students in Japan held offers as of Feb. 1, data shows
  
  
• Venezuela: "We're At War": Ecuador Deploys 75,000 Troops, Launches Anti-Cartel Missile Strikes; Colombia Warns "We're Being Bombed"
  Longtime Oil Exec Worked For CIA, Helped Oust Maduro
  
• Arabic Middle East UAE reopens airspace after brief shutdown as Iran attacks keep region on edge
  Iraq has resumed oil exports through Turkish port of Ceyhan
  UAE’s Fujairah oil trading hub targeted by a drone attack, causing large fire
• Israel: Jerusalem Braces For Unrest After Wartime Closure Of Al-Aqsa Mosque Through Ramadan
  Israel says Iran's security chief Ali Larijani has been killed in strike
  

• White House:
  Presidential Message on Saint Patrick’s Day and Irish American Heritage Month
  Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud
  President Trump says he thinks he will have the 'honor' of 'taking Cuba'
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• Dept of War (DoW):
  War Department Senior Leaders Prioritize Western Hemispheric Security
  The US has several options to counter Iranian mines
  Details Of Fire On US Navy's Largest Carrier Much Worse Than Previously Known
• DHS:
  US National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent resigns over Iran war
  
  
• HHS:
  Judge blocks parts of RFK Jr.'s vaccine agenda, including new childhood vaccine schedule
  
  
• DOT:
  TSA Official Warns Small U.S. Airports Could Close if Shutdown Continues
  
  
• House:
  House conservatives revolt over stalled SAVE Act
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Haitian nationals ask court to deny Trump administration’s request to remove their protected status
  Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow it to revoke protected status for Haitian nationals
  Justices will hear argument on Trump administration’s removal of protected status for Syrian and Haitian nationals

• Fed to issue its latest interest rate decision Wednesday.
  AAA National Average Gas Price Soars Most On Record
  US Pending Home Sales Barely Bounce Off Record Lows Despite Tumbling Rates In Feb

• NASA Invites Media to Learn About Upcoming X-59 (Sonic Thump) Test Flights
  
  
• An asteroid just exploded above Ohio with the force of 250 tons of TNT | Scientific American
  US Panel Could Scrap Endangered Species Protections For Gulf of America
  

• US Confirms Tesla–LG Energy Solution's $4.3 Billion LFP Battery Plant In Michigan
  Elon Musk offers warning following reports of Amazon meeting to address AI-related outage
  Nvidia’s version of OpenClaw could solve its biggest problem: security

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