The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Belated Response: NATO Allies ‘Coming Together’ to Secure Strait of Hormuz, UN Sec Mark Rutte Says
  Tanker Carrying Fuel Bound For Cuba Diverts, While Another Russian Tanker Is Set To Challenge US Blockade
  Cuba’s power grid collapses leaving the country without electricity, again
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Hawaii storms have caused $1bn in damage, governor says
  MASS CASUALTY EVENT: Air Canada Plane Collides with Firetruck at LaGuardia Airport
  Work from home, drive slower and don't use gas cookers: IEA advice on weathering the global energy crisis
• Russia: Putin congratulates Kim Jong Un on his re-election
  Iran Phones Russia Immediately On Heels Of Trump's Announcement Of US-Iran Talks
  Russia Reports: Ukraine’s military shells Russia’s borderline Kursk Region over 50 times in past day
• United Kingdom: Foreign secretary denounces 'reckless Iran threats' after missiles fired at Diego Garcia
  
  
• France: French Election: Socialists Secure Paris, LePen's Populists Make Historic Local Gains
  
  
• Germany: "Far-Right" AfD Party Makes Historic Gains In German State Elections
  
  
• Japan: Iran Ready To Let Japanese Ships Use Hormuz As Chinese, Indian Tankers Already Allowed Passage
  
  
• South Korea: South Korea Nominates BIS Official Shin as New BOK Governor
  
  
• Australia: Glitch Shuts Australia's Biggest Maker Of Vital Fertilizer Input For 2 Months At Worst Possible Time
  Hundreds Of Gas Stations Run Dry In Australia As Hormuz Shock Exposes Energy Security Failures
  Iran may be using China’s advanced satellite system, ambassador concedes
• South and Central America: At least 1 dead, 77 injured as Colombian military plane carrying more than 100 personnel crashes on takeoff
  
  
• Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia & UAE Inch Closer To Joining US-Israeli War in Punishing Iran
  
  
• Israel: Iranian army delivers drone strike on Israel’s Ben Gurion airport
  Iran strikes towns near Israel’s nuclear site, wounds over 100
  

• White House:
  US Removes Sanctions On Iranian Oil Stranded At Sea To Boost Overall Supply
  Democrats’ DHS Shutdown Enters 35th Day as Airports Plunge into Chaos, Frontline Workers Suffer
  President Trump threatens huge attack if Iran does not reopen strait of Hormuz within 48 hours
• State Department:
  US Expedites Sale of Weapons to U.A.E., Kuwait and Jordan
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Japan’s new ‘ugly duckling’ electronic-warfare aircraft takes to the sky
  Iran Fires Missiles at Far-Off Diego Garcia Base, but U.S. Remains Out of Range
  Pentagon to adopt Palantir Mavin AI as core US military system
• Justice (DOJ):
  Super Micro (SMCI) charged with illegally routing billions of dollars’ worth of Nvidia-powered servers into China
  Robert Mueller, ex-FBI director at center of political tempest, dies at 81
  
• DHS:
  Elon Musk Offers To Pay TSA Salaries, President Trump Threatens To Deploy ICE As Senate Holds DHS Funding Hostage
  ICE officers deployed at airports amid shutdown chaos
  Even Skeptics Forced To Admit ICE Helped Airport Wait Times
• Treasury:
  US Treasury To Partner With Education Department To Collect Student Loan Debt
  
  
• HHS:
  Trump HHS Launches Probe Into 13 States Over Abortion Coverage Mandates
  "The Numbers Are Shocking": California Faces Scrutiny Over Hospice Fraud
  
• DOT:
  Trump Admin Strikes Deal With Energy Firm To Nix Offshore Wind Plans
  
  
• Energy:
  Report: US President Trump’s Nudges Silicon Vally to look at Nuclear Power amid skeptics
  
  
• Commerce:
  FCC Bans Foreign-Made Wireless Routers
  
  
• Senate:
  Senate rejects DHS funding bill a fifth time
  Senators introduce bill to ban sports betting on prediction markets
  Senate Works Through Weekend Debating SAVE America Act
• Supreme Court:
  Unanimous court allows street preacher’s free speech case to move forward
  Justices to consider arbitration exemption for “last-mile” drivers
  Supreme Court live updates: Justices hear case on mail-in ballots

• Blackstone's Flagship Private Credit Fund, World's Largest, Posts First Monthly Loss Since 2022
  OpenAI Lures Private-Equity Firms With 17.5% Guaranteed Returns As AI Rivals Race For Enterprise Deals
  Amid Shortage Fears, ASP Isotopes Completes Drilling For Helium Project Ahead Of Schedule

• We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what's it telling us?
  NASA’s X-59 Experimental Supersonic Aircraft Makes Second Flight
  Archaeologists Unearth Traces of a Mysterious Medieval City That Was Abandoned Under Puzzling Circumstances Hundreds of Years Ago

• Elon Musk announces ‘Terrafab’ project, will produce own AI chips to service Tesla, SpaceX's space computing goals
  Ukrainian troops say they're combat-testing exoskeletons that can fit in a briefcase and help them run 12 mph
  OpenAI cofounder says he hasn't written a line of code in months and is in a 'state of psychosis'

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