The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: UK police probe possible Iran link after Jewish charity ambulances set on fire
  QatarEnergy declares force majeure on long‑term LNG contracts removing 12.8 million tonnes per year of LNG from the global market for 3–5 years
  Belated Response: NATO Allies ‘Coming Together’ to Secure Strait of Hormuz, UN Sec Mark Rutte Says
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Valero Port Arthur Tx Refinery Has Fire at Diesel Hydrotreater
  Hawaii storms have caused $1bn in damage, governor says
  MASS CASUALTY EVENT: Air Canada Plane Collides with Firetruck at LaGuardia Airport
• Russia: Putin congratulates Kim Jong Un on his re-election
  Iran Phones Russia Immediately On Heels Of Trump's Announcement Of US-Iran Talks
  
• France: EU and Australia sign sweeping free trade pact and agree to boost defence ties
  French Election: Socialists Secure Paris, LePen's Populists Make Historic Local Gains
  
• Germany: "Far-Right" AfD Party Makes Historic Gains In German State Elections
  
  
• 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
  
• South and Central America: Russia-Linked Arms Trafficker, Corrupt African Officials Tried To Supply Mexican Cartel With Surface-To-Air Missiles
  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
  
  

• White House:
  President Trump’s ‘Memphis Safe Task Force’ Delivers Crushing Blow to Crime
  DHS Shutdown Enters 35th Day as Airports Plunge into Chaos, Frontline Workers Suffer
  
• State Department:
  State Department launches effort to counter cyberattacks, AI risks from Iran, others
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Japan’s new ‘ugly duckling’ electronic-warfare aircraft takes to the sky
  US Marines arrive. 82nd Airborne reportedly on the way to Iran
  US Marines Forge New Role for Collective Arctic Defense During NATO Exercise
• 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
  
• Energy:
  Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms
  
  
• Commerce:
  FCC Bans Foreign-Made Wireless Routers
  
  
• Senate:
  JUST IN: Senate Votes 54-45 to Confirm Markwayne Mullin as DHS Chief - One Republican Votes No (VIDEO)
  Senate rejects DHS funding bill a fifth time
  Senators introduce bill to ban sports betting on prediction markets
• Supreme Court:
  Unanimous court allows street preacher’s free speech case to move forward
  Unanimous court allows street preacher’s free speech case to move forward
  Justices to consider arbitration exemption for “last-mile” drivers

• Quantifying The Total Oil Supply Shock: 16MMB/d Today, 10MMb/d In April
  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

• NASA Head Adds Lunar Base, Nuclear-Powered Mars Rocket To Space Road Map
  Tropical Cyclone Narelle Crosses Australia
  NASA Data Hackathon Inspires Community Action

• 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
  The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the US

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