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• World at Large: Crucial E-3 Sentry Aircraft Damaged in Saudi Base Attack
  Iranian attack damages Kuwait power and desalination plant, kills worker
  Two Chinese Container Ships That Were Previously Turned Back By Iran, Now Allowed To Transit Hormuz Strait
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Major US airports return to normal as TSA workers get paid
  President Trump reports Iran Agreed to Send 20 Oil Tankers Through Strait of Hormuz
  Eli Lilly signs $2bn deal for AI drug development with Hong Kong biotech
• China: China Flexes Robot Wolves With Machine Guns And A "Collective Brain" | ZeroHedge
  China's Advertises Breakthrough Lithium Battery Could Double EV Range To 600+ Miles, Survive -94°F Temp
  China's EV Giant BYD Misses Earnings, Enters Brutal New Phase Of Competition
• Russia: Fire reported at the chemical plant in Sterlitamak
  Russia welcomes arrival of oil tanker in Cuba amid U.S. oil blockade
  
• United Kingdom: North Sea Oil Fight Escalates As Starmer Cites Legal Limits
  
  
• France: "Clearly A Concerted Effort": Foiled Terror Attack At BofA's Paris HQ Tied To Mideast War
  Mediation talks in Islamabad: Middle East powers meet to discuss how to end the fighting
  Two new arrests over bomb bid outside U.S. bank in Paris
• Australia: Chevron Says Damage at Wheatstone LNG Will Hamper Restart
  
  
• Israel: Off-Ramp In Progress? Israeli Media Signals 'Completion Phase' Of Iran War
  
  

• White House:
  Presidential Message on National Vietnam War Veterans Day
  Russian tanker allowed to break Cuba blockade for humanitarian reasons
  New White House App Delivers Unparalleled Access to the Trump Administration
• State Department:
  Sec Rubio: The objectives of the operation are to destroy the Iranian navy, their defense industrial base, and their ability to manufacture missile launchers.
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  The U.S. Now Has Over 50,000 Troops in the Middle East
  Iran Destroys US AWACS Jet At Saudi Airbase
  
• DHS:
  President Trump signs TSA pay memo but unclear when workers will see back pay
  
  
• Senate:
  US Senators Seek To Sanction Hungary Over Obstructing Ukraine Aid
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Court to hear argument on claim of racial discrimination in jury selection
  The key arguments in the birthright citizenship case
  

• US Office-To-Apartment Conversions Hit New Record: Report
  German arms manufacturer in damage control mode after PR disaster and stock slump
  SpaceX's monster IPO is unlike anything we've seen

• NASA Selects Intuitive Machines to Deliver Artemis Science, Tech to Moon
  "Surprise" X1.5 Solar Flare Detected Ahead Of NASA's Rocket Launch To Moon
  

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