The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• 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"
  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: Russia Reports: Donbass Dome system now covers DPR areas liberated from Ukrainian forces
  Fire reported at the chemical plant in Sterlitamak
  Russia welcomes arrival of oil tanker in Cuba amid U.S. oil blockade
• Germany: German arms manufacturer in damage control mode after PR disaster and stock slump
  
  
• Japan: First U.S. F-35A stealth fighters arrive at Misawa base in Aomori Prefecture
  
  
• Israel: Off-Ramp In Progress? Israeli Media Signals 'Completion Phase' Of Iran War
  
  

• White House:
  President Trump Acts Where Democrats Refused — Bringing Relief to TSA Workers and Travelers
  Presidential Message on National Vietnam War Veterans Day
  Russian tanker allowed to break Cuba blockade for humanitarian reasons
• 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
  Navy Commissions Submarine USS Massachusetts
  
• Senate:
  US Senators Seek To Sanction Hungary Over Obstructing Ukraine Aid
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Supreme Court refuses to hear case of Louisiana man sentenced to life imprisonment, “Tiger King” appeal
  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
  SpaceX's monster IPO is unlike anything we've seen
  NASA Selects Intuitive Machines to Deliver Artemis Science, Tech to Moon

• Countdown Begins for Artemis II crew going around the Moon
  "Surprise" X1.5 Solar Flare Detected Ahead Of NASA's Rocket Launch To Moon
  
• Ancient predator species discovered in South Africa challenges what we know about gorgonopsians
  
  

• Another Starlink satellite has inexplicably exploded
  Starcloud raises $170 million Series Ato build data centers in space
  

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