The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Iran hits Kuwait airport and a tanker off Qatar while strikes batter Tehran
  FBI declares suspected Chinese hack of US surveillance system a ‘major cyber incident’
  U.S. Drops Bunker Buster Bombs on Iranian Ammunition Depot
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: First Valero Refinery, Now Largest U.S. Gasoline Pipeline Damaged In Georgia
  Artemis II: Nasa mission takes off heading on historic trip around Moon
  President Trump’s speech includs threat to hit Iran 'extremely hard' jolts global stocks, bonds and oil
• China: China Tests World's Heaviest 7-Ton Cargo Drone With 1,850-Mile Range For Recon Ops
  China's Sci-Fi Boom Drives Record Revenue Growth
  
• Russia: Russian military plane crash kills 29 in occupied Crimea
  
  
• United Kingdom: Mandelson tried to get Epstein’s ‘goddaughter’ access to 10 Downing Street
  A National Calamity': 1 In 8 UK Children Reported As Disabled By Parents
  
• India: India Unveils AI Kamikaze Drone As Global Powers Rush To Acquire Cheap Loitering Munitions
  India begins world’s largest population census
  
• France: France Approves Record Number Of Asylum Applications In 2025, Up 12% YoY
  
  
• Germany: Germany's Merz Expects 80% Of Syrians To Return Home Within 3 Years
  
  
• Japan: Japan deploys its first long-range missiles
  Burkina Faso and Mali troops kill more civilians than jihadists do, data shows
  
• Saudi Arabia Dubai Crackdown Hits Iran's Economic Lifeline, Squeezes IRGC Networks
  Zelenskyy visits the UAE and Qatar as Russia launches new attacks on Ukraine
  
• Israel: Israel Halts Arms Purchases From France In Rebuke For Iran War Stance
  
  

• White House:
  President Trump Delivers Powerful Primetime Address on Operation Epic Fury
  President Trump’s Clear and Unchanging Objectives Drive Decisive Success Against Iranian Regime
  Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures Citizenship Verification and Voter Eligibility in Federal Elections
• State Department:
  Ensuring the Safety of American Citizens Overseas - United States Department of State
  Resumption of Operations at U.S. Embassy Caracas - United States Department of State
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  DOW Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down
  US Objectives in Iran Near Completion, Terrorist Nation 'Bully No Longer'
  3rd Special Forces Group Pioneers Transformation for Multidomain Operations
• Justice (DOJ):
  Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general
  
  
• Senate:
  US Senators Unveil 'Mined In America Act' To Reshore BTC Mining, Codify Bitcoin Strategic Reserve
  US lawmakers visit Taiwan, voice support for stalled defense budget
  Senators Plan Taiwan Trip Ahead Of Trump's Summit With Xi Jinping
• House:
  House GOP relents on DHS funding plan
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Supreme Court appears likely to side against birthright citizenship
  Supreme Court sides with therapist in challenge to Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy”
  Supreme Court refuses to hear case of Louisiana man sentenced to life imprisonment, “Tiger King” appeal

• Oil prices rise over 7% as President's speech leads to uncertainty on Iran war
  US Mortgage Rates March Higher to Seven-Month High of 6.57%
  US Firm Takes Control Of One Of The "World's Largest" Cobalt Producers

• Artemis II, NASA's boldest mission in generations, launches crew to the Moon
  Here's what that Claude Code source leak reveals about Anthropic's plans
  NASA's Artemis 2 Mission Launches, Sending Humans Toward the Moon for the First Time in More Than 50 Years

• CEO Of Largest Public Hospital System Says He's Ready To Replace Radiologists With AI
  AI benchmarks are broken. Here’s what we need instead. | MIT Technology Review
  NASA is going back to the moon. What to know about Artemis II

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