The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Ahead Of US-China Summit, Beijing Tells Chinese Firms To Ignore U.S. Sanctions On "Teapot" Refineries
  Airlines can cancel flights in advance over fuel shortages under new plans
  US to cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: President Trump Says He Is Reviewing Iran’s Latest Offer but Doubts It Is Acceptable
  Alaska Governor Vetoes Election Reform Bill Due To 'Significant Operational Burdens'
  Six wounded after stabbing attack at high school in Washington state
• China: Lai smuggles himself out of Taiwan island hours after Yilan earthquake, performing laughable stunt, says FM
  China calls US hypocritical for expressing concern over Panama’s sovereignty
  Why Beijing can’t quit ‘open’ AI
• Russia: Russia Now Main Supplier Of Oil To Post-Assad Syria, Despite Pivot To West
  
  
• United Kingdom: UK exports to U.S. plunge by 25%
  Brixton drive-by shooting act of indiscriminate violence, say Met police
  UK’s Starmer eyes banning some pro-Palestine protests
• India: India's Latest Nuclear Reactor Win Can Lead To 700 Years Of Energy Security
  
  
• France: France unveils plan to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050
  
  
• Germany: Germany says US troop withdrawal 'foreseeable' as Trump warns of more 'cuts'
  
  
• Japan: Japan’s Takaichi pledges deeper energy cooperation with Vietnam
  Tanker carrying Russian oil to arrive in Japan amid Hormuz closure
  
• South Korea: South Korea holds pro-Palestine protest in solidarity with Gaza
  
  
• Australia: Austrian police arrest man after discovery of rat poison in baby food
  
  
• South and Central America: Mexican governor and mayor indicted by US for drug trafficking step down |
  US-Venezuela commercial flights restart
  
• Israel: Israel to purchase 50 F-35s, 25 new F-15s, doubling fleet sizes
  
  

• White House:
  Here's what to know about Trump executive order on retirement plans
  Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Imposes Sanctions on Cuban Regime Officials Responsible for Repression and Threats to U.S. National Security and Foreign Policy
  WATCH: Trump Announces Nearly 300,000 Illegal Aliens Removed from Social Security Rolls, Historic Purge Will Save Taxpayers Billions While Protecting Seniors’ Benefits
• State Department:
  President Trump Hits Cuba With New Sanctions; Sec Rubio Warns Of Havana's Foreign Influence Ops
  U.S. Coalition Fractures Support for the IMO Global Carbon Tax, Protecting American Economic Interests
  U.S. Sanctions Tighten Grip on Iran-China Oil Trade
• Dept of War (DoW):
  US to close its flagship Gaza mission
  Trump Officials Bypass Congress to Sell Weapons to U.A.E., Kuwait and Jordan
  U.S. Navy to Christen Future USNS Solomon Atkinson"
• Justice (DOJ):
  DOJ Releases Report Alleging Anti-Christian Bias Under Biden
  Department of Justice Seeks to Enforce Subpoena Against Hospital that Performs Sex-Rejecting Procedures on Minors
  This Week in Fraud: DOJ's New Fraud Division Announces Numerous Fraud Enforcement Actions and a New Strike Force to Investigate and Prosecute Fraud on the West Coast
• HHS:
  President Trump Announces Nearly 300,000 Illegal Aliens Removed from Social Security Rolls, Historic Purge Will Save Taxpayers Billions While Protecting Seniors’ Benefits
  
  
• Senate:
  President Trump nominates new chief of space operations subject to US Senate approval
  Senate Democrats Push Back On PresTrump's Executive Order Barring Vote-By-Mail
  Judiciary Committee Advances Two Bipartisan Bills Four Federal Judges U.S. Marshal and U.S. Attorney
• Supreme Court:
  Federal Court Blocks Abortion Drug Mifepristone From Being Sent Via Mail
  Judge Blocks Enforcement Of Colorado's New DEI-Driven AI Law
  

• Tether Reports $1.04B Profit In Q1 As Treasury Holdings Top $140BN
  GameStop CEO Prepares Takeover Bid For eBay
  Exxon Profit Surprises Analysts Despite Iran War’s Tumult

• The RAMpocalypse has bought Microsoft valuable time in the fight against SteamOS
  
  

• Meta has acquired the humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence in its quest for humanoid robots
  First US Integrated Humanoid Robot Factory To Build 100,000 NEO Robots By 2027
  The U.S. Wants To Ban Chinese Cars, But They're Already At The Gate

• Hawaii Has America's Highest Life Expectancy, West Virginia The Lowest
  Area 51 just had 17 earthquakes in a single day
  

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