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U.S. weapons shortage from Iran war alarms allies confronting China. Iran inflicted billions in damage to U.S. intelligence sites—AND MORE
Washington Post: The massive expenditure of U.S. munitions in the Middle East is increasingly worrying Asian allies and frustrating Pentagon officials overseeing the Indo-Pacific, who…
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Why did John Ratcliffe go to Moscow?
Thomas Wright/The Atlantic: On his way to Moscow, Ratcliffe stopped in Latvia. Today, the Latvian prime minister called the trip a “very good…
Ex-DOD worker admits trying to trade classified info for foreign citizenship
Washington Post: Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of delivering defense information to aid a foreign government, an…
US aims to revive civil war-era court to claim Iran oil as prize
Bloomberg: Reviving prize courts, which is expected to face legal challenges, is intended to strengthen the blockade of Iran and offset the…
Why carmakers staying quiet despite ‘cataclysmic’ Canada tariff threat
Politico: But as they wait for tempers to cool in Ottawa and Washington, carmakers are taking a soft touch approach to lobbying the Trump…
OpenAI says it took week to detect its AI models had hacked Hugging Face
Financial Times: In a report on the incident on Wednesday, OpenAI said the safety systems designed to spot problematic model behaviours during…
CIA chief used Moscow visit to warn Russia against attacks on NATO allies, helping Iran
Politico: CIA Director John Ratcliffe warned Russian officials in Moscow this week not to escalate conflict with America’s NATO allies, in…
US says Chinese hackers hit hospitals, NASA, Senate and more
CNN: Hackers affiliated with the Chinese military and intelligence services allegedly used a Chinese tech company to try to cover their…
Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $18bn
The Guardian: US tech giant agrees to establish further protections for teens such as daily usage limits and blocks on night-time use..
Before Hegseth fired him, top general was advised to drop Kid Rock probe
Washington Post: Gen. Randy George, whom Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed as the Army chief of staff without explanation, felt it was…
Putin moves to escalate war in Ukraine with talks at dead end
Bloomberg: Russia is preparing to escalate attacks on Ukraine after concluding that negotiations for a peace deal have reached a dead end,…
As Europe eyes Russia in sabotage attacks, some in Germany urge tougher stance
Washington Post: “It could have been a total disaster, a serious military strike on a German airport,” said Konstantin von Notz, a German…
French intelligence chief warns of more ‘violent, hostile action’ after Leipzig drone attack
Politico EU: Céline Berthon, director-general of the DGSI, cited this month’s discovery of an explosive device near a Ukrainian cargo plane at…
State-backed hackers targeted EU officials on WhatsApp, document shows
Politico: Foreign governments have been trying to hack the messaging accounts of high-ranking European Union officials, the bloc’s cyber…
Hegseth’s purge of top generals leaves army rudderless
New York Times: A long-term worry is that the firings send a message that officers who provide frank military advice or fail ideological…
Is Mojtaba Khamenei dead?
The Atlantic: Some sources inside and close to the government speculated to me that Mojtaba recently died from the injuries that he had…
Maximum pressure on Iran will fail
Nate Swanson/Foreign Affairs: The irony of Trump’s failed war on Iran—and his stop-start negotiations to try to end it—is that it has so…
Why Israeli authorities are encouraging settler violence against Palestinians
New Yorker: Retired I.D.F. colonel Doron Meiner, who was arrested while trying to protect a Palestinian community from settlers in the West…
OpenAI’s head of data centers has left company
Wall Street Journal: Chris Malone joins a string of recent high-level executive departures as the AI giant heads toward an IPO and ramps up…
Deloitte to pay Trump admin $21.5mn to settle ‘discriminatory’ practices investigation
Financial Times: The accounting and consulting firm set race- and sex-based goals for the make-up of its workforce and tied tens of thousands…
Boss of Trump Jr-backed start-up donated to Republicans after winning US contract
Financial Times: The boss of a defence manufacturing start-up backed by Donald Trump Jr’s investment firm donated almost $450,000 to…
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