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Iran demands concessions from US as it nears Strait of Hormuz deal with Oman. Pentagon presses defense firms to build weapons as Iran war depletes stocks—AND MORE
CNN: Iran and Oman have each signaled they are close to a deal on managing the key waterway, but Iranian officials insist the strait will…
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Revealed: British PM Burnham adviser’s ‘irresponsible’ China links
Telegraph: Aide co-founded think tank with ex-Xinhua employee whose state media background was wiped from internet before launch…
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
The Guardian: An American oil company connected to Donald Trump is preparing to sink wells in remote Greenland despite not having received…
‘Is she even allowed to be doing this?’: Inside federal judge’s side gig running PR firm
Politico: Jennifer Mascott, a former conservative law professor who sits on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, was deeply involved in daily…
He had tenure. The New School laid him off anyway.
New York Times: Professor Sanjay Reddy had been bluntly critical for years about how his university, the New School in New York City, managed…
Pentagon strips security clearance from former Air Force secretary
Washington Post: Trump administration officials accused Frank Kendall of disclosing “classified information regarding Air Force One’s capabilities.”…
Senate narrowly approves Blanche as AG, capping tough confirmation fight
Washington Post: “Mr. Blanche is not perfect, and he will tell you this, but the choice is not between perfection and Mr. Blanche,” Cassidy…
Trump amps up pressure on billionaire Sargeant to exit Venezuela
Bloomberg: The Treasury Department on Friday froze the assets of Sargeant’s offshore company that participates in Venezuelan oil-producing…
Trump increasingly frustrated with his Homeland Security Secretary
Wall Street Journal: The frustration reached a peak in early August when Mullin, speaking in Oklahoma City at a meeting of the National…
Top US general in Europe abruptly removed from command
ABC: Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza, commander of the Army’s V Corps, was removed from command in recent days, according to a service spokesperson,…
Argentina renews US$19 billion China currency swap, brushing off Washington’s pressure
SCMP: Buenos Aires locks in the yuan line until 2031, months after the US Treasury Department offered a rival facility…
DOGE’s claim of $110B in savings was vastly inflated and riddled with errors: GAO
ABC: A new review by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found the site’s claim of $110 billion in taxpayer savings was vastly inflated…
State Dept wants Palantir’s advice on free speech and “countering digital surveillance”
The Intercept: The Trump administration tapped a surveillance giant with a record of attacking the press to advise the State Department on…
Ex-Pentagon employee described seeing ‘translucent triangle’ fly overhead in 2023 UFO sighting
New York Post: The summary report adds that the UFO “looked like a perfect triangle … without any extra wings, fins, or any bubble for the…
Trump says he’ll bring ballroom fight to Supreme Court after lower court halts work
Washington Post: “Each President is a temporary tenant, not the owner, of the White House and its Executive Residence,” Judges Patricia A.…
US euro sale to prop up yen blindsided ECB
Financial Times: The lack of co-ordination highlights the unusual nature of the first joint Washington-Tokyo effort to boost the yen in almost…
U.S. intel links Russia to explosive drone at German airport
Wall Street Journal: An explosive-laden drone discovered at an airport in Germany this week likely belongs to the Russian government,…
OpenAI pauses some work on new AI model over cybersecurity concerns
Wall Street Journal: OpenAI is pausing some activities involving an upcoming artificial-intelligence model, Astra, after internal evaluations…
Trump’s top general ‘looking for off-ramp’ from Iran war. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan agree to NATO-style defense pact—AND MORE
CNN: “Caine is looking for an off ramp,” one of the sources said bluntly. Caine is not alone in his view that the war has reached a…
U.S. intel finds Putin could test NATO’s resolve with limited incursion
Wall Street Journal: Russian President Vladimir Putin could try to test NATO’s resolve with a limited assault on an allied country in the next…
Trump again tries to curb birthright citizenship and ‘birth tourism’ through executive action
CNN: He signed executive orders on the subject Thursday, which appear to largely tighten laws already in place and narrow recognized…
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