DEFENSE

Covers global military posture, modernization programs, weapons procurement, and force readiness. Tracks joint exercises, strategy shifts, and military-industrial output across conventional and emerging domains. Includes long-term capability development, defense spending, and global force projection by peer and near-peer states.

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DEFENSE

Trump: FISA Re-Authorization Must Include SAVE America Act

President Trump said on Sunday that he will not support renewing a key government surveillance authority unless Congress also passes the SAVE America Act, his stalled elections overhaul, tying together two measures that have nothing to do with each other and complicating an already stalled effort to revive the spy

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By: Atlas

President Announces Peace Deal With Iran

The United States and Iran reached an initial agreement on Sunday to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a breakthrough that, if it holds, would close out more than three months of fighting that killed thousands and convulsed the global economy. Pakistan, which mediated the talks, announced

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4 Min
By: Atlas

U.S. Strikes Iran After Downing Of U.S. Helicopter

The U.S. military struck Iran on Tuesday evening, hitting air defenses and radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz a day after Iranian forces brought down an Army Apache helicopter over the same waters. Central Command said the operation began at 5 p.m. Eastern at President Donald Trump&

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Zelensky Attends Nordic-Baltic Summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Nordic and Baltic leaders in Tallinn on Tuesday, using a summit of some of Kyiv's staunchest backers to offer up the one thing Ukraine now has in abundance: hard-won expertise in shooting down drones. The gathering brought together the prime ministers

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4 Min
By: Atlas

U.S. House Passes Legislation To Fund I.C.E. & Border Patrol For 3 Years

The House narrowly passed a roughly $70 billion bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol on Tuesday, locking in money for the two agencies through the end of President Trump's term and handing him a major win on the issue he has made central

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Pentagon Furthers Scrutiny Of Several Heavyweight Chinese Companies

The Pentagon expanded its roster of Chinese firms it says support Beijing's military on Monday, adding some of China's best-known brands, including the e-commerce giant Alibaba, the search company Baidu, and the electric-car maker BYD. The update brought the list to 188 companies,

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4 Min
By: Atlas

President Xi Bolsters Relationship With North Korea In Pyongyang

Xi Jinping landed in Pyongyang on Monday for a two-day state visit, his first trip to North Korea in nearly seven years and his first journey outside China this year. Kim Jong Un met him on the tarmac at Sunan airport, and what followed was a display North Korea

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Senate Passes $70 Billion Dollar Bill For I.C.E. & Border Patrol

The Senate voted 52-47 early Friday to give Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol $70 billion, breaking a funding blockade that had left both agencies running without regular appropriations since February. The vote came shortly before 5 a.m., capping an all-night session, and now moves

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3 Min
By: Atlas

ODNI Head Pulte Encouraged By Trump To Cut Staff

President Donald Trump said Friday he has directed incoming acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte to begin firing large numbers of employees at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as part of a broader shake-up of the U.S. intelligence community, escalating an already contentious appointment

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5 Min
By: Atlas

Cambodia Takes Thailand To U.N. Court Over Maritime Dispute

Cambodia formally filed a request on Tuesday for compulsory conciliation proceedings against Thailand under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, escalating a long-running maritime boundary dispute over an estimated $300 billion in offshore oil and gas reserves and ending decades of bilateral diplomacy that Cambodia

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Iran Attacks U.S. Bases In Kuwait

Iranian forces launched at least five ballistic missiles toward American military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain on Tuesday evening, drawing immediate retaliatory strikes from the United States on a missile facility on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz and pushing what remains of a fragile ceasefire between Washington and

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Israeli PM Warns Of Further Breaches Into Lebanon To Fight Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said the country would deepen and expand its operations inside southern Lebanon, calling the Israeli military's capture of the strategic Beaufort Castle "a dramatic shift" in Israeli policy toward Hezbollah and signaling that the current ground offensive will push

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