SITUATION REPORT

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SITUATION REPORT

Dozens Dead And Over 100 Wounded In Nigerian Suicide Bombings

Three suspected suicide bombers struck the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Monday evening, killing at least 23 people and wounding 108 others in near-simultaneous attacks on two busy markets and the entrance of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. Police confirmed the toll Tuesday and said an investigation

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By: Atlas

Senior U.S. Counterterrorism Official Resigns Over Iran War

Joe Kent resigned as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, becoming the first senior Trump administration official to leave his post over the war in Iran. In a public resignation letter, Kent wrote that he could not “in good conscience” continue serving while the United States remained engaged in the

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5 Min
By: Atlas

Analysis: North Koreans Infiltrating Remote Work Jobs

North Korean operatives have embedded themselves inside American companies by posing as legitimate remote technology workers, using stolen identities, AI-generated credentials, and U.S.-based infrastructure to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars annually back to Pyongyang, according to U.S. officials and cybersecurity investigators. The scheme has expanded

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5 Min
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Afghanistan Reports 400 Dead In Pakistan Strike On Kabul

Afghanistan accused Pakistan's military Monday night of striking a drug rehabilitation hospital in the capital, Kabul, killing at least 400 people and wounding approximately 250 others — the deadliest single incident in three weeks of escalating cross-border fighting between the two countries. The strike hit the Omar Addiction

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Nationwide Blackout Hits Cuba

Cuba's national electric grid went dark Monday in a complete island-wide blackout, leaving approximately 10 million people without power as the country's energy crisis reaches a breaking point. It was the third major blackout in four months — and the most severe sign yet that decades

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4 Min
By: Atlas

Appeal Trial Begins For Former French President

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy returned to court in Paris to appeal his conviction in the case centered on alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign. The appeal hearing reopened one of the most consequential legal proceedings involving a former French head of state, revisiting a ruling that last

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4 Min
By: Atlas

U.S. Invokes Defense Production Act To Restore Oil Operations In California

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on March 13 directed Houston-based Sable Offshore Corp. to restore operations at the Santa Ynez Unit and Santa Ynez Pipeline System off the coast of Santa Barbara, invoking the Defense Production Act — a Cold War-era law that grants the executive branch broad authority over

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4 Min
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Sec. Bessent Leads Talks With China On Trade Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer sat down Sunday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at the headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, opening a two-day round of trade negotiations that both governments are treating as the last

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4 Min
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Trump Calls On Coalition Of Countries To Open Hormuz

President Donald Trump on Saturday called on a coalition of major powers to dispatch warships to the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which one-fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas normally flows, as the Iran war entered its third week with no end

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5 Min
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SNAP Recipients Sue Federal Government Over Restrictions On Sugar

Five SNAP recipients went to federal court March 11, suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture over waivers that block them from using their benefits to buy sugary drinks, candy, and prepared desserts. The plaintiffs are from Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee, and West Virginia. The National Center for Law and

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3 Min
By: Atlas

Trump Suspends Jones Act In Attempt To Lower Oil Prices

The Trump administration is moving to suspend the Jones Act, a 1920 maritime law that limits domestic waterborne cargo to American-built, American-flagged, American-crewed vessels. The suspension would let foreign-flagged tankers move oil, gasoline, and other petroleum products between U.S. ports, trade that ships are currently

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3 Min
By: Atlas

U.S. To Deploy 2,500 Marines To The Middle East

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed off on the deployment March 13 after U.S. Central Command put in the request. Roughly 2,500 Marines are heading to the Middle East, along with the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli, a vessel based in Japan that, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary

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