SITUATION REPORT

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SITUATION REPORT

Obama Era Greenhouse Gas Regulations To Get Repealed

The Trump administration will formally rescind the 2009 endangerment finding on Thursday, eliminating the legal foundation the federal government has used for more than 16 years to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the move during a briefing on Tuesday,

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By: Atlas

Israeli Cabinet Approves Expanded Annexation Of West Bank, Western Allies Voice Disapproval

Israel's security cabinet on Sunday approved a package of measures that significantly expand Israeli administrative and legal control over the occupied West Bank, drawing immediate condemnation from Western allies, Arab states, and the United Nations. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the changes in

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5 Min
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Netanyahu Meets Trump In D.C. Today For 6th Time Since Trump’s Inauguration

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington yesterday for a meeting with President Trump today, accelerating a visit originally scheduled for February 18. The trip — Netanyahu's sixth to the United States since Trump's second inauguration — was moved up after the conclusion of indirect U.S.

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5 Min
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Ukraine To Open Weapon Export Centers In Policy Pivot

Ukraine will open 10 weapons export centers across Europe in 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Saturday, a move that formally transforms a country once dependent on foreign military aid into an active seller of battlefield-tested arms. The centers will be established in Baltic and Northern European countries, all of

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5 Min
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Cuba Forces Flight Cancellations As Fuel Rations Go Into Effect

Cuban aviation authorities issued notices to international airlines late Sunday warning that jet fuel will not be available at nine airports across the island starting Tuesday. The restriction, published through a formal Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) on the Federal Aviation Administration's website, covers every major international airport

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By: Atlas

Vance Inks Armenia Nuclear Deal, Becomes First Sitting Oval Office Official To Visit

Vice President JD Vance arrived in Yerevan on Monday, becoming the first sitting U.S. president or vice president to visit Armenia. He met with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the President's Residence, where the two completed negotiations on a civil nuclear energy agreement and discussed the status

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By: Atlas

China Sentences Free Speech Advocate To Twenty Years In Prison

A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced Jimmy Lai, the 78-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, to 20 years in prison — the longest term ever imposed under the national security law Beijing placed on the territory in 2020. Three judges handpicked by Hong Kong'

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6 Min
By: Atlas

U.K. PM Starmer Faces Heightened Political Pressure Amidst Chief Of Staff Resignation

Morgan McSweeney, the political strategist who engineered Keir Starmer's rise to power and served as the prime minister's most trusted adviser inside Downing Street, resigned on Sunday. He said he took "full responsibility" for advising Starmer to appoint Peter Mandelson as Britain's

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5 Min
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Japan’s Ruling Party Wins Super Majority In Snap Election

Sanae Takaichi wagered her premiership on a winter snap election — called just three months after she took office — and won in commanding fashion. Her Liberal Democratic Party swept to 316 seats in Japan's 465-member House of Representatives on Sunday, well beyond the 233 needed for a simple

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5 Min
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Key Suspect In 2012 Benghazi Terror Attack Has Been Captured

More than 13 years after militants stormed the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, and killed four U.S. citizens, federal authorities have brought a third suspect to American soil to stand trial. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that Zubayar al-Bakoush, a 58-year-old Libyan national, arrived

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5 Min
By: Atlas

Congressional Leaders Clash Over Proposed SAVE Act

A Republican elections bill that nearly torpedoed a government funding deal this week is now headed for a vote in the House — and an almost certain wall of Democratic opposition in the Senate that could force a confrontation over the filibuster itself. The SAVE America Act, formally the Safeguard American

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6 Min
By: Atlas

Virginia Officials Move Forward With New Congressional Map, Heavily Favoring Democrat Interests

Virginia's Democratic legislative majority released a proposed congressional map on Thursday evening that would give their party a commanding advantage in 10 of the state's 11 U.S. House districts — a move that, if enacted, would represent one of the most aggressive partisan gerrymanders anywhere in

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