“The Trump administration has been quietly holding talks with China about its rapidly expanding nuclear arsenal amid doubts over Beijing’s compliance with a 30-year test ban,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Chinese Intelligence Aiding Iran’s Targeting of U.S. Sites
“Satellite imagery and intelligence support provided by Chinese groups has helped Iran threaten ships in the Strait of Hormuz and launch precision strikes on U.S. military bases in the Middle East, part of a dramatic improvement in Iranian targeting capabilities over the past several months,” CNN reports.
“The imagery allowed Iran to strike a U.S. base in Jordan in July, a strike that killed three American service members, with a level of precision U.S. officials believe was otherwise beyond Iran’s capabilities.”
Fighting Engulfs Yemen
“After months largely on the sidelines in the U.S.-led war against Iran, the Houthi rebels mounted a stunning offensive earlier this month along Yemen’s Red Sea coast that sent global oil markets reeling,” the Washington Post reports.
U.S. Military Lays Groundwork for Action Around Cuba
“The U.S. Army Reserve is examining whether it can provide the military’s Southern Command with police forces, medical personnel and other support units within the next four months,” CBS News reports.
“Though the message makes no reference to Cuba, the request is for continued military planning aimed at Cuba.”
Hackers Say They Have Data On All FBI Employees
“A high profile hacking group claims it has breached multiple FBI-related services and stolen data ‘on all FBI employees and applicants,'” 404 Media reports.
“The data breach could be massively significant and may have all sorts of national security and counterintelligence implications. Criminals from the same ecosystem as ShinyHunters have previously used hacked data like phone records to track, intimidate, and harass the FBI agents investigating them.”
“The highly sensitive data could also be a boon to foreign intelligence agencies who want to better understand how one of the most important law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the U.S. operates. And if the data fell into the hands of more criminals, FBI agents and their spouses could face serious threats to their safety.”
Poland Close to Deal On Second U.S. Military Base
“The U.S. and Poland are working to open a second American military base in the country that could host about 10,000 troops, Poland’s foreign minister said, as Warsaw seeks to bolster its security and Washington looks to reshape its military presence in Europe,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski: “We want the kind of U.S. presence that would reassure us, but not be threatening to Russia. We hope that President Trump keeps the promise that he has made to this effect to our president.”
Senate Republicans Defeat Latest Push to End Iran War
“With just weeks to go before midterm elections, Senate Republicans defeated a resolution to curb President Trump’s ability to wage war against Iran, even as a growing number of GOP incumbents and candidates in tough races insist they want the war to end soon,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The measure was defeated in a 50-49 vote, largely along party lines.”
Fox News: 4 GOP senators rebel against Trump on Iran war, vote with Dems to rein in authority.
NSA Paying Billions to Test AI Models
“The National Security Agency told lawmakers that it is spending billions of dollars in taxpayer funds this year evaluating and testing advanced artificial intelligence models,” the Washington Sun reports.
“The price tag — which is significantly greater than previously known — has led lawmakers to believe that a more comprehensive AI regulatory system could cost the government tens of billions of dollars per year.”
Two Democrats Will Try to Force a Vote On AI Safety
“Two Democratic senators are attempting to force a vote Thursday on a bill requiring artificial intelligence firms to submit their new models for government approval,” the Washington Sun reports.
“Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia and Brian Schatz of Hawaii will introduce a bill mandating that frontier companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI have the National Security Agency assess their models prior to release. Currently, the Trump administration has set up only an optional regime for testing the models.”
Iran Denies Dropping Preconditions
“Iran has pushed back on claims that it dropped former preconditions for reopening the strait of Hormuz in surprise talks held in New York under the mediation of Qatar between Tehran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, and Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner,” The Guardian reports.
“Trump said the three-hour talks held in a room at the UN headquarters had gone very well and been very productive. He suggested further talks were possible imminently, which led to the price of a barrel of Brent crude to fall to below $100 (£75) for the first time in two weeks. Witkoff said the talks had been ‘encouraging, constructive and successful.'”
Trump Is Losing Republicans on Iran
Punchbowl News: “More GOP candidates and incumbents are coming out against the war in Iran, as President Donald Trump’s approval ratings and public support for the now seventh-month-old conflict continue to sag…”
“These moves come as a new CNN poll showed that three-quarters of the U.S. public disapprove of the way Trump’s handled the conflict. And among Republicans, only 60% approve, a sign of major erosion in Trump’s base.”
“There’s expected to be a new public barometer shortly as the Senate votes on another Iran war powers resolution this week.”
Washington Post: Republican candidates are breaking with Trump on Iran as midterms loom.
Trump Pledges to Open New Arctic Military Bases
“President Donald Trump signed a security deal with the leaders of Greenland and Denmark on Tuesday, granting the United States wide-ranging powers to secure and defend the Arctic island as it remains Danish territory,” the Washington Post reports.
Drug Cartels Are Making Alarming Drone Advances
“The rapidly accelerating use of drones among Latin American drug cartels will significantly complicate the Trump administration’s campaign to halt the flow of illicit narcotics into the United States and eliminate the criminal networks that produce and traffic them,” the Washington Post reports.
“Of chief concern, these people said, is the continued exploitation of individuals with recent battlefield experience in the Russia-Ukraine war, a conflict that has featured near-continuous evolution in drone tactics and technology.”
Senior GOP Appropriator Won’t Fund Trump’s Arch
“Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson, a senior Appropriations Committee Republican, questioned whether federal funds should be spent on construction of President Donald Trump’s triumphal arch, which the president claimed over the weekend could be used for military purposes,” Politico reports.
Said Simpson: “There’s a lot of things that we need the military funding for — in fact, we’re short on military funding right now. If it was my choice, I wouldn’t put any of that money into the arch.”
The Guardian: Trump accused of “manufacturing a national security justification” to push arch plan.
Trump Uses ‘National Security’ to Justify Breaking Norms
“What do a White House ban on journalists, a 250-foot arch near the nation’s capital and Greenland have in common?” Axios reports.
“President Trump needs all of them for national security purposes, he and his administration have argued.”
“As he’s unilaterally shattered presidential norms, Trump has justified his sweeping policy priorities with a familiar two-word rationale: national security.”
Veteran Lawmaker Slams Hegseth Over Death Toll Tally
“Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) a U.S. Army combat veteran and member of the House Armed Services Committee, tore into Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after a new report found that more American service members have died in the Middle East amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing war with Iran than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed,” MS NOW reports.
Said Ryan: “We already knew they were, to be generous, playing around, but this is a blatant, unprecedented cover-up.”
Don’t Ask How the Iran War Ends
Elliot Cohen: “The most important facts of the conflict are its deep historical and religious roots, and the virtual absence of any possibility of a real reconciliation or lasting peacemaking, although truces and suspensions of violence have occurred and will again. The war will not end until the Islamic Republic of Iran collapses or undergoes some transformation; neither outcome is predictable, and neither may happen in the next few months or years. And if either occurs, it will probably come as a surprise.”
“That glum assessment is only one part of the picture, however. The act of fighting a war transforms many things—it throws a chessboard up in the air, and when the board lands, the pieces are in different places; even the rules of the game may have changed.”
Iran Warns ‘Geography of the War’ Would Expand
“A spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened Sunday to respond to any new U.S. assault with unspecified new weapons and an expansion of ‘the geography’ of the nearly seven-month war,” CBS News reports.
CNBC: Iran vows “painful” retaliation as Trump piles on pressure ahead of UN General Assembly meeting.
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