U.S. foreign and defense policy: CENTCOM operations, White House diplomacy, Congress and Washington’s role in the world’s conflicts.
Boeing beat Northrop Grumman for the Navy’s F/A-XX carrier fighter, a $20B-plus development deal. What is known, what is classified and the risks ahead.
IEEPA tariff refunds: CBP says about $126B is paid or sent for payment, and a trade court certified a class for importers who never filed. What it means.
Cuba drills neighborhood defense zones on National Defense Day, Díaz-Canel says no fuel ship has docked in nine months, and Havana’s grid runs 174 MW short.
PLA sorties near Taiwan jump to 21 as Lai defends defense spending on National Day, China claims a Senkaku patrol, and US-Korea intelligence friction surfaces.
The Department of War paired $200M in DARPA funding with a conditional $150M PsiQuantum loan and workshops on military uses for quantum computers.
The US keeps Cuba on Tier 3 over forced labor in its medical missions, Havana rejects US authority over its fuel trade, and the grid runs 1,206 MW short.
China’s coast guard delays a Philippine medevac at Second Thomas Shoal by 10 hours, Washington warns Beijing over Taiwan, and the Koreas clash at the UN.
Day-by-day Taiwan defense ministry counts of PLA aircraft and ships, a rare U.S.–PLA commanders’ meeting and Beijing’s protests: September in review.
Tanker strikes, missiles at Gulf bases, Houthi attacks and stalled talks on the Strait of Hormuz: a dated timeline of September’s U.S.–Iran war.
AeroVironment, Epirus, Kord and Boeing laser and microwave weapons will face drones in a yearlong Pentagon trial at five U.S. military bases.
Rubio and Gerapetritis unveil arms sales, Strykers and a Florida Guard link in Athens; Greece offers conditional naval help in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Office of Strategic Capital offers Wolfspeed a 30-year loan for silicon carbide and GaN chips used in radars and drones, pending due diligence.
Reuters says State Department intelligence chief Michael Vance met Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw, with scam centers and rare earths on the agenda.
Tehran says it fixed safe Hormuz corridors with Muscat, while an IRGC adviser vows to shut ‘illegal routes’ and CENTCOM calls the closure claim false.
South Korea tests its first hypersonic weapon, Manila approves a visiting forces pact with France, and EU lawmakers push back on China over Taiwan.
US agents seize 90 biodiesel shipments bound for a sanctioned Cuban fuel firm, Havana calls it piracy, and the grid runs 1,320 MW short of demand.
The Navy will buy 30 medium unmanned surface vessels from HII, Saronic and Galliano at about $40 million each, with first deliveries due by late FY2027.
UKMTO logs nine attacks so far in October, half of September’s total, as Gulf-to-China tanker rates hit a record $1.3 million a day.
Seimas advances repeal of Article 137, which bars nuclear arms and foreign bases; a final vote is set for Jan. 12 as the Kremlin warns of escalation.
Paydari Front MPs say Araghchi met US envoy Witkoff without authorization; security chief Mohsen Rezaei says the New York talks were approved.
Nine PLA sorties cross the Taiwan Strait median line, a Marine-linked killing roils Okinawa, and Seoul blames North Korean mines for a DMZ blast.
Cuba’s envoy in Washington describes open channels but no agenda, as forecast blackouts near 1,857 MW and a detained protester is charged.
Full State Department transcript of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s October 5, 2026 press remarks at Joint Base Andrews on Fairford, Yemen and Kyiv.
The Marine Corps will send NMESIS ship-killing launchers to Yonaguni, 110 km from Taiwan, for Keen Sword, days after a $404M Kongsberg launcher deal.
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