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What is the Entity List? How the Commerce Department’s BIS lists foreign firms, who decides, and what a listing means for exports to China and Russia.
What is the first island chain? How Congress’s researchers define the line from Japan through Taiwan to the Philippines, and why it shapes US-China strategy.
Russia-Uruguay relations: Lavrov meets Uruguay’s foreign minister, trade hits $150 million and Moscow plans a 2027 anniversary, while Uruguay backs Ukraine.
Salt Typhoon vs Volt Typhoon: what CISA, NSA, FBI and Treasury say each Chinese hacking group targets, why, and how the two campaigns differ.
Veteran jobs data: unemployment rose to 3.5% in 2025, BLS says. Where the gaps are, what aerospace technicians earn, and how SkillBridge opens defense doors.
Lebanon Israel talks at CENTCOM in Tampa ended split over who verifies Hezbollah’s disarmament and when Israeli forces withdraw from the south.
Sudan peace talks in Geneva: mediators from 22 countries urged a halt to drone supplies and backed a Quad push for a humanitarian truce.
PACT Act benefits explained: the burn pit, Agent Orange and radiation conditions VA presumes, health care eligibility, and how intent to file protects back pay.
Crimea blackout: a drone strike on Russia’s Taman substation, hub of the energy bridge, cut power in Sevastopol and across the peninsula, officials said.
Yalda falls on Dec. 21, 2026, and Nowruz 2027 arrives March 20 at 1:25 p.m. PDT. Dates in California time, plus Iranian cultural centers from LA to Stanford.
The Pentagon says research security audits led 30 universities to end ties with Section 1286-listed foreign institutions, with over 80 terminations.
The $3.8 billion-a-year aid pact ends in 2028. How U.S. military aid to Israel works, recent arms sales, Senate votes and what may replace the deal.
Census and UCLA data on Iranian Americans in California: Los Angeles County’s 101,632, migration since 1979, Persian Square and centers beyond Westwood.
Hegseth and Guyana’s President Ali signed a Guyana defense partnership for training, exercises and air surveillance as Guyana seeks counter-drug help.
What is the RSF in Sudan? How Hemedti’s Rapid Support Forces grew from the Janjaweed, who funds them and why the US made a genocide finding.
What is the axis of resistance? Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis and Iraqi militias: who they are, how Iran backs them and what the 2026 war changed.
The Air Force released a draft plan for a $1.057 billion F-47 campus at Nellis AFB, where the sixth-generation fighter will undergo operational testing.
Our information war weekly roundup: Starlink disputes, FBI and CISA warnings on PHP flaws, a CISA catalog addition and the DeepSeek order.
Our trade war weekly roundup: US outbound investment rules, Chinese export licenses, sanctions over IP theft and Canada tariff changes.
Our Americas weekly roundup: the Raul Castro case, Venezuela reconciliation talks, US visa bans on Colombians and Brazil’s runoff.
Our Africa weekly roundup: drone strikes in Sudan, US strikes on al-Shabaab, Ethiopia-Eritrea tension and Ebola in Kenya and Nigeria.
Our Indo-Pacific weekly roundup: Keen Sword drills in Japan, PLA activity reported by Taiwan, a new Marine missile unit and Pacific aid.
Our Ukraine war weekly roundup: a local ceasefire at Oleshky, missile strikes on Kyiv, the Graham sanctions order and Starlink disputes.
Our Iran war weekly roundup: Houthi missiles on Saudi Arabia, unconfirmed Hormuz claims, shadow fleet sanctions and US security alerts.
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