#National Security

Articles (30)

• 🇺🇸 US DHS calls furloughed staff back to work despite shutdown — 11/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Government Shutdown, #Labor Policy
• 🇺🇸 Can the MATCH Act trap China’s semiconductor ambitions? — 11/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Technology Competition, #Trade Policy
• 🇺🇸 F.A.A. Says Military Can Use Anti-Drone Lasers in U.S. Airspace — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  An interagency dispute over the use of high-energy lasers near airports led the Federal Aviation Administration to temporarily close the airspace twice in Texas this year.

  Related: #Aviation Regulation, #Technology Integration
• 🇺🇸 FAA, Pentagon declare anti-drone laser system safe after El Paso airport shutdown — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The U.S. government can now use a counter-drone laser along the southern border after the Pentagon and Federal Aviation Administration agreed the weapons are safe, the two agencies announced Friday.  ...

  Related: #Technology Regulation, #Border Policy
• 🇺🇸 Exclusive-ICE launches new effort to uncover US ‘birth tourism schemes’ — 10/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Immigration Enforcement, #Citizenship Policy
• 🇺🇸 Vance, Bessent questioned tech giants on AI security before Anthropic’s Mythos release, CNBC reports — 10/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Technology Regulation, #Economic Policy
• 🇺🇸 What to know about automatic Selective Service registration starting in December — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  A new law signed by President Trump at the end of last year authorizes the automatic registration of most young men into the military draft pool. The change is not tied to the U.S.’s military operati...

  Related: #Military Policy, #Government Administration
• 🇺🇸 Congress faces showdown over warrantless surveillance law — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  When House and Senate lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday, they'll have just a few days to renew a critical intelligence-gathering law that has sharply divided both parties amid mounting concern...

  Related: #Government Surveillance, #Civil Liberties, #Political Division
• 🇺🇸 NASA, Space Force and defense giants gather as space becomes America's next battlefield — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The accelerating race among global powers for dominance in space will hang in the backdrop next week as leaders from across the space industry and the U.S. military converge on Colorado for the 2026 S...

  Related: #Space Competition, #Defense Technology
• 🇺🇸 Lockheed Martin secures $4.7 billion Patriot interceptor missile production contract — 10/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Defense Contracting, #Military Technology
• 🇺🇸 White House Honors National Guard-Supported Counterdrug Operations — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy recognized personnel assigned to National Guard counterdrug programs for their support to 10 award-winning law enforcement investigations.

  Related: #Law Enforcement, #Drug Policy
• 🇺🇸 Wrap Technologies receives UK pre-order for 20 counter-drone systems — 10/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Defense Technology, #Corporate Expansion
• 🇺🇸 Taiwan opposition leader calls for ‘reconciliation’ after meeting Xi — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  KMT leader Cheng Li-wun stressed shared cultural heritage and suggested she would slow Taiwan's military build-up.

  Related: #Cross-Strait Relations, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Sen. Scott's SAFE KIDS Act moves to shut down Beijing's surrogacy pipeline — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Sen. Rick Scott says China has found a way to "weaponize" America's birthright citizenship policy by arranging to have babies born in the U.S. -- earning automatic citizenship -- then raised abroad, w...

  Related: #Immigration Policy, #U.S.-China Relations
• 🇺🇸 Iranians mark 40 days since Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s death — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Iranians gathered in Tehran to commemorate 40 days since the killing of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Khamenei was killed on February 28 as the U.S. and Israel began launching strikes across Ira...

  Related: #Geopolitical Conflict, #Religious Observance
• 🇺🇸 What to Know About the U.S. Military Draft and Automatic Registration — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  For decades, draft-eligible men ages 18 to 25 have been required to register with the Selective Service System. Most states offer a registration option on driver’s license applications.

  Related: #Military Policy, #Government Administration
• 🇺🇸 U.S. soldier who survived Kuwait strike says unit was "unprepared" — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  CBS News exclusively spoke with a member of the Army's 103rd Sustainment Command, which is based in Iowa. The soldier survived an Iranian drone strike that killed six others and said their unit was "u...

  Related: #Military Readiness, #Middle East Conflict
• 🇺🇸 Florida launches investigation into OpenAI — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is launching an investigation into OpenAI over public safety and national security risks, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a statement on Thursday, Uthmeier s...

  Related: #AI Regulation, #Law Enforcement
• 🇺🇸 Netanyahu: ‘No ceasefire in Lebanon’, Israel open to peace talks — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasised that a ceasefire is not in effect in Lebanon

  Related: #Geopolitical Conflict, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Khanna: Netanyahu in Situation Room 'a betrayal of the American people' — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Wednesday slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reportedly being in the White House's Situation Room weeks before the U.S.-Israeli joint military operation...

  Related: #US-Israel Relations, #Political Accountability
• 🇺🇸 Florida attorney general launches investigation into OpenAI, ChatGPT — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) said Thursday he is opening a probe into OpenAI and its chatbot. Uthmeier, in a video he posted online announcing the investigation, cited “concerns” over O...

  Related: #Technology Regulation, #Law Enforcement
• 🇺🇸 White House calls new ballroom a national security necessity that's 'vital' to the Trump family's safety — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The Trump administration indicated that it will go to the Supreme Court if the federal appeals court that has the case now doesn't rule in the president's favor.

  Related: #Executive Power, #Government Spending
• 🇺🇸 Appeals court decides against Anthropic in latest round of its AI battle with the Trump administration — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The ruling followed another judge's order that forced President Donald Trump's administration to remove a label tainting the company as a national security risk.

  Related: #Technology Law, #Government Regulation
• 🇺🇸 Florida AG opens probe into OpenAI ahead of potential IPO — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Florida AG James Uthmeier launched an investigation into OpenAI and ChatGPT, as the AI firm prepares for an IPO that could value it at up to $1 trillion.

  Related: #AI Regulation, #Technology Ethics
• 🇺🇸 Blanche rises, Noem falls, China exploits birthright chaos — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Todd Blanche is positioning himself for the permanent AG job, Rick Scott is sounding alarms over China exploiting U.S. birthright law through surrogacy, and Kristi Noem's ouster has DHS staff bracing ...

  Related: #Political Appointments, #Immigration Policy
• 🇺🇸 F.B.I. Arrests Ex-Fort Bragg Employee Accused of Leaking Classified Information to Journalist — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Courtney Williams, who worked at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, was accused of leaking classified information to a reporter.

  Related: #Government Leaks, #Legal Proceedings
• 🇺🇸 UK exposes covert Russian submarine operation — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Defence secretary says mission was monitored ‘24-7’ by British warships

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Military Intelligence
• 🇺🇸 Johnson faces rocky weeks of lassoing frustrated House Republicans for major bills — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) faces a tough task in the coming weeks in trying to lasso House Republicans to pass two high-stakes bills that are dividing and enraging the conference. Johnson will aim t...

  Related: #U.S. Politics, #Legislative Process
• 🇺🇸 Pentagon turf war ramps up between Hegseth and Driscoll — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  A simmering battle for influence between Pete Hegseth and the Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has reached new heights with the Defense secretary’s purge of senior Army officials last week.  Tensions flare...

  Related: #Pentagon Politics, #Internal Conflict
• 🇺🇸 Trump says US military to stay around Iran until Tehran complies with deal — 09/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Foreign Policy, #Geopolitics