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- Naval Research Lab’s Scientific Development Squadron Retires East Coast’s Last Active-Duty P-3 Orion, Welcomes MC-12S Super King Air

Indo Pacific- Partner to Win: Space forces Japan Integrates Regional Space Advisors to Deepen Japanese Partnership
- 3rd EOD Company and TMAC cooperate to destroy explosive remnants of war
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- Pacific Partnership 2026 Concludes Final Mission Stop in Tacloban City, Philippines
- USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) returns to Hawaii from 10-month deployment
- Bangladesh, U.S. Airmen sign way ahead at ninth Airman-to-Airman Talks
- USS Warrior completes Ship Repair and Maintenance Exercise in Hakodate
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- US Army Pacific, regional partners gather to discuss collective security

Pentagon News- Air Force Captain Finds Resilience Through Endurance Running
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- Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Connecticut, Part 1
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- Medal of Honor Monday: Army Cpl. Luther H. Story

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Space Force- AFAS offers childcare assistance to Air Force, Space Force families
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- Chief of Space Operations Schiess outlines priorities to strengthen Space Force combat power

Space Agency- Curiosity Blog, Sols 5029-5035: Back in the Lab
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- Mapping the Gaps in NASA’s Return to the Moon, featuring Richard Spolzino

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NIST- Introducing the New Small Business Cybersecurity Support Program Finder
- Securing Water and Wastewater Operational Technology Environments
- Back to the Future: Why Agentic AI Needs a Strong Identity Foundation
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- Shaping the NVD for the Future: We Need Your Feedback on AI-Enabled Vulnerability Management
- Verifiable Digital Credential Presentment
- Advancing Product Security: New IoT Guidance and New Engagement
- Stronger Cybersecurity, Stronger Business: NIST Celebrates 2026 National Small Business Week
- From DMV to Wallet: Understanding Verifiable Digital Credential Issuance
DARPA- The Vertical Lift Challenger | Ep 97
- CIDAR challenge pushes the limits of passive ranging
- $3.5M to advance autonomous trauma robotics
- $1M to advance AI medical documentation and decision support
- Lift Challenge results
- It’s about time for quantum manufacturing
- With personal protective gear, best defense is a good offense
- Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites lifts off
- DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16
- Meet the DARPA Lift Challenge teams

Border Security- ICE removes Cuban intelligence agent who fraudulently obtained lawful permanent resident status
- ICE Charleston, partners arrest West Virginia man for making terroristic threats
- Despite being attacked by rioters, ICE Arizona and federal partners successfully arrest dozens illegal aliens in major Arizona operation targeting a transnational criminal organization
- ICE arrests illegal alien from Haiti connected to criminal terrorist organizations
- Long Beach man arrested on federal criminal complaint charging him with sending a dozen payments to suspected ISIS terrorists
- Engineer pleads guilty to stealing trade secret technology designed for missile launch detection
- Homeland Security Task Force created in Houston
- ICE Los Angeles special agents arrest Iranian national for violation of US sanctions
- ICE San Antonio, federal partners lead to Treasury sanctions of high-ranking members of Cartel del Noreste, a foreign terrorist organization
- ICE, joint partner investigation results in illegal alien, alleged human smuggler from Mexico indictment for first material support of terrorism charges against CJNG member
Infrastructure Security- CISA Launches Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Securing the Next 250
- CISA Whitepaper Charts Path to Establishing and Maturing CVE Program Quality
- CISA Hosts Cyber Storm X, Nationwide Cybersecurity Exercise to Strengthen Resilience
- New CISA Guidance Helps Critical Infrastructure Detect, Observe and Impede Malicious Cyber Activity
- CISA and NIST Release Guidelines to Protect Federal Cloud Identity Systems from Token Theft, Forgery, and Misuse
- CISA Releases Updated Insider Threat Guide With New Insights to Mitigate Physical and Cyber Threats
- CISA, NSA and FBI Warn of China-Based AI Companies Targeting US AI Models with Industrial-Scale Knowledge Distillation Campaigns to Shortcut AI Development
- CISA Advisory Highlights Red Team Findings to Help Organizations Assess Risk, Identify Threats and Enable Effective Incident Response
- CISA Releases Foundational, Flexible Guidance to Help Federal Agencies Implement Effective Logging, Visibility and Operational Standards
- CISA Unveils New Cybersecurity Resources for K-12 Schools and Districts

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- CESC Mall LLC
- Violation of the Time Limit Imposed by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998: Director, Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education
- Impoundment Control Act of 1974: Review of the President's Special Message of September 25, 2026


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Senate- Trump to campaign with Husted in Ohio
- Obama to rally for El-Sayed in Michigan
- Sen. Kennedy teases presidential bid 'if a bunch of goobers run'
- Latino voters favor Democratic control of Congress by 24-point margin: Survey
- Senate GOP PAC set to invest $14M in tight Kansas Senate race
- Tillis warns of ‘risk’ Trump will lash out if Republicans have bad night in midterms
- Senate Republican on Trump posting Cotton's number: 'From 0 to a‑‑hole in about 3 seconds'
- Senators demand answers from RFK Jr. on task force overhaul
- Congressional acuity test? Some lawmakers want to talk about age, absences
- GOP senators, blindsided by Hegseth, demand notice, transparency
House- Democrats add 6 more House races to 'Red to Blue' seat flipping list
- Latino voters favor Democratic control of Congress by 24-point margin: Survey
- Disgraced ex-GOP Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84
- Jeffries: House Democrats 'poised to take back the majority'
- Congressional acuity test? Some lawmakers want to talk about age, absences
- Inside the Democratic effort to fight any Trump disruption of midterms
- Sanders backs Pope Leo’s call to protect human art from AI
- Democratic rep: Administration 'has failed to present a strategy' in Iran war
- Trump shares meme labeling Obama, not Nixon, as 'most corrupt president'
- Emanuel urges Democrats to prioritize ethics reform over potential third Trump impeachment
War- 4 killed in military strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean
- GOP senators, blindsided by Hegseth, demand notice, transparency
- Pentagon pulls B-1 bombers from UK base following alleged terror threat
- Large oil exporters agree to continue consistent production in November
- Russia threatens more strikes after Zelensky vows to hit oil refineries
- Democratic rep: Administration 'has failed to present a strategy' in Iran war
- Hegseth indicates some US troops could be redeployed from Europe to Western Hemisphere
- Hegseth announces all US troops will get 1 day off to vote in October
- Pentagon clears way for anti-drone tech: Hegseth memo
- Rubio waives human rights restrictions to release $320 million in military aid to Egypt

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