Commerce agents were building a chip-smuggling case against Megaspeed when Nvidia’s lawyer emailed them. Then DOJ took over. What’s on record, what’s not.
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Task Force Iron Gate Targets Iran’s Hidden Supply Routes
CENTCOM’s Task Force Iron Gate targets Iran’s land and Caspian routes, the paths a hidden 5,000-agency network used to import $2 billion in military gear.
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Update: Refinery Strikes The Damage Tally So Far
Ukraine has struck 19 Russian oil sites since Oct. 2, and the Houthis keep hitting Saudi Aramco. What’s confirmed, what’s only claimed, and what it costs.
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Update: Hormuz Tanker Attack Tracker
A running log of tanker attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war: weekly counts, each incident by date and the effect on Gulf oil flows.
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Europe Protest Tracker: Gen Z Protests Country by Country
Tracking Europe’s Gen Z protests: a country table, upcoming strikes and a dated event log, newest first. France strikes Nov. 5 and Spain votes Nov. 29.
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Europe’s Flight Bomb Hoaxes Spread to Newsrooms
Hoax bomb threats that hit dozens of European flights this week reached newsrooms Friday, as officials weigh hybrid warfare. No explosives have been found.
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Democrats Win Congress and the Subpoenas That Come With It
Democrats flipped seven Senate seats and took the House. Vance blames the Iran war. Next come subpoenas for Epstein records, war costs and Pete Hegseth.
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Hackers Got Into France’s Blood Plasma Cold Rooms
Hackers raised the heat in plasma cold rooms at three French blood service sites the night supermarket fridges were hit. What EFS confirms, what’s open.
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Qeshm Island Strike Wasn’t Announced. It Wasn’t the First.
The U.S. hit Iran’s Qeshm Island Monday in a series of strikes it never announced, the WSJ reports. In June, CENTCOM publicly announced its Qeshm strike.