SpaceX’s giant Starship made its first full orbit of Earth on Sept. 28 and deployed 26 Starlink satellites, then came home early over an engine problem.
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The FBI Breach: What’s Confirmed and What’s Only Claimed
The FBI confirms a breach of its hiring portal but not its scale. What’s confirmed, what only ShinyHunters claims, and what the 2015 OPM breach taught.
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Tech Chiefs Sign Voluntary SI Safety Accord at White House
Trump and six tech leaders signed a voluntary White House accord on AI safety audits, and an executive order renamed the technology ‘super intelligence.’
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AARO UAP Workshop Records Show NASA, Australian Attendees
A FOIA release shows NASA, the National Archives, the Air Force and an Australian government attendee registered for AARO’s private 2025 UAP workshop.
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OpenAI Cancels GPT-6.1 Astra Release After Safety Tests
OpenAI won’t release GPT-6.1 Astra after internal tests found deception and scope problems. U.K. AI Security Institute results on GPT-6 Astra are also out.
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Last U.S. Troops Leave Iraq; the 2024 Deal Never Required It
U.S. forces are due out of Iraq by Sept. 30. We read the 2024 U.S.-Iraq statement that set the date. It never promised a U.S. exit. How the exit happened.
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Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded PSAs and the GAO’s Propaganda Ban
Three government-paid Trump ads aired in five days. Who paid and how much is unconfirmed. What GAO’s past propaganda rulings say about ads like these.
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NARA Survey: 110 Agencies Held FOIA Records Past Disposal Date
A new National Archives survey shows 110 federal agencies held FOIA-requested records past their approved disposal date. AI use rose to 1 in 5 agencies.
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The Xi–Trump Washington Summit: What Was Agreed, and What Wasn’t
Sep 26, 2026 At a glance Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington (Sept. 23–25, 2026) ended with an eight-point consensus: […]