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Trump Threatens Germany Troop Drawdown, Pentagon Caught Flat-Footed

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the United States is reviewing a potential reduction of its military forces in Germany, a declaration that blindsided Defense Department officials and arrived with no prior interagency coordination. Trump posted on Truth Social that…

Merz Breaks With Washington Over Iran War Strategy and Negotiating Posture

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz publicly accused the Trump administration on April 27 of entering the Iran war without a viable exit strategy and of being outmaneuvered by Tehran at the negotiating table, marking his sharpest departure yet from the political…

NATO Weighs Shift to Biennial Summits, Possibly Skipping 2028

NATO is actively deliberating whether to end its practice of holding annual leaders' summits, with some member states pushing for a biennial format and at least one diplomat floating the option of canceling the 2028 gathering entirely, according to six…

Iran Rejects Nuclear Sequencing Demand, Proposes Phased Hormuz Deal

Iran transmitted a new proposal to the Trump administration offering to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the ongoing conflict in exchange for the lifting of the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports, while deferring nuclear negotiations to a…

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Pentagon Deploys Ukrainian Sky Map Drone System at Saudi Air Base

The U.S. military has integrated a Ukrainian-developed command-and-control platform at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, according to five sources familiar with the matter cited by Reuters. The platform, Sky Map, owned by Ukrainian firm Sky Fortress, has been…

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Section 702 Lapse Would Leave Surveillance Program in Legal Gray Zone

Congress faces an April 30 deadline to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, after both chambers passed a 10-day stopgap extension and President Donald Trump signed it into law on April 19. [1][2] The short extension followed…

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