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Dispatch Washington · June 12, 2026 Both the House Armed Services Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee have approved language in their respective fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act drafts that would establish a formal U.S.-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, setting up an expected floor debate as critics in both parties press to…
Dispatch Washington · June 12, 2026 Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is on course to expire Friday night for the first time since its enactment, after the House and Senate each failed Thursday to extend the authority and Congress departed Washington for a scheduled recess. Section 702, enacted in 2008 as part…
Dispatch Washington · June 12, 2026 Three Indian nationals died June 10 after U.S. Central Command fired precision munitions into the engine room of the Palau-flagged oil tanker MT Settebello in the Gulf of Oman, marking the first confirmed fatalities since the United States imposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports on April 13 [1][2]…
Dispatch Washington · June 12, 2026 President Donald Trump on June 12 announced the nomination of Jay Clayton, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to serve as Director of National Intelligence, hours after the House of Representatives failed to extend a critical surveillance authority that the Pulte controversy had placed in…
Dispatch Washington · June 12, 2026 President Donald Trump canceled a third consecutive night of airstrikes against Iran on June 11, citing progress in negotiations, and declared that all parties had approved a framework agreement in principle. The reversal came within hours of Trump threatening to launch strikes "VERY HARD TONIGHT" and suggesting the U.S…
Dispatch Washington · June 12, 2026 President Donald Trump signed the Secure America Act on Wednesday, locking in nearly $70 billion in reconciliation funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection through the end of his second term. [1][2] The bill provides $38 billion for ICE, $26 billion for the Border Patrol,…
Dispatch Washington · June 12, 2026 Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expired Friday after both chambers of Congress failed Thursday to pass a short-term reauthorization, collapsing bipartisan negotiations that had been months in progress and leaving intelligence agencies and telecommunications companies in uncharted legal territory. The immediate trigger was President Trump's appointment…
Dispatch Washington · June 12, 2026 House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their fiscal year 2027 Defense Appropriations bill on June 10, 2026, setting a total discretionary allocation of $1.072 trillion for the Department of Defense. The figure equals the administration's discretionary request and represents a $234 billion increase over the fiscal year 2026 enacted level…
Dispatch Washington · June 12, 2026 The State Department has established a new diplomatic post classification called "restricted operations," designed to govern embassies that face persistent, long-term security threats rather than acute crises requiring rapid evacuation. Secretary of State Marco Rubio transmitted the new designation to the entire department via a formal cable, according to…
Dispatch Washington · June 12, 2026 President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to continue military strikes against Iran, citing the downing of a U.S. Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz as the legal and operational basis for ongoing action. U.S. Central Command said Tuesday evening it had conducted "self-defense strikes" on Iran in response to…