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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…
Dispatch Washington · June 12, 2026 As the conflict with Iran continues to suppress oil-tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, multiple governments are approaching the Trump administration with proposals to position themselves as alternative energy suppliers, seeking political endorsement and access to U.S. financing in return. The outreach spans two continents and involves both…
Dispatch Washington · June 9, 2026 France on June 9 barred Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, joining a coordinated sanctions package that France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway announced jointly against West Bank settlers and the organizations that finance them [1][2]. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced…
Dispatch Washington · June 9, 2026 The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency plans to release a binding operational directive on June 10 that will require federal civilian agencies to shift from speed-driven patch application toward risk-weighted vulnerability management, Acting Director Nick Andersen announced June 9 at the Axonius Adapt in Action conference in Washington, D.C…
Dispatch Washington · June 9, 2026 The European Commission on June 9 proposed a 21st package of sanctions against Russia, targeting the country's financial sector, shadow fleet operations, energy exports, and military supply chains, in what officials framed as a direct response to both the continuing war in Ukraine and a new energy market disruption…
Dispatch Washington · June 9, 2026 U.S. Central Command launched "self-defense strikes" against Iran on Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump publicly accused Tehran of downing a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter patrolling the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM stated that its forces began striking Iran at 5 p.m. ET at the direction of the Commander…