Diplomacy, military action, intelligence, security failures and major international-policy disputes.
Ukrainian officials said this week that connections to SpaceX's military-grade Starshield network slowed sharply on Oct. 13, disrupting drone and missile guidance and leaving at least one unit without early warning...
Trump announced Oct. 12 that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to a truce on striking each other's energy infrastructure, saying the two sides agreed "because I told them to." Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces...
Four Republican senators on the Foreign Relations Committee -- Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis, John Curtis and Susan Collins -- joined Democratic Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, Richard Blumenthal and Ron Wyden in a joint statement...
On Oct. 10, Trump said Ukraine should replace President Volodymyr Zelensky with a leader willing to make a deal with Russia, saying Zelensky "could have made a deal many times" but "chooses not to," and "I think it's...
DHS analysts twice dismissed suspicious activity on the Homeland Security Information Network, the unclassified platform agencies and law-enforcement partners use to share sensitive data, letting intruders remain inside...
On Oct. 9, Trump announced a deal with Russia lifting sanctions to allow Russian diesel exports to the United States and global energy markets, aimed at easing fuel price spikes. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a memo obligating nearly $177 million in State Department Democracy Fund money -- including $22 million across ten awards that Sen. Jeanne Shaheen had placed on hold -- to new...
Politico reported October 1, 2026, citing six diplomats, that the Trump administration plans to exclude the United Kingdom, France and the Baltic states from a NATO "Bergen Group" working session in Poland next month...
U.S. Central Command announced on September 30, 2026, that the last American troops had completed an "orderly departure" from Iraq, ending a roughly 12-year military presence that began with the 2014 campaign against the...
The Treasury and State Departments announced sanctions on September 29, 2026, against 10 individuals and entities in Iran, China, Hong Kong and Pakistan that officials said helped Iran's government procure weapons...