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SCOOP: Jill Buria, who’s married to Pete Hegseth chief of staff Ricky Buria, on Sunday registered to lobby the Pentagon as part of her new K Street job. After I asked her, her firm told me she will no longer work to influence the Defense Department. politico.com/newsletters/pol…
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Czech President Petr Pavel says a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was “quite close” – until Donald Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel.
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scoop: SpaceX declined to offer Falcon for three future Space Force missions, and no other company offered to fly them either — an early sign of the launch crunch politico.com/news/2026/10/22…
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New: I got a tip a little while ago about a shadowy Pentagon entity called "TSO" with a lot of money and a desire for offensive hacking tools.
Turns out TSO is a new DoD agency. And it does a lot more than hacking.
w/@JackDetsch and @paulmcleary
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A small group of US national security officials has been discreetly advising state governments/congressional lawmakers on how to prepare for the possibility the Trump admin will attempt to interfere in the midterms.
A scoop, by @noahjrobertson
Gift link wapo.st/4z2uENE
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Merrill College students know their rights as journalists.
"Cat Murphy is a master's student at the University of Maryland, credentialed as a reporter for our Capital News Service and doing the job we teach our students to do. Cat recorded openly in a public space alongside other news outlets, and that is her legal right," Dean Rafael Lorente (@DeanLorente) said. "I'm proud of how she handled herself in a difficult situation."
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BREAKING: Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells @piersmorgan he has been betrayed by Trump, that Elon Musk and the US deliberately cut off Starlink and people are being killed as a result
“This is not the right side of history,” he says. “It is a pity that we are losing a strong partner”
On Musk and Starlink he says: “This decision will bring a lot of human losses. Of course, people will die”
“I am sure they knew what they
did, absolutely. Because it was 1am at night, Starlink was blocked by SpaceX and the United States”
“It’s not just about attack. It’s also about defending life. So people were killed because, not enough destroying, not enough
interceptors, including interceptors with Starlink, which didn't work. Of
course.”
Asked if he’s angry with Musk, Zelenskyy says: “Yes, I think he is not right. It's a big mistake.”
Mark Satter retweeted
Astonishing reporting day. Trump announces deal to allow sale of Russian diesel even as Ukrainian negotiating team, flanked by Europeans and NATO, arrived in Miami and as his own GOP chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee was in Kyiv. My latest politico.com/newsletters/nat…
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Trump called Putin here's his readout
No mention of Russia's escalating shadow war against NATO allies in Europe or stepped up bombing campaign against Ukraine.
A Russian drone hit a Ukrainian kindergarten in attacks just yesterday
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Scooplet: Dems on the House Armed Services Committee are discussing reviving an Oversight Subcommittee if they're in control next year.
It's still TBD, but underscores the long list of issues at Hegseth's Pentagon Dems want to scrutinize. w/@marksatter politico.com/live-updates/20…
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Extraordinary account from Bloomberg of what it now takes to move oil through Hormuz.
One tanker captain describes sailing at night with no navigational lights, phones or AIS, hugging the Omani coast under U.S. military protection, and maneuvering around a vessel that had just been attacked. His own ship was later targeted.
The risks are so high that crews are being paid multiples of their normal salaries, with one shipowner reportedly offering six months of extra pay for Hormuz shuttle duty.
More oil may be getting through, but at very high risk and cost.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Scooplet: What Happened to $300 Million in Taiwan Aid? It’s Classified.
The Trump admin has classified its account to Congress for $300M in Taiwan military aid, leaving no public answer about whether the money was committed by a Sept. 30 deadline.
washingtonsun.com/whitehouse…
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Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby is calling a new meeting of his "Bergen" group - 6 hand-picked NATO allies - next month in Poland. But those left out are scratching their heads. @JackDetsch @StefanieBolzen
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NEW: Polish Foreign Minister says US and POL are "discussing a second" US base in Poland for "two heavy brigades, so up to 10,000 troops."
"We hope that President Trump keeps the promise that he has made to this effect to our president."
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Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker ripped the decision to invite Xi for a state dinner.
"Had the White House asked me for advice, I would have suggested the president not invite Xi Jinping to Washington for such a lavish welcome," he said. politico.com/live-updates/20…
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Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign.
The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.
Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
ALT Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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NEW: The presidential TV pool has been suspended as networks react to the White House's ongoing ban of CNN.
That means, for now, that no major TV network will provide coverage of Trump's events, including today's appearances at the WH and his trip to the United Nations.
