NEWSCATS (Diana Zapata) - Massive Explosion Rocks Italian Ammunition Plant Supplying Artillery to Ukraine Near Rome
Screengrab Social Media/X by Diana Zapata • News Writer /Editorial Specialist Published August 15, 2026 A massive explosion ripped through an ammunition manufacturing facility near Rome, Italy, sending a towering blast into the sky and [...]
DAILYCALLER (Francis Kapper) - Could AI Hallucinations Be The Downfall Of The Pentagon?
‘Hallucinations are inevitable’
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - CCP intelligence official's foundation buys building 650 feet from the White House
A man identified by investigators as a senior Chinese Communist Party intelligence official just spent $8.4 million on a century-old building steps from the White House, and national security experts say the purchase demands an immediate federal response. Philip Qiu, also known by his Chinese name Qiu Feili, purchased the Securities Building on 15th Street […] The post CCP intelligence official's foundation buys building 650 feet from the White House appeared first on American Almanac .
A man identified by investigators as a senior Chinese Communist Party intelligence official just spent $8.4 million on a century-old building steps from the White House, and national security experts say the purchase demands an immediate federal response. Philip Qiu, also known by his Chinese name Qiu Feili, purchased the Securities Building on 15th Street NW in Washington, D.C., on July 21 through the Philip Qiu and Family Foundation. The building sits roughly 650 feet northeast of the White House grounds. A Daily Caller News Foundation investigation published on August 13 identified Qiu as a former detective in the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, China's equivalent of the FBI, and a current officeholder in at least three arms of the…Open
NYTIMES (David McCabe, Mike Isaac, Kate Conger and Ana Swanson) - White House Readies A.I. Framework to Review Security Risks
The voluntary review process will cover closed-source artificial intelligence models, but exclude those that publish the underlying code.
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - Thinking About Belgium? Read the State Department's New Warning First
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NYTIMES (David Pierson and Berry Wang) - As China’s A.I. Gets Stronger, It Poses New Risks to Beijing
China’s A.I. rise is creating a new dilemma for Beijing. The open models that win influence abroad may pose risks to the country’s security and geopolitical strategy.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Change in Pentagon's categories may explain sudden drop in Iran war causality tally
The change appears to be the result of a change in the tracking of casualties in the Pentagon's Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS).
NYTIMES (Michael Crowley) - After China Orders a Times Reporter to Leave the Country, the U.S. Reciprocates
The Trump administration ejected a Chinese journalist amid fresh concerns about Beijing’s growing pressure on foreign correspondents.
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JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Watchdog pushes DOJ to investigate Microsoft over alleged security risks, conflicts of interest
The organization specifically asked that the Office of the Inspector General review the conduct of former and current DOJ officials involved in investigating Microsoft, including those who later went to work for the company.