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AXIOS (Colin Demarest) - Exclusive: U.K.-Ukraine duo beats Americans at their own drone game

The U.S. launched a killer-drone competition in February. It was won, according to public leaderboards , by a small British company with frontline Ukrainian experience and a manufacturing footprint in Atlanta. Why it matters: Skycutter's stateside success, after flying well under the radar, is a reminder that: - Flash does not necessarily signal substance; - Innovation exists outside the big-money bubbles of Silicon Valley and Washington; - And the Russia-Ukraine war is influencing the battlefield tech of today and tomorrow. Driving the news: Skycutter scored an overall 99.3 at the first Gauntlet, an attack drone fly-off at Fort Benning , Georgia. In second was Neros, a California startup, at 87.5. - "We were nervous going into it,…

WASHINGTONPOST (Dan Lamothe) - U.S. sends thousands more troops to Mideast as Trump seeks to squeeze Iran

The deployment includes sailors and Marines due to arrive as the administration attempts to enforce a maritime blockade against the regime in Tehran.

WASHINGTONPOST (Evan Halper, Scott Clement, Omari Daniels, Isabelle Gibson) - In this U.S. hot spot for data centers, voters have turned against them

Virginians previously embraced the facilities, but a Post-Schar School poll finds they are now almost as undesirable as nuclear power plants.

WASHINGTONPOST (Theodoric Meyer, Noah Robertson) - War powers vote will test Senate’s support for Trump’s war with Iran

Some Republicans have expressed concerns about the war as it approaches the two-month mark, saying the administration must make the case for continuing it.

NPR (Eric McDaniel) - Under pressure from President Trump, can the filibuster survive 2026?

President Trump wants to do away with the filibuster in order to pass the Save America Act. But many Senate Republicans are reluctant, wary of what it would mean if they were to lose their majority.