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NEWSNATIONNOW (Finya Swai and The Hill) - Zuckerberg, Altman, other Big Tech moguls among attendees at Trump-Xi dinner Fri Sep 25 06:27:24 2026

The meal was served in the White House East Room on fine china dating back to the Reagan administration.

STRIPES (Matthew M. Burke) - Army NCO earns German medal for service honoring his training exchange efforts | Stars and Stripes Fri Sep 25 06:22:54 2026

A U.S. soldier who relaunched important U.S.-German training exchanges following the COVID-19 pandemic was awarded Germany’s highest noncombat medal.

STRIPES (Lydia Gordon) - Lethal Diets? SOCOM takes sole control of military nutrition application  | Stars and Stripes Fri Sep 25 05:14:15 2026

U.S. Special Operations Command awarded Teamworks Nutrition a sole-source contract to expand dietitian support, personalized nutrition plans for special ops.

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Luke Nicastro) - On Iran, Republicans Want to Have It Both Ways Fri Sep 25 04:40:56 2026

Caught between voters and the White House, vulnerable GOP candidates try to oppose the war without opposing the war. The post On Iran, Republicans Want to Have It Both Ways appeared first on The American Conservative .

Politics On Iran, Republicans Want to Have It Both Ways Caught between voters and the White House, vulnerable GOP candidates try to oppose the war without opposing the war. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) When J.D. Vance was elected to the Senate from Ohio in 2022, he won his race by a healthy 6-point margin. Four years later, his successor in that seat—Sen. John Husted (R-OH)—is down by between 4 and 8 points, depending on the poll.  Midterms are always hard for the party in power, and GOP candidates this year face a number of headwinds. But let’s be honest: It’s the war, stupid. Voters in Ohio, like voters across the country, are furious at paying more for gas (and everything else) because the president got us…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Giorgio Cafiero) - Pakistan’s Defense Dilemma Fri Sep 25 04:40:55 2026

The Mecca Pact creates new opportunities for Islamabad—and new headaches. The post Pakistan’s Defense Dilemma appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs Pakistan’s Defense Dilemma The Mecca Pact creates new opportunities for Islamabad—and new headaches. RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP via Getty Images Pakistan has long practiced a careful balancing act to manage relations with Iran and the Gulf Arab monarchies. But against the backdrop of the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, and the emergence of Yemen and the Red Sea as the “Western Front ” of this regional crisis, the balancing act is getting harder to sustain. Pakistan has strong strategic and economic ties with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members, and has long seen stability in the Gulf as important to its interests. So Islamabad naturally has no appetite for Iranian or Houthi…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (David Brady) - As Bessent Muscles Bank of Japan, the Fed and European Central Bank Set Their Own Courses Fri Sep 25 04:40:55 2026

Inflation concerns and central bank responses have prompted evasive action from the Treasury secretary. The post As Bessent Muscles Bank of Japan, the Fed and European Central Bank Set Their Own Courses appeared first on The American Conservative .

Economy Economy As Bessent Muscles Bank of Japan, the Fed and European Central Bank Set Their Own Courses Inflation concerns and central bank responses have prompted evasive action from the Treasury secretary. Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images Last Wednesday, in the first rate hike in over three years, the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate—the Federal Funds Rate—by a quarter of a percentage point, to 4 percent.  “Inflation is too high and has been for too long,” Chairman Warsh said in a press conference announcing the hike, adding that inflation had remained above the Fed’s target for more than five years. This goes against the president’s repeated requests to lower interest rates in recent months (indeed, many saw…Open

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (Grant Newsham) - Examining think tank proposal that US cut and run in Asia-Pacific Fri Sep 25 04:16:26 2026

Originally published by Asia Times.

A recent report  put out by a relatively obscure Washington think tank, Defense Priorities , is getting an unusual amount of attention. In simple terms, the report written by the shop’s military analysis director Jennifer Kavanagh  and entitled “A Second Island Chain Strategy for Asia”  looks at current US security policy in the Asia-Pacific region and calls for doing the opposite. DC think tanks put out reports all the time. Very few get the amplification seen with this one. With all of the attention, it has triggered deep confusion – and, in some cases, concern – across the region. So, it’s worth answering some of the questions the report has raised and see if its assertions stand up to scrutiny. The report says that…Open