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• Pentagon taps Musk's xAI to boost sensitive government workflows, support military operations - Pentagon partners with Elon Musk's xAI to deploy Grok AI across military systems, giving 3 million personnel advanced AI tools by 2026 for sensitive tasks.
• Trump unveils ‘Golden Fleet’ of Navy battleships, touts them as ‘more powerful than any' ever built - Trump administration elevates shipbuilding as critical national security priority amid warnings that China has 230 times U.S. naval production capacity.
• US military strikes narco-terrorist vessels in latest Eastern Pacific drug trafficking operation - U.S. forces kill five narco-terrorists in Eastern Pacific strike as Joint Task Force targets drug trafficking vessels in latest military operation.
• Trump quietly signs sweeping $901B defense bill after bipartisan Senate passage - Trump approves massive defense bill with $800 million for Ukraine and restrictions on reducing U.S. forces in Europe and South Korea below specified levels.
• China warns of rising war risk after historic US arms sale to Taiwan - China warns massive $11.1 billion U.S. weapons sale to Taiwan could spark war, calling the island a 'powder keg' amid rising tensions.
• Senate Republicans block Schiff effort to force release of Caribbean strike footage - Sen. Adam Schiff's, D-Calif, legislation would have required that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth release the footage first to Congress, then to the public.
• Senate sends $901B defense bill to Trump after clashes over boat strike, DC airspace - Despite possible hiccups, the Senate coalesced around the National Defense Authorization Act of 2026, marking one of the final legislative hurdles the upper chamber had to overcome for the year.
• Graham issues 'fatal' warning if Maduro stays in power as US buildup raises stakes - Sen. Graham warns leaving Maduro in power after U.S. military show of force would be 'fatal mistake' as Venezuela tensions escalate.
• Pentagon won't release 'top secret, full, unedited' video of September drug boat strike, Hegseth says - Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that the Pentagon would not release the "top secret, full, unedited video" of the controversial September strike on a suspected drug boat.
• Senate advances $901B defense bill as Congress races into year-end legislative sprint - Included in the colossal, 3,000-plus page package are provisions that would end longstanding war powers authorizations and require the Pentagon to release unedited footage of boat strikes.