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After Elon Musk posted on X saying he had throttled Ukraine’s use of Starlink after it was used for offensive attacks, House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) says the billionaire’s ability to wield that power is “beyond disturbing to me.”
“It cannot and that a tech oligarch, a private citizen, who has that much control over our national security, who is unaccountable, who is unelected, with zero transparency, is making life and death decisions on the battlefield in systems that our service members and our partners and allies rely upon,” he adds.
“It cannot and that a tech oligarch, a private citizen, who has that much control over our national security, who is unaccountable, who is unelected, with zero transparency, is making life and death decisions on the battlefield in systems that our service members and our partners and allies rely upon,” he adds.
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The conditions allowing for the safe return of Ms. Machado to Venezuela is the direct result of the U.S. supported reconciliation talks which has already seen hundreds of political prisoners freed and hundreds of political opposition figures return from exile.
The United States expects the freedoms of all sectors of Venezuelan politics to continue to be respected. Likewise, we expect all political actors to support these talks which represent the best chance Venezuela has had in thirty years to peacefully achieve not just a free and fair election but an enduring democracy.
The United States expects the freedoms of all sectors of Venezuelan politics to continue to be respected. Likewise, we expect all political actors to support these talks which represent the best chance Venezuela has had in thirty years to peacefully achieve not just a free and fair election but an enduring democracy.
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Senator John Cornyn retweeted
Congrats to our dear friends for another successful Southlake Diwalifest! As always, it was a pleasure celebrating with you.
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Putin's army is stuck. Now he is trying to win through propaganda and a terrorist campaign
2/ Russian forces have made effectively zero net gains in 2026 at the cost of over 40,000 casualties per month since July and around 458 casualties for every square kilometer of territory that Russian forces lost.
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Ross Perot Jr. says Xi Jinping wants Taiwan by 2027.
"I mean, we should believe him. If he goes to war, the damage to the global economy is staggering."
His answer is deterrence. "If you're strong, you maintain peace. And with peace, you buy time, and time is on the side of time favors us: China's population is set to shrink, while North America has the best demographics, economy and energy story in the world. What he worries about is our resolve.
"Our issue is will. Do we have the will to continue to protect and build our nation?"
"I mean, we should believe him. If he goes to war, the damage to the global economy is staggering."
His answer is deterrence. "If you're strong, you maintain peace. And with peace, you buy time, and time is on the side of time favors us: China's population is set to shrink, while North America has the best demographics, economy and energy story in the world. What he worries about is our resolve.
"Our issue is will. Do we have the will to continue to protect and build our nation?"
Today I sit down with Ross Perot Jr., Chairman of Hillwood and The Perot Group. Ross founded Hillwood in 1988 and built Alliance Texas, his masterpiece, a 1 of 1 27,000-acre development.
We discuss:
• Why Trammell Crow told him to just build warehouses
• How Hillwood s
• How a rare earth company got its air permit in three weeks
• How President Bush helped close Scotiabank's move to Texas
• What the 1992 campaign looked like from inside the family
• The Iran War and why cheap oil prices are on the way
• Why every community should want a data center
• How to keep China from taking Taiwan
• Why he expects markets to boom after the midterms
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:42) Why Texas Is Winning the Data Center Boom
(06:20) The Facts Behind the Data Center Backlash
(11:49) Why California, Illinois, and New York Are Losing to Texas
(18:12) How Fort Worth Landed Elon Musk, MP Materials, and Taylor Sheridan
(23:39) Building Alliance for Flying Taxis and Drone Delivery
(27:47) Fighter Pilot Heroes and the First Helicopter Flight Around the World
(34:29) Why EDS Left Dallas and Hillwood Became a Developer
(38:31) Why the Rail Yard Matters More Than the Runway
(44:51) Tariffs and How to Deal with China
(50:35) Deterring a War over Taiwan by 2027
(55:32) The Iran War and the Coming Oil Glut
(59:10) The Case for a Post-Midterm Market Boom
(1:04:34) Smart AI Regulation and the Quantum Encryption Threat
(1:09:24) Buying Land After the S&L Crisis and Trammell Crow's Advice
(1:12:31) Why Circle T Ranch Has Been Replanned 30 Times
(1:17:43) How George W. Bush Closed the Scotiabank Deal
(1:19:11) Inside the 1992 Perot Presidential Campaign
(1:24:34) How Hillwood Runs as a Company of Entrepreneurs
(1:32:04) Why Finding Talent Is the Hardest Part of the Business
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Effective Immediately, all organizations using PHP for their systems are advised to be prepared for an update addressing two critical vulnerabilities. PHP is widely used for web applications. These vulnerabilities often provide a direct path to the server's file system or database. If an immediate update is not feasible, it is recommend that organizations take the system offline until it can be fully mitigated. NSA will follow up shortly with more specific guidance.
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Curious whether the PRC filed this under “AI incident reporting” or “mission accomplished.”
The China state-aligned threat actor Storm-0940 used the agentic AI penetration testing framework ARTEX to automate attacks targeting hundreds of organizations globally across a broad range of industries. Microsoft Threat Intelligence assesses that Storm-0940 was responsible for the recently disclosed ConnectWise supply chain compromise of a multitenant application. msft.it/6018aakEE
Our investigation found that Storm-0940's use of ARTEX accelerated the speed of compromised application abuse to authenticate to target environments through applications that had already been granted access, allowing the threat actor to operate without requiring an interactive user sign-in. AI-accelerated follow-on activity included reconnaissance, application credential changes, and attempts to modify privileges that could enable expanded or persistent access.
Read our blog for a detailed analysis and indicators of compromise (IOCs), along with Microsoft Defender detections, protection recommendations, and guidance on investigating service principal sign-ins and unexpected application credential or privilege changes.
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The regime is missing its Ayatollah, its missile force, its nuclear scientists, its ability to move oil, its shadow fleet, its navy, its steel industry, and its stable currency. Other than that, “strong”
NOW - Obama says that Iran is "in a stronger strategic position now than before the war started."
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Foreign Correspondent @evangershkovich, who spent 16 months in a Russian prison, says US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff may have been trying to “butter [Putin] up” when he called the Russian president a humanitarian. But he says, as a journalist, “I'm not convinced the Trump understands Putin's negotiating tactics.”
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This is why Susan Collins is going to win
Great news for Rockport Harbor! I am happy to announce that the Town of Rockport has been awarded nearly $700,000 in federal funding to strengthen its working waterfront.
This funding will support critical improvements to the harbor's infrastructure, helping protect it from er ensuring its long-term resilience.
As one of the 10 Senators who negotiated the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which nearly doubled funding for the Port Infrastructure Development Program that provided this award, I am pleased to see our law supporting investments in Maine's coastal communities and maritime economy.
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“It’s not only unlawful, but it’s not in the US interest to have Russian technology controlling the commercialization of Arctic gas in the North Slope,” ex-Polar LNG CEO who quit after discovering secret Russian funding tells @antontroian and @EricLiptonNYT nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/…
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Honored to join Venture Dallas conference dallasnews.com/business/artic… via @dallasnews
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U.S. Pressures Mexico to Deliver a Security Win Ahead of Midterm Elections nytimes.com/2026/10/24/wor…
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Scoop: U.S. intel memo warns of "advanced" Iranian plots to kill officials abroad axios.com/2026/10/24/ira…
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To those who seek to create positive change in Cuba - now is the time.
The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete partnership with the CIA.
The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete partnership with the CIA.
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"Should the historical analogy hold, Ukraine’s giving in—either by ceding all of the Donbas or, even worse, by recognizing the provinces of Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Luhansk, and Donetsk as Russian—is not likely to lead to lasting peace. Munich was followed five months later by Germany’s invasion and dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. In another six months, World War II began with Hitler’s assault on Poland."
Putin Wants His Own Munich
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Putin Wants His Own Munich
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Archer Aviation Announces Houston, Dallas, Austin Taxi Networks: Ted Cruz Says Will ‘Strengthen American Leadership in the Skies’ $ACHR benzinga.com/markets/tech/2… via @Benzinga
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Good: Ukraine’s military Starlink system was working normally again on Saturday morning, raising hopes that the 10-day disruption of the country’s vital satellite internet service by SpaceX was ending wsj.com/world/europe/u… via @WSJ
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