Security Intelligence: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 26, 2025.
MIL-OSI Security: Justice Department, DEA Joint Announcement on Actions to Combat Drug Cartels & Drug Trafficking under DOJ’s Operation Take Back America Initiative
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division Attorney General Pamela Bondi and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Robert Murphy held a press conference to announce actions the Department is taking to combat drug cartels and drug trafficking under the Justice Department’s Operation Take Back America Initiative. MIL Security OSI –
MIL-OSI USA: SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to California Small Businesses Economically Affected by the Vehicle Explosion Terrorism Incident
Source: United States Small Business Administration SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced low interest federal disaster loans are now available to small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in California who sustained economic losses caused by the Vehicle Explosion Terrorism Incident occurring May 17-23. The SBA issued a disaster declaration in response to […]
MIL-OSI USA: Senator Murray Statement on Air Force Extending KC-46A Tanker Contract Award to Acquire Up to 75 Additional Aircraft Produced in Everett, WA
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Washington State Patty Murray Last month, Murray pressed Air Force Secretary Troy Meink on when the Air Force would award the next tanker production contract Senator Murray has long supported production of KC-46As in Everett and pushed for contract extension Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty […]
MIL-OSI USA: WATCH: Pressley Makes Powerful Call to Center Survivors After Successful Subpoena of Epstein Files
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) Pressley Was Involved in Successful Subpoena, Demands Transparency, Accountability, and Healing “These powerful abusers have been protected by institutions that are more concerned with protecting predators than centering survivors.” “When you are violated, when you are groomed, when you are exploited, when you are […]
MIL-OSI USA: Murphy, Schatz Introduce New Legislation to Improve Wages, Operations Transparency for Rideshare Drivers, Delivery App Workers
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Connecticut – Chris Murphy July 25, 2025 WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday joined U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) in introducing the Empowering App-Based Workers Act, new legislation to improve transparency on how […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Appeal for information on missing man in Kwai Chung (with photo)
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region Police today (July 25) appealed to the public for information on a man who went missing in Kwai Chung. Leung Wai-lam, aged 61, went missing after he left his caring home on Tai Loong Street on July 23 morning. Staff of the caring home then made […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Stressing ‘Your Courage Continues to Change Lives’, Secretary-General Urges Amnesty International Global Assembly to Keep Fighting for Human Rights, Climate Justice
Source: United Nations 4 Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Amnesty International Global Assembly today: It is an honour to join you today — and to be the first United Nations Secretary-General to address your Global Assembly. I see your invitation as a tribute to UN staff working around the world for […]
MIL-OSI USA: U.S. Senators Call on Netanyahu to Immediately Change Course in Gaza
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Rhode Island Jack Reed WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI), Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA), Ranking Defense Appropriator […]
MIL-OSI USA: Lawmakers Across Political Spectrum Warn Trump’s K-12 Funding Freeze is Already Harming Students and Schools Nationwide
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Rhode Island Jack Reed WASHINGTON, DC – Lawmakers, school districts, state leaders, and attorneys general are all sounding the alarm that President Trump’s unconstitutional withholding of $6.8 billion – including about $30 million for Rhode Island — in federal funds that Congress appropriated for K-12 education programs […]
MIL-OSI USA: Padilla Announces Bill to Reopen Lawful Pathway to Legalization, Countering Trump’s Cruel Mass Deportation Agenda
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) Padilla Announces Bill to Reopen Lawful Pathway to Legalization, Countering Trump’s Cruel Mass Deportation Agenda WATCH: Padilla pushes back against indiscriminate ICE raids and the militarization of Los Angeles A one-pager on the Registry bill is available here. LOS ANGELES, CA — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking […]
MIL-OSI: America Must Win the Energy War: CrowdPoint Unveils Strategic Blueprint to Reinvent the U.S. Power Grid
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Austin, TX, July 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a bold new vision titled “America Must Win the Energy War—Here is How We Reinvent the Grid Before It Breaks Us,”Akhtar lays out a national imperative to transform the power grid from a vulnerable utility into an intelligent, sovereign infrastructure system. The stakes, he […]
MIL-OSI Security: DHS Statement on Arrest of Man Charged with Assaulting ICE Law Enforcement Officers
Source: US Department of Homeland Security The second person charged, Danielle Nadine Davila, is still at large WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement regarding two medical staffers in southern California who are facing charges for assaulting and obstructing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. The U.S. […]
MIL-OSI USA: Reps. Salinas and Barragán, Sens. Padilla and Gallego Introduce Mental Health for Latinos Act
Source: US Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) Washington, D.C. – As the nation observes Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Nanette Barragán (CA-44) and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), introduced the Mental Health for Latinos Act, legislation to improve mental health outcomes among Latino and Hispanic communities. Barriers to mental health […]
MIL-OSI USA: Hoeven: 119th Wing in the Fight Every Day, Need New $33 Million Headquarters to Better Support Operations
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for North Dakota John Hoeven 07.25.25 Facility Will Bring Happy Hooligan Leadership, Support and Training Personnel Under Single Roof, Strengthening Reaper & RTS Operations FARGO, N.D.- Senator John Hoeven today announced efforts to build a new $33 million headquarters for the North Dakota Air National Guard’s (NDANG) 119th […]
MIL-OSI Security: U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton holds change-of-command ceremony
Source: United States Coast Guard U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 07/25/2025 06:00 PM EDT 07/25/2025 05:39 PM EDT HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) held a change-of-command ceremony Tuesday at Base Honolulu. Rear Adm. Jeffrey Novak, deputy commander of Coast Guard Pacific Area and commander of the Coast […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Syria: Deadly sectarian violence displaces thousands in Sweida; healthcare attacked
Source: United Nations 4 Since 13 July, around 176,000 people have been displaced from Sweida, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Mostly migrating to neighbouring Dar’a and Rural Damascus governorates, civilians are fleeing violent clashes between Bedouin tribal fighters, Syrian caretaker government forces and Druze militias. Meanwhile in the […]
MIL-OSI Russia: 1 Dead in US University Shooting, Gunman at Large
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article. Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News HOUSTON, July 25 (Xinhua) — The gunman who shot and killed one person and wounded another at […]
MIL-OSI Security: Roanoke Rapids Man Sentenced in Large-Scale Drug and Gun Case
Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) RALEIGH, N.C. – Diandre Sherod Ireland, aka “Debo”, 35, was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in prison for drug trafficking in Roanoke Rapids. “This sentence reflects the serious threat posed by fentanyl traffickers who fuel addiction and violence in our communities,” said Acting U.S. […]
MIL-OSI Security: U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Air Force medevac man 180 miles west of Astoria
Source: United States Coast Guard News Release U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District PA Detachment AstoriaContact: Coast Guard PA Detachment AstoriaOffice: (503) 861-6380After Hours: (206) 220-7237PA Detachment Astoria online newsroom 07/25/2025 05:06 PM EDT A U.S. Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a man from a fishing vessel approximately 180 miles offshore of Astoria, Oregon, Thursday. A […]
MIL-OSI USA: Senate Appropriations Committee Advances Interior And Transportation, Housing, & Urban Development Funding Bills With Illinois Priorities Secured By Durbin, Duckworth
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Illinois Dick Durbin July 25, 2025 The Senate Appropriations Committee passed Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies; and Transportation, Housing, & Urban Development, & Related Agencies government funding bills SPRINGFIELD – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator […]