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  • MIL-OSI Security: Members of Violent ‘21st and Vietnam’ Crew Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking, Shooting

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

                WASHINGTON –  Jamiek Bassil, 32, and Charles Manson, 34, of the District of Columbia, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 135 months in prison and 175 months, respectively, for their roles in the violent 21st and Vietnam drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed fentanyl, crack cocaine, and other drugs in Northeast Washington, D.C., and elsewhere, and, in Manson’s case, for a March 2024 shooting near 19th and I Streets NE. The sentences were announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

                Bassil, aka “Onion,” pleaded guilty on March 21, 2025, to conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. In addition to the 135-month prison term, Judge Beryl A. Howell ordered Bassil to serve five years of supervised release.

                Manson, aka “Cheese,” pleaded guilty on March 21, 2025, to multiple counts: conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and assault with a dangerous weapon. In addition to the 170-month prison term, Judge Howell ordered Manson to serve five years of supervised release.

                According to court documents, Bassil and Manson were members of the “21st and Vietnam” crew, which controlled an open-air drug market and distributed narcotics in the area of the 2100 block of Maryland Avenue, NE.

                Bassil repeatedly sold significant quantities of fentanyl – as much as roughly 80 grams at a time — to undercover law enforcement between January and March 2024.

                Manson sold narcotics directly to customers and was captured on surveillance video engaging in hand-to-hand drug transactions. During the conspiracy, Manson also participated in multiple controlled drug sales to law enforcement.

                In a March 7, 2024, Manson was the gunman in a shooting. Manson was with several co-conspirators adjacent to an apartment building on the 1900 block of I Street that was the base of the conspiracy’s operations. A person walked by with their dog. Members of the crew had a verbal altercation with the dogwalker. Manson then went into the crew’s stash house in the apartment building. A crew member handed Manson a ski mask. Manson exited the apartment building wearing the mask and armed with a gun. Manson fired several rounds in the direction of the dogwalker. Neither the dogwalker nor the dog were hit.

                On May 15, 2024, investigators arrested Manson at his residence on the 1900 block of I Street, NE. Law enforcement recovered a Glock 17 pistol loaded with 22 rounds of 9mm ammunition. They also recovered a handgun magazine, a box of ammunition, about 50 grams of fentanyl analogue, about 13.88 grams of cocaine, and assorted drug paraphernalia.

                This investigation is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.

                This investigation was a multi-agency effort between the Violent Crime Investigations Team of the Violent Crime Suppression Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, the FBI Washington Field Office’s Cross-Border Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Washington Division, the District of Columbia National Guard Counter Drug Program, and the Department of Labor Office of Inspector General. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrea Duvall and Solomon Eppel of the Violent Crime Reduction and Narcotics Trafficking Section.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Former Police Officer Sentenced to Prison and 20 Years of Supervised Release for Possessing Child Pornography

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    PHOENIX, Ariz. – Samuel Joseph Weimer, 46, of Show Low, Arizona, was sentenced on June 24, 2025, by United States District Judge Diane J. Humetewa, to 42 months in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release. Weimer previously pleaded guilty to Possessing Child Pornography. 

    Between August and November of 2022, Weimer used a social media chat room to contact an individual he believed to be a father living in Pennsylvania who was willing to provide his 11-year-old daughter for sex. Weimer sent two images and one video of child pornography to this individual. In an interview with law enforcement, Weimer admitted to possessing and sending the pornographic files. At the time of the offense, Weimer was employed as a police officer with the Show Low Police Department.

    “Police officers swear an oath to uphold the law and protect our citizens” said U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine. “This makes Mr. Weimer’s possession of child pornography even more appalling. Child pornography humiliates and degrades our most vulnerable members of society and will never be tolerated.”

    “The conduct of this former police officer was beyond shocking and a gross betrayal of public trust,” said FBI Phoenix Special Agent in Charge Heith Janke. “When someone in a position of authority commits such a revolting crime, the damage extends beyond the youthful victims— it shakes the very foundation of our communities’ trust. No matter their badge or title, the FBI will always aggressively pursue cases like this one.”

    This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

    The FBI’s Phoenix Field Office conducted the investigation in this case. The United States Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, Phoenix, handled the prosecution.

    CASE NUMBER:           CR-24-08089-PCT-DJH
    RELEASE NUMBER:    2025-100_Weimer

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    For more information on the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/az/

    Follow the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, on Twitter @USAO_AZ for the latest news.

     

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Columbian National Indicted, Accused of Assaulting Officer

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    ST. LOUIS – A man from Columbia was indicted Wednesday and accused of assaulting an officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

    Yefferson Josue Pinzon Suarez, 31, was indicted by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis with one felony count of assaulting a federal employee.

    In March, an immigration judge ordered Pinzon Suarez removed from the country, according to a motion to have Pinzon Suarez held in jail until trial. On June 20, he was picked up from the St. Louis County Jail, where he was serving a sentence. After being taken to the Robert A. Young Federal Building in downtown St. Louis, Pinzon Suarez refused to cooperate during fingerprinting. Pinzon Suarez bit a deportation officer’s forearm and hit him in the chest, the motion says.

    Pinzon Suarez had been living in Maryland Heights.

    A charge set forth in an indictment is merely accusations and do not constitute proof of guilt.  Every defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty.

    Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s Department of Homeland Security investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Colleen Lang is prosecuting the case.

    This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces and Project Safe Neighborhood.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Federal Felon Who Sold Fentanyl and Heroin Causing Two Marion Overdose Deaths Convicted by Jury

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    A convicted federal felon who sold fentanyl and heroin that resulted in two overdose deaths in 2023 was convicted by a jury on June 25, 2025, after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.

    Cody Kinzie Dittmar, age 34, originally from Dubuque, Iowa, but who was living Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at the time of the crimes, was convicted of distributing and conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl, resulting in two deaths.  The verdict was returned yesterday afternoon following about two hours of jury deliberations.

    Court records show that Dittmar was sentenced to 64 months in federal prison for a 2017 conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm.  The evidence at trial showed that Dittmar was released to federal supervised release on that conviction in June 2023.  Dittmar immediately began selling heroin and fentanyl with his girlfriend, then wife, Alysha (Gould) Dittmar.  On July 1, 2023, the Dittmars sold a mixture of heroin, fentanyl, and xylazine to a customer in Marion, Iowa.  The customer and his wife used the drugs shortly thereafter.  Both then died of overdoses.  The Dittmars continued to sell heroin and fentanyl in the Cedar Rapids area until July 2024.  Alysha Dittmar previously pled guilty to distribution of heroin and fentanyl resulting in the two deaths.

    Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams will be set after a presentence report is prepared.  Dittmar remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing.  Dittmar faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment on each count and a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment, $2,000,000 in fines, and a lifetime of supervised release following any imprisonment.

    The case was investigated by the Marion Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Task Force consisting of the DEA; the Linn County Sheriff’s Office; the Cedar Rapids Police Department; the Marion Police Department; and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Nicole Nagin and Dan Chatham.

    Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.

    The case file number is 25‑CR‑00001‑CJW‑MAR.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Former Bullard High School Teacher Charged with Federal Child Exploitation Offenses

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Ray Anthony Waller, 37, of Fresno, charging him with sexual exploitation of a child, receipt of child sexual abuse images, and sending obscene material to a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced.

    According to court documents, between mid-November 2024 and mid-February 2025, Waller communicated with a minor by sending text, voice, and iMessages designed to have the minor create and transmit to Waller images of the victim engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Waller sent obscene images of himself to the victim and convinced the victim to reciprocate with images of the victim engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Waller is currently detained pending trial. A detention hearing to determine his federal custody status has been scheduled for June 30, 2025. Waller has also been charged in Fresno County Superior Court with crimes relating to this conduct.

    This case is the product of an investigation by the Central California Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, specifically the Fresno Police Department, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations. Assistant U.S. Attorney David L. Gappa is prosecuting the case.

    If convicted of the sexual exploitation of a minor offense, Waller faces a prison term of between 15 and 30 years and a fine up to $250,000. If convicted for receipt of child sexual abuse images, he faces a prison term of between 5 and 20 years and fine up to $250,000. If convicted for transmitting obscene material to a minor, he faces a prison term of up to 10 years and a fine up to $250,000. Any sentence, however, would be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables. The charges are only allegations; the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

    This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute those who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc. Click on the “resources” tab for information about internet-safety education.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Bennington Man Sentenced to 50 Months for Possessing Bomb

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    Burlington, Vermont – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on June 24, 2025, Tyler Hayes, 43, of Bennington, Vermont, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joseph LaPlante to a term of 50 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 3-year term of supervised release. Hayes was previously convicted by a jury on February 13, 2025, of unlawfully possessing an unregistered bomb and possessing a bomb as an unlawful drug user after a 5-day trial.

    According to court records and evidence presented at trial, a bomb was discovered in Hayes’s former Bennington residence days after he abandoned the property in February of 2023. The property manager contacted law enforcement, who defused the bomb. Witnesses at trial described how Hayes had been discussing and constructing bombs for months, and had offered to trade a bomb for fentanyl. Other witnesses described Hayes making admissions after the bomb was discovered, including that he was “on the run” after a bomb had been found at his residence. An explosives expert from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives testified that, although the homemade bomb was rudimentary and simplistic (constructed from a combination of a pipe bomb and flammable liquids stored in plastic water bottles), it was nonetheless capable of causing substantial destruction and injury had it been detonated.

    The jury convicted Hayes of possessing an unregistered destructive device, in violation of the National Firearms Act (“NFA”), and of possessing a destructive device while being an unlawful user of a controlled substance, in violation of the Gun Control Act (“GCA”). Hayes faced up to 10 years in prison on the NFA violation, and up to 15 years on the GCA violation.

    Acting United States Attorney Michael P. Drescher commended the collaborative investigatory efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Homeland Security Investigations, the Vermont State Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, and the Bennington Police Department.  

    The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Corinne Smith and Nicole Cate. Hayes was represented by James Valente, Esq., and Chandler Matson, Esq.

    This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results. For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, please visit Justice.gov/PSN.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Reentry

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    BOSTON – A Mexican national unlawfully residing in New Bedford has pleaded guilty to one count of illegally reentering the United States after deportation.

    Bernardo Lorenzo-Guatemala, 38, pleaded guilty on July 24, 2025 to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. He was arrested and charged by criminal complaint in May 2025.  

    Lorenzo-Guatemala was deported from the United States on June 4, 2019. Sometime after his removal, Lorenzo-Guatemala unlawfully reentered the United States. immigration officials became aware of Lorenzo-Guatemala’s unlawful presence in the United States following his arrest on July 2, 2024 for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

    The charge of unlawful reentry of a deported alien provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. The defendant is subject to deportation upon completion of any sentence imposed. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.

    United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Patricia H. Hyde, Field Office Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston made the announcement. Valuable assistance was provided by the Lynn Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Sullivan of the Criminal Division is prosecuting the case.
     

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Sun Prairie Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Illegally Possessing Firearms

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Javaris Nunn, 33, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, was sentenced June 24, 2025, by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 30 months in prison for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon. Nunn pleaded guilty to this charge on March 26, 2025.

    On December 28, 2023, Nunn was a rear passenger in a vehicle that was stopped because it did not have a license plate. Next to Nunn, officers found a backpack containing an unloaded Glock 42 .380 caliber handgun and a loaded Smith & Wesson M&P .45 caliber handgun with the serial number scratched off. While Nunn denied knowledge of the handguns, the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory found evidence of Nunn’s DNA on both guns.

    Nunn has prior felony convictions for theft from a person, felon in possession of a firearm, and robbery. As a convicted felon, Nunn cannot legally possess firearms or ammunition.

    At sentencing, Judge Peterson said that he was considering not only Nunn’s traumatic past and positive characteristics, but also his significant criminal history and the severity of the offense.  Judge Peterson noted that Nunn carrying firearms was a recipe for disaster. Judge Peterson imposed the sentence to run concurrently with a state revocation sentence and ordered that Nunn serve three years of supervised release.

    The charge against Nunn was the result of an investigation conducted by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office and the ATF Madison Crime Gun Task Force consisting of federal agents from ATF and Task Force Officers from state and local agencies representing the Western District of Wisconsin. Assistant U.S. Attorney Corey Stephan prosecuted this case.

    This case has been brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the U.S. Justice Department’s program to reduce violent crime. The PSN approach emphasizes coordination between state and federal prosecutors and all levels of law enforcement to address gun crime, especially felons illegally possessing firearms and ammunition and violent and drug crimes that involve the use of firearms.

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  • MIL-OSI: Emergency Loans for Bad Credit Guaranteed Approval | Same Day Emergency Loans and No Credit Check Options Now Offered by Payday Loans Experts

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

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  • MIL-OSI: Emergency Loans for Bad Credit Guaranteed Approval | Same Day Emergency Loans and No Credit Check Options Now Offered by Payday Loans Experts

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Los Angeles, CA, June 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Payday Loans Experts launches nationwide access to emergency loans for bad credit with guaranteed approval and same-day funding.  In a major effort to expand financial access for consumers across the United States, Payday Loans Experts is proud to announce the official launch of its new platform that connects borrowers with emergency loans for bad credit guaranteed approval. The program features real-time approval decisions, fast disbursement, and a wide range of emergency loans with no traditional credit checks.

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    FAQs About Emergency Loans for Bad Credit

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Congressman Morgan McGarvey Cosponsors War Powers Resolution

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Morgan McGarvey (Kentucky-03)

    June 26, 2025

    Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey cosponsored a Congressional War Powers Resolution directing Donald Trump “to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.” Congressman McGarvey said earlier this week: “On behalf of all Louisvillians, I am fighting to ensure American safety and security and that our top priority is peace and not another endless war.”

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    Full text:

    Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran. 

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

    That, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(c)), Congress directs the President to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran, other than those elements of the Armed Forces that may be necessary to defend the United States or an ally or partner of the United States from imminent attack provided that the President complies fully with the requirements of section 5(b) the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(b)) with respect to any such use of the Armed Forces, unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or a specific congressional authorization for use of military force against Iran.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Congressman McGarvey Sends Letter to EPA Administrator About Concerning Spike in Forever Chemicals Detected in the Ohio River

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Morgan McGarvey (Kentucky-03)

    June 26, 2025

    Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin raising the alarm about a sharp spike in forever chemicals detected in the Ohio River, which is downstream of notorious polluters like the Chemours Washington Works Plant.

    Data from Louisville Water shows that in November 2024, detected levels of the PFAS chemical GenX spiked dramatically, jumping from under 5 parts per trillion (ppt) to over 50 ppt. Studies have revealed that GenX consumption can have adverse effects on the liver, kidneys, immune system, offspring development, and an association with cancer.

    “Water safety impacts all Louisvillians, which is why I am deeply concerned by the significant spike in the detection of the forever chemical GenX in the Ohio River last November,” said Congressman McGarvey. “For weeks, my office has been in touch with relevant stakeholders who share my concerns which is why today, I am urging EPA Administrator Zeldin to consider the troubling health impacts that communities across the country will face in the event that Trump’s EPA takes the side of polluters.”

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    Dear Administrator Zeldin, 

    In light of your announced intention to revisit maximum contaminant levels for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and related chemicals, I am writing to express a significant concern for my district, Louisville, Kentucky, and the numerous communities that rely on the Ohio River for their drinking water. I urge you to carefully consider the concerning health impacts that these communities and others across the country will face if per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances continue to pollute our nation’s waters. 

    Further, if your review of the regulatory determinations made under the Safe Drinking Water Act does lead to reduced protections for Kentuckians with PFAS in their drinking water, I ask that you please provide your plan to prevent the continued release of PFAS pollutants into their waterways in the first place and how to hold polluters accountable for alarming spikes like the one seen in November 2024. The chart indicating this spike is included below. 

    While Louisville Water remains confident in its ability to treat the water from the Ohio River, the responsibility of preventing PFAS from entering the waterways ultimately lies with the polluters themselves. Data from Louisville Water, which provides drinking water to roughly one million customers in Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer, Bullitt, Hardin, and Nelson counties in Kentucky, shows that in November 2024, detected levels of the PFAS chemical GenX spiked dramatically, jumping from under 5 parts per trillion (ppt) to over 50 ppt. 

    Chemours, a spin-off of DuPont Chemicals, developed hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA, or GenX) as a replacement for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in various industrial and consumer applications. GenX was designed to address concerns stemming from litigation related to PFOA’s toxicity. It is used in high-performance polymers for manufacturing cabling, cookware, non-stick coatings, laptops, cell phones, and other similar applications. GenX chemicals have been found in surface water, groundwater, drinking water, rainwater, and air emissions. Studies have revealed that GenX consumption can have adverse effects on the liver, kidneys, immune system, offspring development, and an association with cancer.   

    In 2024, EPA established the first-ever national drinking water standards to protect Americans from exposure to a wide range of PFAS, including GenX. Per your May announcement, EPA now intends to rescind regulations for GenX and some other PFAS chemicals while conducting a review of the legal process in making those regulatory determinations under the Safe Drinking Water Act. As your agency conducts this review of the regulatory process, I urge you to consider the harm that rescinding GenX limits in drinking water will have on my constituents and other communities along the Ohio River downstream of notorious polluters like the Chemours Washington Works Plant.

    I appreciate your attention to this matter.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: June 26th, 2025 Heinrich, Schatz, Wyden Slam Republicans’ Tax Bill for Gutting Tribal Energy Program and Energy Tax Credits

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for New Mexico Martin Heinrich

    More than 100 Tribes have signed onto letters calling on the Senate to protect the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program and the Clean Energy Tax Credits

    WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Vice Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, released the following statement on Republicans’ Big, Beautiful Betrayal that harms Tribal communities:

    “As extreme heat strains the grid and leaves thousands without power, Senate Republicans are pushing a bill that would hike costs and worsen energy shortages. Their plan slashes investments in the new energy sources we need to meet demand and keep prices down.

    “The bill is particularly harmful to Tribal Nations, pulling the rug out from under projects that would strengthen their energy sovereignty and power local communities. Together, the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program and our Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy tax credits have cleared pathways and removed significant barriers for Tribes to finance and build their own resilient energy infrastructure. More than 100 Tribes have advocated to protect these programs, which are already creating high-quality jobs, increasing energy security, and building economic opportunity in Indian Country and across the nation. We are also committed to taking additional steps to level the playing field for Tribal communities and cut the red tape that has limited their access to these energy programs. 

    “The Big, Beautiful Betrayal isn’t about energy dominance or making life affordable for working families. It’s about cutting essential programs that benefit people from all walks of life to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.”

    More than 100 Tribes have signed onto letters written to Ranking Member Heinrich, Ranking Member Wyden, and Vice Chairman Schatz expressing the importance of the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program and the clean energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act to empowering Tribal energy development.

    The letters are available here.

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Preparedness strategy for avian influenza outbreaks – E-002453/2025

    Source: European Parliament

    Question for written answer  E-002453/2025/rev.1
    to the Commission
    Rule 144
    Leire Pajín (S&D), César Luena (S&D), Nicolás González Casares (S&D)

    The WHO has been warning that there could be an unprecedented spread of the avian influenza virus. The situation, especially in the United States and the Americas as a whole, is very worrying, and we need to step up precautionary measures as a result, since there is a high risk of human-to-human transmission. From the start of 2003 to 22 April 2025, a total of 973 cases of avian influenza in humans, of which 470 were fatal (case fatality rate of 48 %), have been reported from 25 countries globally.

    As it faces this situation, the EU must step up precautions and be prepared. We would therefore like to ask the Commission the following questions:

    • 1.How is the Commission stepping up its prevention, preparedness and response efforts in this area in conjunction with its Member States, and what cooperation mechanisms does it have with third countries?
    • 2.How is the One Health approach being integrated into the preparedness strategy to cover the risk to food security and nutrition?
    • 3.What progress has been made with regard to developing or acquiring H5N1 vaccines, both for animals and for humans?

    Submitted: 18.6.2025

    Last updated: 26 June 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – EU position on the economic blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States – E-002406/2025

    Source: European Parliament

    Question for written answer  E-002406/2025
    to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
    Rule 144
    Anthony Smith (The Left), Pernando Barrena Arza (The Left), Estrella Galán (The Left), Rudi Kennes (The Left), Leila Chaibi (The Left), Arash Saeidi (The Left)

    Since 3 February 1962, the United States of America has imposed on the Republic of Cuba an economic, commercial and financial blockade contrary to the principles of sovereign equality of states, non-intervention and non-interference, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.

    Extraterritorial economic sanctions imposed by the US are having a disastrous impact on the human rights and living conditions of Cubans.

    Since 1992, the Republic of Cuba has submitted an annual motion to the UN General Assembly calling for the lifting of the blockade. While only 59 countries voted in favour of the motion when it was first presented, now almost all countries support it. On 30 October 2024, some 187 countries approved the latest motion.

    Can the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy therefore tell us whether the European Union condemns the economic blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba and what it is doing to enforce international law in this regard?

    Submitted: 16.6.2025

    Last updated: 26 June 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Briefing – TikTok and EU regulation: Legal challenges and cross-jurisdictional insights – 26-06-2025

    Source: European Parliament

    While Europeans are adopting TikTok at a remarkable pace, recent headlines on addictive design, data protection violations, election interference, incendiary content and child sexual exploitation incidents are casting a shadow over its success. This briefing maps the key issues associated with the platform and outlines the European Union’s (EU) legal framework to facilitate parliamentary discussions on recent developments, inform debates on future legislation such as the digital fairness act, and support the European Parliament’s scrutiny of regulatory enforcement. EU investigations into TikTok are ongoing, yet few final decisions are available, and reliable information is sparse. A review of incidents and initiatives in the United States and the United Kingdom provides relevant insights on topical issues relating to TikTok. For instance, hearings and lawsuits linked to the US divest-or-ban law reveal possible national security risks arising from TikTok granting Chinese affiliates access to user data. Lawsuits from at least 16 US attorneys general demonstrate TikTok’s potentially addictive features. Parliament will review the results and formulate its position once EU enforcement actions and regulatory preparations conclude. More than 10 EU laws regulate social media operations and services. For instance, rules in the Artificial Intelligence Act, the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation on non-manipulation can be invoked to mitigate risks like addictive design. However, precise legal applications remain unclear without established case law. This creates broad enforcement possibilities, but it also suggests a need for clearer guidelines or additional regulation. While enforcement actions may escalate geopolitical tensions with China, these issues could be eased through collaboration on shared priorities such as child protection, enhancing strategic and operational interdependence, and exploring privacy-enhancing middleware solutions.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Statement at the Executive Compensation Roundtable

    Source: Securities and Exchange Commission

    Good afternoon. I’m sorry that I can’t be with you for today’s roundtables, which I’m certain will generate some thought-provoking ideas and conversations.

    Executive compensation never fails to be a hot topic. It is an issue consistently and prominently invoked in discussions of corporate responsibility and governance. And, it stands out among those topics that marry capital formation to shareholder rights and engagement.

    A Brief History

    The legal history on executive compensation runs deep. Indeed, disclosure of director and officer compensation was first required of issuers in the Securities Act of 1933.[1] Fast forward to more modern times . . . as Chairman Atkins highlighted in his public statement calling for today’s roundtable, in 1992, the Commission issued a new compensation disclosure rule, which sought to institute digestible and tabular formats. The Commission made further amendments to refine those tables in 2006. Recognizing the “widespread support for enhanced disclosures,” then-Commissioner Atkins noted that “[s]tockholders as the owners of the corporation ought to have a window into the compensation decisions made by the boards of directors that represent their interests.”[2]

    Congress has also, in more recent times, weighed in on the discourse relating to executive compensation. In the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008,[3] and again in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Report and Consumer Protection Act,[4] Congress observed that executive compensation practices encouraged risk taking in a manner that exacerbated many of the problems underlying the 2008 financial crisis, and called for comprehensive reform.[5] In particular, legislation required (among other things):

    • Shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation and golden parachutes (“say-on-pay”);
    • Enhanced independence for board compensation committees and their advisers;
    • Disclosures about the compensation actually paid to executives compared to the issuer’s financial performance, and pay ratios between the median annual total compensation of all employees to the annual total compensation of the CEO; and
    • Policies regarding the recovery by the issuer of erroneously awarded compensation.[6]

    Since that time, the Commission has promulgated rules aimed at effectively implementing these provisions. For example, in 2022 the Commission implemented “pay versus performance” rules,[7] and rules controlling listing standards for clawback policies.[8]

    The disclosure regime set up by both rule and statute is multi-faceted. It is each principles-based and prescriptive. For example, the CD&A discussion encourages companies to a provide meaningful narrative to shareholders about the objectives and philosophy driving their compensation decisions as to all named executive officers. Issuers also have the ability to include non-financial metrics that the company has deemed important in setting incentive-based pay in its pay-versus-performance tables. On the other hand, more prescriptively, issuers must disclose specific quantitative data in the Summary Compensation and other tables about both base and incentive compensation, calculated in a manner consistent with our rules.

    Principles

    Throughout this long history, again and again, certain deeply rooted principles reveal themselves.

    It is a fundamental shareholder right – as the owner of a company’s equity – to obtain full and fair disclosure around the compensation of corporate executives. That disclosure should be easy to understand and analyze; and it should be granular and consistent to allow for comparability across peer companies and filings. It should provide critical information to shareholders, not only for proxy say-on-pay and director votes, but also in capital allocation decisions.[9] Good disclosures will drive capital formation.

    Shareholders are further entitled to a fulsome, detailed and fair picture of the process of how executive compensation is set:

    • Who is involved in the decision-making?
    • What information do those decision-makers utilize, and what factors go into their process?
    • What level of independence do they bring to bear?
    • What are their relative incentives, and are incentives to simply “go-along” with management’s demands sufficiently mitigated?[10]

    Disclosures should further allow investors to understand and evaluate the corporate incentives at play:

    • Do compensation packages foster long term business strategies and economic growth as opposed to “short-termism”?
    • Are the fates of corporate executives sufficiently aligned with relevant performance metrics? Is compensation tied to both “upsides” and “downsides”?
    • Do compensation packages promote corporate investments in operations, human capital, innovation, or other areas that shareholders may feel are critical to a company’s success?[11] What targets are being used in incentive-based calculations and are those targets aligned with shareholder goals?
    • Are companies sufficiently responsive to shareholder feedback?

    These are lofty principles to keep in mind during today’s session.

    Questions for Discussion

    Compensation Trends.The Chairman has posed a number of questions in advance of these roundtables. Many focus on how compensation is set today. I’m also interested in hearing about compensation trends. Long-term data on executive compensation can be both decision-useful for shareholders writ large and can help us evaluate potential weaknesses in the market. For example, we’re just starting to realize the data from our pay versus performance rulemaking in 2022. And, the figures on “compensation actually paid” metrics are potentially revealing. The data show that the highest paid CEO in 2024, using compensation actually paid metrics, made over $6.9 billion.[12] The ratio of CEO to median employee pay at S&P 500 companies rose to approximately 192:1, and at the companies of the 100 highest paid CEOs, that ratio is 348:1.[13] Do larger data sets reveal compensation trends or practices that may foretell problems down the road?[14]

    Material Information. Looking further into the roundtables, the Chair has posed a number of questions on what information is material to shareholders. Feedback from investors on the materiality of executive compensation disclosures has been consistently strong, from comment files in our rulemakings, to everyday conversations, to testimony in the leadup to the seminal Dodd-Frank legislation.

    I nonetheless encourage all shareholders to continue to comment on what is the most decision-useful information in response to the questions posed in connection with this forum. In addition, I hope commenters will discuss how data quality can be improved and made more comparable, for example, potentially by reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to comparable GAAP measures.[15] I hope we see shareholder and issuer input alike, which goes not only for the preeminent panelists on the dais today, but also market participants of all stripes. Please use the opportunity to make your voices heard in the comment file.

    Additionally, staff (at the behest the Commission) has recently taken steps to limit shareholder engagement with management, in the executive compensation and other contexts, by amending staff guidance on 13D and 13G filings.[16] This may put more pressure on the proxy process. How can we strengthen transparency and the quality of disclosures, both in general and specifically in light of these regulatory changes that tend to discourage shareholder communications?

    Cost. The Chairman has also posed questions relating to cost. I would encourage panelists to consider all costs in their comments, and not just those incurred by issuers (which, of course, are ultimately borne by the shareholders). Oftentimes, shareholders expend substantial sums analyzing compensation data disclosed in filings. Are there ways to use technology to lower the costs of the entire ecosystem, without sacrificing the quality of data provided to shareholders – and perhaps even improving data quality?[17]

    Conclusion

    Thank you to all of the participants involved in today’s roundtables, and to the SEC staff who undoubtedly put many hours into the preparation and operations behind today’s event.

    [1] Section 7(a) [15 U.S.C. 77g(a)] and Schedule A, Paragraph 14 [15 U.S.C. 77aa(14)].

    [3] 110th Congress, Pub. Law 110-343 (Oct. 3, 2008).

    [4] 111th Congress, Pub. Law 111-203 (July 21, 2010) (“Dodd-Frank”).

    [6] See Dodd Frank Sections 951-955.

    [7] Final Release, Pay Versus Performance, Rel. No. 34-95607 (Aug. 25, 2022).

    [8] Final Release, Listing Standards for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation (Oct. 26, 2022); see also Final Release, Pay Ratio Disclosure, Rel. Nos. 33-9877, 34-75610 (Aug. 5, 2015).

    [9] See, e.g., Florida’s State Board of Administration – Corporate Governance: Core Beliefs (“Executive compensation is performance-based using leading pay-for-performance metrics, with all compensation plans subject to shareowner approval; [f]ull disclosure to shareowners of all assumptions used to value the awards of options or other compensation plan items; [d]irectors and senior management own significant amounts of company stock, and the company has adopted detailed stock ownership guidelines.”).

    [10] See Lucien Babchek and Jesse Fried, Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem, 3 (2003) (discussing how agency problems pervade in the public issuer context, not only between managers and shareholders, but also between directors and shareholders; “Because a CEO’s influence over the board gives her significant influence over the nomination process, directors have an incentive to ‘go along’ with a CEO’s pay arrangement.”).

    [14] I agree with certain of my colleagues who have pointed out that our regime is a disclosure-based one, not intended to mandate compensation practices. Nonetheless, the disclosures themselves—individually and taken in a broader context—have proven material to investors, legislators and rule-makers alike.

    [15] See, e.g., June 25, 2025 Letter from the Council of Institutional Investors to Vanessa Countryman, File No. 4-855, at 6-7.

    [16] See SEC Division of Corporation Finance, Exchange Act Sections 13(d) and 13(g) and Regulation 13D-G Beneficial Ownership Reporting, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations Question 103.12 (updated Feb 11, 2025) (“Shareholders filing a Schedule 13G in reliance on Rule 13d-1(b) or Rule 13d-1(c) must certify that the subject securities were not acquired and are not held ‘for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer.’. . . A shareholder who exerts pressure on management to implement specific measures or changes to a policy may be ‘influencing’ control over the issuer. For example, Schedule 13G may be unavailable to a shareholder who recommends that the issuer . . . change its executive compensation practices.”).

    [17] See, e.g., June 25, 2025 Letter from the Council of Institutional Investors to Vanessa Countryman, File No. 4-855, at 5; June 25, 2025 Letter from xBRL US to Vanessa Countryman, File No. 4-855.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: CBO’s 2025 Long-Term Projections for Social Security

    Source: US Congressional Budget Office

    Each year, CBO publishes its projections of what revenues and outlays for the Social Security program would be for the next 75 years if current laws generally remained unchanged. This workbook includes the latest of those projections. They are consistent with the projections in The Long-Term Budget Outlook: 2025 to 2055.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Markey, Warren, MA Leaders Sound Alarm on Inhumane Conditions at Burlington ICE Field Office, ICE Attempts to Undermine Transparency

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for Massachusetts Ed Markey
    Reports reveal office held people for days with little food and water, cramped cells, lack of access to health care
    ICE recently changed policy to attempt to block Congressional oversight, prevent Americans’ representatives from witnessing ICE’s violations
    “We are disturbed that ICE appears to be using the Burlington facility beyond its original design to detain people in inadequate conditions in Massachusetts — and that ICE is undermining public transparency and accountability.”
    Letter Text (PDF)
    Washington (June 26, 2025) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today led the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation in writing to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons and ICE ERO Boston Acting Field Office Director Patricia Hyde, pressing them on whether ICE was violating agency standards and holding detainees in inhumane conditions at a facility in Burlington, Massachusetts. The lawmakers also warned of the damage from a new ICE policy to shield field offices from public view by preventing members of Congress from making unannounced visits as part of their oversight — a key function of their job to serve their constituents.
    U.S. Representatives Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Richard Neal (D-Mass.), Bill Keating (D-Mass.), Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) also joined Senators Markey and Warren on the letter.
    “We are disturbed that ICE appears to be using the Burlington facility beyond its original design to detain people in inadequate conditions in Massachusetts — and that ICE is undermining public transparency and accountability,” wrote the lawmakers.
    New reports reveal that ICE is holding people for days at a time at a field office in Burlington, Massachusetts, an office building designed to process people for no more than a few hours. ICE’s own policy says that, barring “exceptional circumstances,” no one should be detained in a field office holding facility for over 12 hours. But in recent months, ICE has used the Burlington office as a “de facto detention facility,” with conditions made worse by the Administration’s attempts to triple the number of ICE arrests per day.
    Conditions at the facility are reportedly abysmal, including inadequate food, drinking water, beds, medical care, hygiene supplies, and more. These conditions appear to violate ICE’s own standards, warranting immediate attention.
    ICE also recently changed its policy to prohibit members of Congress from making unannounced visits to field offices used for detention, undermining public transparency. Meanwhile, ICE continues to dispute individuals’ reports of what they have personally experienced at those same field offices.
    “In effect, ICE appears to be violating its own detention standards, denying reports of violations, and then preventing the American public’s representatives from witnessing those violations,” wrote the lawmakers.
    The lawmakers requested a congressional briefing and pushed for answers regarding conditions at the Burlington facility, with a deadline of July 10.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Markey, Leader Schumer, Wyden Urge Republicans to Halt Health Care Cuts, Spare Small Businesses from Skyrocketing Costs

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for Massachusetts Ed Markey
    Lawmakers raise concerns with Republican health care and food security cuts
    Letter Text (PDF)
    Washington (June 26, 2025) – Small Business Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today wrote to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) with concerns that the proposed cuts in the Republican budget reconciliation bill to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or allowing the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits to expire for 3 million small businesses, including more than 34,000 Massachusetts small businesses, would be a disaster for families and small businesses across the country.
    More than 40 percent of small business owners surveyed by Small Business For America’s Future (SBAF) are concerned that health care cuts would make it harder to compete with large companies, hurt local economies, and result in higher employee turnover and lower productivity. Small business owners are working entrepreneurs who fuel local economies and create jobs. Gutting these lifelines to give more tax breaks to billionaires is an insult to the workers and business owners who keep our communities going.
    The lawmakers write, “It is no surprise that small business owners across the country do not support Republicans’ health care and nutrition cuts: 7 in 10 small business owners oppose cutting healthcare programs while extending tax breaks for the wealthy. As a small business owner in Pennsylvania stated, ‘These cuts don’t solve problems – they shift costs from government programs onto the businesses least able to absorb them, all while extending tax breaks for corporations that already pay lower effective rates than the corner store.’ Small businesses succeed when their owners and employees are healthy, secure, and financially stable. Policies that strip away basic support systems in favor of giveaways for the ultra-wealthy don’t just hurt families, they stifle entrepreneurship and economic growth. The Senate reconciliation bill should recognize this and support America’s small business owners and employees. If this bill is enacted, small businesses would lose while big corporations and the ultra-wealthy win.”
    “Small businesses cannot afford to be shut out of access to affordable healthcare. Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, and enhanced ACA premium tax credits are lifelines for small business owners, their families, and their workers. If Republicans gut these programs or allow them to expire, health care costs for small businesses and their families will skyrocket, employees will lose coverage, and entrepreneurs will be stifled,” said Senator Markey. “We must expand access to health coverage for all, especially small businesses.”
    “The GOP plan will destroy Main Street just to give more tax cuts to Wall Street. Republicans’ healthcare cuts will cripple the ability of small businesses to provide affordable health insurance for their employees and raise costs to make it even harder for small businesses to stay afloat, especially when so many are already being crushed by the higher prices of Trump’s tariffs,” said Leader Schumer. “Small businesses are the lifeblood of this country and the staggering healthcare cuts could cause Main Street businesses to shutter in every corner of the country. Republicans are dead set on continuing their billionaire tax giveaway, but Senate Democrats will not stop fighting to expose the cruelty at the heart of this legislation.”
    “The Republican prescription to cut lifeline health care programs will clobber small businesses making every ounce of effort to keep their lights on,” said Senator Wyden. “I’ve heard firsthand from Oregonians in red and blue communities alike that losing health care coverage will mean one more extra cost that’s hard to afford. As ranking member of the Finance Committee, I am fighting tooth and nail so working families in Oregon and across our country have the coverage they need to put food on the table and care for their loved ones.”
    “We can’t compete with the benefits that large companies offer, and losing good employees because they need healthcare elsewhere would crush us. Small businesses are the heart of our communities—we deserve better than being forced to choose between our workers and our survival,” said Shaundell Newsome, Co-chair of Small Business for America’s Future and owner of Sumnu Marketing, Las Vegas, Nevada.
    “The only reason my three sons have healthcare is Medicaid. It’s literally our lifeline. Now Congress wants to gut these programs to pay for tax cuts for wealthy corporations. The proposed work requirements? They’re a disaster waiting to happen for businesses like mine,” said Dr. Alexia McClerkin, Owner of The Wellness Doc, Houston, Texas.
    “Instead of cutting programs that Main Street depends on, we need policies that help small businesses provide health plan options, support expanding the ACA premium tax credits or quite simply protect Medicaid. Taking away Medicaid will create a snowball effect of other resources such as affordable housing and most recently, the snatching of grant funding opportunities that supported my Tutoring School with a Clean ‘INNERGY’ Program,” said Dr. Latoya Parker, Owner of INNERGY Educational Consulting Company, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
    “What’s particularly frustrating is that we’re talking about cutting programs that work to fund tax breaks for large corporations that are already our competitors for talent and contracts. These big companies have advantages we simply can’t match. Cutting healthcare programs just widens that gap,” said Doug Scheffel, President of ETM Manufacturing, Littleton, Massachusetts.
    “The enhanced premium tax credits are an essential tool that helps my employees afford coverage. Without these credits, many of my 35 workers would face an impossible financial situation. But those enhanced premium tax credits expire this year, and HR 1 fails to extend them while cutting other healthcare programs to fund tax breaks for large corporations,” said Walt Rowen, Small Business for America’s Future Co-chair, President of Susquehanna Glass Company, Columbia, Pennsylvania.
    Small businesses owners surveyed by SBAF expressed fears that the Republican tax scam will impact their ability to compete and retain employees, squeeze their bottom lines, and ultimately threaten the survival of their businesses and their access to essential health care. The SBAF survey also found that:
    Over half of small businesses surveyed have owners, employees, or family members who rely on Medicaid, CHIP coverage, or use the ACA premium tax credits.
    A majority of those surveyed stated that small businesses would face financial pressure if health care program cuts were enacted.
    55 percent of surveyed businesses have owners, employees, or families who rely on premium tax credits offered on the ACA Marketplace to afford coverage
    70 percent oppose cutting vital health care programs to pay for tax breaks for wealthy

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  • MIL-OSI USA: PHOTO: Cornyn Meets with Energy Secretary Chris Wright

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for Texas John Cornyn

    June 24, 2025

    WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) met today with U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright to discuss unleashing American energy abundance, reforming the permitting process, and furthering Texas’ dominance as the nation’s leading energy producer. See photo attached and below.

    This image is in the public domain, but those wishing to do so may credit the Office of U.S. Senator John Cornyn.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Peters, Slotkin Reintroduce Legislation to Grant Federal Recognition to the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for Michigan Gary Peters
    WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) reintroduced legislation to grant federal recognition to the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians (GRB). In addition to granting federal recognition to the GRB, the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians Restoration Act would make its members eligible for benefits and services provided by the federal government, including tuition, health care, and housing assistance. U.S. Representatives Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03) and John James (R-MI-10) introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives.
    “The Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians have been rooted in Michigan for generations. I’m proud to stand alongside them to introduce this bill, which would finally give the Tribe the federal recognition they deserve,” said Senator Peters. “This bill would also make critical resources available to Tribal members and help them better protect their lands for future generations.”  
    “The Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians have fought for federal recognition for 30 years. They have historic ties to Michigan and treaties dating back to 1795 — but still can’t access the federal programs they’re owed,” said Senator Slotkin. “The State of Michigan recognizes them. The federal government should too. It’s time to honor our promises and deliver the services tribal members were guaranteed.”
    “On behalf of the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians, I thank Sen. Peters and the delegation members who introduced and co-sponsored this bill, which will provide justice for our tribal members and give them access to resources they deserve and that they have been without for generations,” said Ron Yob, chairman of the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians. “After more than three decades of advocacy, we are grateful to Sen. Peters for his leadership and dedication to federal acknowledgement for our tribe.” 
    The GRB is a native sovereign nation with agreements with the federal government dating back to 1795. The GRB originally included 19 bands of Ottawa people who lived along the Grand River and other waterways in Southwest Michigan. Today, most of the GRB’s membership resides in Kent, Muskegon, and Oceana counties. 
    Scholten and James’ House companion legislation is supported by Representatives John Moolenaar (R-MI-02), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-08), Jack Bergman (R-MI-01), Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06), Lisa McClain (R-MI-09), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12) Tim Walberg (R-MI-05), Haley Stevens (D-MI-11).   
    Peters and Slotkin have led efforts to support Tribal communities across Michigan. Earlier this year, the lawmakers introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to settle the longstanding land claims of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) and clear the title of current landowners in the community. The bill – which was advanced by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee in March – authorizes federal funds through the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) that may be used by the KBIC for governmental services, economic development, natural resource protection, and land acquisition.  

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  • MIL-OSI USA: McConnell Opening Statement at SAC-D Hearing on FY 26 Budget Request for the Air Force and Space Force

    US Senate News:

    Source: United States Senator for Kentucky Mitch McConnell
    Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, convened today’s hearing “A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Air Force and Space Force”. Prepared text of his opening statement follows: 
    “I’ll begin by welcoming Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General David Allvin, and Chief of Space Operations, General Chance Saltzman. Thanks to each of you for your decades of service to our nation, and our thanks as well to the airmen and guardians you lead. 
    “This weekend’s successful operations over Iran served as a reminder of the immense skill and professionalism of America’s men and women in uniform: Pilots operating coolly in enemy airspace…Dozens of aircraft and thousands of personnel helping to get them safely over their targets…Massively powerful ordnance delivered with the utmost precision…And all flights returning home safely.
    “The way I see it, there are two key takeaways, here: The first one is the value of allies and partners. Israel’s magnificent military and intelligence operations created the strategic opportunity. In degrading Iran’s air defenses, the Israelis demonstrated how highly competent allies act as force multipliers in the face of common threats. We ought to keep this in mind when we look at Europe and the Indo-Pacific, too. Allies and partners are going to be essential to any big fight, and we should not underestimate their value.
    “Of course, at the end of the day, nobody in the world but the U.S. Air Force can do what you did this weekend. America’s ability to project power globally is unparalleled. And that brings me to the second takeaway: military primacy doesn’t happen overnight. The most sophisticated military in world history is the product of trillions of dollars over decades.
    “Sustaining this military force isn’t cheap. Modernizing it to preserve our military edge is even more expensive. But if we value the lives of our servicemembers…The unprecedented peace we have experienced since World War II…And the fruits of the American-led international order…Then it’s worth every penny and then some.
    “America’s most determined adversaries have studied the capabilities and tactics of our military closely, and have developed advanced radars, sensors, and long-range air defenses to counter precisely the strength we showed last weekend
    “The PRC has been playing a long game to challenge American primacy. By contrast, in crucial ways, we’ve been taking our edge for granted. Chronic underfunding of the national defense has become a habit of consecutive administrations. Unfortunately, the budget we’re here to discuss today is no exception. In fact, the President’s request for FY26 falls well short of meeting the requirements imposed by today’s threat landscape. We simply will not keep pace with the pacing threat of China if we’re not willing to keep pace with inflation.
    “The Air Force needs to modernize its bomber and fighter fleets. It needs new tankers and command and control aircraft. It also needs longer-range and more sophisticated munitions.  And it needs a lot of them.
    “The Space Force needs advanced satellite technologies, resilient communications systems, and enhanced surveillance capabilities, to deter aggression, ensure freedom of maneuver, and maintain uninterrupted space-based support to joint and allied forces back on planet earth. And you can’t do any of it with anemic base budgets. You just can’t.
    “Preserving our military edge and the peace will require sustained and significant increases in defense spending. Not just a one-time infusion. But it’s not just the size of the FY26 request many of us are concerned about. It’s also the structure. The Administration has asked Congress to split the funds for massive procurement efforts like B-21 and Sentinel between the base budget and a one-time reconciliation bill.
    “I struggle to understand how putting programs with broad bipartisan support in a simple-majority reconciliation bill won’t function like a shell game for avoiding making the sort of annual, base-budget investments we begged the last Administration to make. 
    “The need for stable production of aircraft seems to argue for year-on-year funding baked into a base budget. The constrained topline, of course, is forcing services to make artificially tough choices. In your case, let me just say this: We all want to go to space. But let’s be honest about the risks and trade-offs this request is forcing you to make. If the choice you’re facing is between an available, advanced airborne system with onboard battle management and a nascent space capability, you’re going to have to resist the urge to turn proven capabilities like the E-7 into billpayers.
    “There’s value in redundancy. We should be making investments in both airborne and space-based command and control. They say that in space, no one can hear you scream. But squandering our advantage in this critical domain because we can’t find the political will to maintain it? That would mean plenty of screaming here on Earth, with devastating consequences for U.S. military operations on land, air, and sea.
    “I hope we’ll also hear from you about how the Air Force is addressing munitions shortfalls – not just in the massive ordnance penetrators deployed this weekend to great effect, but across the entire spectrum of both offensive and defensive capabilities on which Air Force operations are built. I’ve been hoping to hear from each service how production challenges are being addressed, and the Air Force will be no exception.
    “Speaking of the MOP, I need to address the manufactured controversy over the extent to which the strikes damaged Iran’s nuclear program. We haven’t been briefed on the intelligence, but the political hand-wringing misses an important point: We’ve demonstrated our military superiority. If we want, we can own the skies over Iran. If the Iranians don’t abandon their nuclear program, we can keep bombing them. And Iran’s remaining leaders should take the off-ramp the President has offered them.     
    “Finally, I’ll ask you to explain for us the lessons you’re taking from conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. How is the rapid evolution of unmanned systems informing the decisions you make about drone operations, force protection, and interception? And what information are you getting today that you’d lose if America neglected its relationships with force-multiplying allies and partners?
    “I’ll look forward to your testimony on each of these fronts.”

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  • MIL-OSI Global: Natural hazards don’t disappear when the storm ends or the earthquake stops – they evolve

    Source: The Conversation – USA – By Brian J. Yanites, Associate Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science. Professor of Surficial and Sedimentary Geology, Indiana University

    The Carter Lodge hangs precariously over the flood-scoured bank of the Broad River in Chimney Rock Village, N.C., on May 13, 2025, eight months after Hurricane Helene. AP Photo/Allen G. Breed

    Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in profound ways that will affect the hazards local residents face far into the future.

    Mudslides buried roads and reshaped river channels. Uprooted trees left soil on hillslopes exposed to the elements. Sediment that washed into rivers changed how water flows through the landscape, leaving some areas more prone to flooding and erosion.

    Helene was a powerful reminder that natural hazards don’t disappear when the skies clear – they evolve.

    These transformations are part of what scientists call cascading hazards. They occur when one natural event alters the landscape in ways that lead to future hazards. A landslide triggered by a storm might clog a river, leading to downstream flooding months or years later. A wildfire can alter the soil and vegetation, setting the stage for debris flows with the next rainstorm.

    Satellite images before (top) and after Hurricane Helene (bottom) show how the storm altered landscape near Pensacola, N.C., in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
    Google Earth, CC BY

    I study these disasters as a geomorphologist. In a new paper in the journal Science, I and a team of scientists from 18 universities and the U.S. Geological Survey explain why hazard models – used to help communities prepare for disasters – can’t just rely on the past. Instead, they need to be nimble enough to forecast how hazards evolve in real time.

    The science behind cascading hazards

    Cascading hazards aren’t random. They emerge from physical processes that operate continuously across the landscape – sediment movement, weathering, erosion. Together, the atmosphere, biosphere and the earth are constantly reshaping the conditions that cause natural disasters.

    For instance, earthquakes fracture rock and shake loose soil. Even if landslides don’t occur during the quake itself, the ground may be weakened, leaving it primed for failure during later rainstorms.

    That’s exactly what happened after the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province, China, which led to a surge in debris flows long after the initial seismic event.

    A strong aftershock after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province, China, in May 2008 triggered more landslides in central China.
    AP Photo/Andy Wong

    Earth’s surface retains a “memory” of these events. Sediment disturbed in an earthquake, wildfire or severe storm will move downslope over years or even decades, reshaping the landscape as it goes.

    The 1950 Assam earthquake in India is a striking example: It triggered thousands of landslides. The sediment from these landslides gradually moved through the river system, eventually causing flooding and changing river channels in Bangladesh some 20 years later.

    An intensifying threat in a changing world

    These risks present challenges for everything from emergency planning to home insurance. After repeated wildfire-mudslide combinations in California, some insurers pulled out of the state entirely, citing mounting risks and rising costs among the reasons.

    Cascading hazards are not new, but their impact is intensifying.

    Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of wildfires, storms and extreme rainfall. At the same time, urban development continues to expand into steep, hazard-prone terrain, exposing more people and infrastructure to evolving risks.

    The rising risk of interconnected climate disasters like these is overwhelming systems built for isolated events.

    Yet climate change is only part of the equation. Earth processes – such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions – also trigger cascading hazards, often with long-lasting effects.

    Mount St. Helens is a powerful example: More than four decades after its eruption in 1980, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to manage ash and sediment from the eruption to keep it from filling river channels in ways that could increase the flood risk in downstream communities.

    Rethinking risk and building resilience

    Traditionally, insurance companies and disaster managers have estimated hazard risk by looking at past events.

    But when the landscape has changed, the past may no longer be a reliable guide to the future. To address this, computer models based on the physics of how these events work are needed to help forecast hazard evolution in real time, much like weather models update with new atmospheric data.

    A March 2024 landslide in the Oregon Coast Range wiped out trees in its path.
    Brian Yanites, June 2025
    A drone image of the same March 2024 landslide in the Oregon Coast Range shows where it temporarily dammed the river below.
    Brian Yanites, June 2025

    Thanks to advances in Earth observation technology, such as satellite imagery, drone and lidar, which is similar to radar but uses light, scientists can now track how hillslopes, rivers and vegetation change after disasters. These observations can feed into geomorphic models that simulate how loosened sediment moves and where hazards are likely to emerge next.

    Researchers are already coupling weather forecasts with post-wildfire debris flow models. Other models simulate how sediment pulses travel through river networks.

    Cascading hazards reveal that Earth’s surface is not a passive backdrop, but an active, evolving system. Each event reshapes the stage for the next.

    Understanding these connections is critical for building resilience so communities can withstand future storms, earthquakes and the problems created by debris flows. Better forecasts can inform building codes, guide infrastructure design and improve how risk is priced and managed. They can help communities anticipate long-term threats and adapt before the next disaster strikes.

    Most importantly, they challenge everyone to think beyond the immediate aftermath of a disaster – and to recognize the slow, quiet transformations that build toward the next.

    Brian J. Yanites receives funding from the National Science Foundation.

    – ref. Natural hazards don’t disappear when the storm ends or the earthquake stops – they evolve – https://theconversation.com/natural-hazards-dont-disappear-when-the-storm-ends-or-the-earthquake-stops-they-evolve-259502

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  • MIL-OSI USA News: Experts Agree: Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated

    Source: US Whitehouse

    From nuclear regulators to foreign policy experts to members of the intelligence community, every knowledgeable person is in agreement that President Donald J. Trump obliterated Iran’s nuclear facilities.

    International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi: “Given the power of these devices and the technical characteristics of a centrifuge, we already know that these centrifuges are no longer operational, because they are fairly precise machines: there are rotors, and the vibrations [from the bombs] have completely destroyed them.”

    CIA Director John Ratcliffe: “CIA can confirm that a body of credible intelligence indicates Iran’s Nuclear Program has been severely damaged by the recent, targeted strikes. This includes new intelligence from a historically reliable and accurate source/method that several key Iranian nuclear facilities were destroyed and would have to be rebuilt over the course of years.”

    Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard: “New intelligence confirms what @POTUS has stated numerous times: Iran’s nuclear facilities have been destroyed. If the Iranians chose to rebuild, they would have to rebuild all three facilities (Natanz, Fordow, Esfahan) entirely, which would likely take years to do. The propaganda media has deployed their usual tactic: selectively release portions of illegally leaked classified intelligence assessments (intentionally leaving out the fact that the assessment was written with “low confidence”) to try to undermine President Trump’s decisive leadership and the brave servicemen and women who flawlessly executed a truly historic mission to keep the American people safe and secure.”

    Former ODNI National Intelligence Manager for Iran Norman Roule: “I am confident that Iran has suffered a catastrophic — catastrophic — blow … and that this has set them back for a very, very long time.”

    Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Philip Breedlove (Ret.): “It went off magnificently … They did it perfectly, so we should have … an expectation that there was significant damage.”

    Institute for Science and International Security President David Albright: “Iran can’t make centrifuges and can’t produce, in a sense, the equivalent of the gas … so their program is severely damaged.”

    President Trump: “Monumental Damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran, as shown by satellite images. Obliteration is an accurate term! The white structure shown is deeply imbedded into the rock, with even its roof well below ground level, and completely shielded from flame. The biggest damage took place far below ground level. Bullseye!!!”

    Israel Atomic Energy Commission: “The devastating US strike on Fordo destroyed the site’s critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility inoperable. We assess that the American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, combined with Israeli strikes on other elements of Iran’s military nuclear program, has set back Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons by many years. The achievement can continue indefinitely if Iran does not get access to nuclear material.”

    IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir: “I can say here that the assessment is that we significantly damaged the nuclear program, and I can also say that we set it back by years, I repeat, years.”

    Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei: “Our nuclear installations have been badly damaged, that’s for sure.”

    Vice President JD Vance: “I can say to the American people with great confidence that they are much further away from a nuclear program today than they were 24 hours ago. That was the objective of the mission, to destroy that Fordow nuclear site, and of course, do some damage to the other sites as well, but we feel very confident that the Fordow nuclear site was substantially set back, and that was our goal.”

    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: “Based on everything we have seen — and I’ve seen it all — our bombing campaign obliterated Iran’s ability to create nuclear weapons. Our massive bombs hit exactly the right spot at each target and worked perfectly. The impact of those bombs is buried under a mountain of rubble in Iran; so anyone who says the bombs were not devastating is just trying to undermine the President and the successful mission.”

    Secretary Hegseth: “Given the 30,000 pounds of explosions and the capability of those munitions, it was DEVASTATION underneath Fordow … Any assessment that tells you otherwise is speculating with other motives.”

    Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan “Razin” Caine: “Initial battle damage assessments indicate that all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction. More than 125 US aircraft participated in this mission, including B2 stealth bombers, multiple flights of fourth and fifth generation fighters, dozens and dozens of air refueling tankers, a guided missile submarine, and a full array of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft, as well as hundreds of maintenance and operational professionals.”

    Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “The Iranian program — the nuclear program — today looks nothing like it did just a week ago … That story is a false story and it’s one that really shouldn’t be re-reported because it doesn’t accurately reflect what’s happening.”

    Secretary Rubio: “Everything underneath that mountain is in bad shape … There’s no way Iran comes to the table if somehow nothing had happened. This was complete and total obliteration. They are in bad shape. They are way behind today compared to where they were just seven days ago because of what President Trump did.”

    Special Envoy Steve Witkoff: “We put 12 bunker buster bombs on Fordow. There’s no doubt that it breached the canopy, there’s no doubt that it was well within reach of the depth that these bunker buster bombs go to, and there’s no doubt that it was obliterated — so the reporting out there that in some way suggests that we did not achieve the objective is just completely preposterous.”

    Director Gabbard: “The operation was a resounding success. Our missiles were delivered precisely and accurately, obliterating key Iranian capabilities needed to quickly assemble a nuclear weapon.”

    Director General Grossi: “Given the explosive payload utilized, and the extreme vibration-sensitive nature of centrifuges, very significant damage is expected to have occurred. At the Esfahan nuclear site, additional buildings were hit, with the US confirming their use of cruise missiles. Affected buildings include some related to the uranium conversion process. Also at this site, entrances to tunnels used for the storage of enriched material appear to have been hit. At the Natanz enrichment site, the Fuel Enrichment Plant was hit, with the US confirming that it used ground-penetrating munitions.”

    Mr. Albright: “Overall, Israel’s and U.S. attacks have effectively destroyed Iran’s centrifuge enrichment program. It will be a long time before Iran comes anywhere near the capability it had before the attack.”

    Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Nonproliferation and Biodefense Program Deputy Director Andrea Stricker: “I think that because of the massive damage and the shock wave that would have been sent by 12 Massive Ordnance Penetrators at the Fordow site, that it likely would render its centrifuges damaged or inoperable.”

    American Enterprise Institute Middle East Portfolio Manager Brian Carter: “There is no question that the bombing campaign ‘badly, badly damaged’ the three sites.”

    Institute for Science and International Security Senior Research Fellow Spencer Faragasso: “Overall, it may possibly take years for Iran to reconstitute the capabilities it lost at these facilities.”

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Kaptur Applauds Over $1.4 Million in Federal Awards For Four Local Northwest Ohio Regional Airports

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)

    Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced the award of four federal aviation awards totaling $1,433,909 to support critical infrastructure upgrades at rural and regional airports across Northwest Ohio. Funded through the FY25 Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) program, the awards will modernize facilities in Fremont, Kelleys Island, Port Clinton, and Defiance, boosting the region’s aviation economy and workforce while enhancing long-term safety and service capacity Defiance, Erie, Ottawa, and Sandusky Counties.

    “These awards represent smart, targeted investment in transportation infrastructure – the backbone of our Northwest Ohio region,” said Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09). “These facilities are lifelines for emergency access, business development, and future aviation growth. From snow removal equipment in Fremont to major runway and taxiway improvements in Port Clinton, and Defiance, to long-overdue safety enhancements on Kelleys Island, these projects support the skilled labor and small businesses that keep our airports running and our communities connected. Thanks to continued federal support, Ohio will continue to be a leader in flight at airports both big and small for generations to come.

    “On behalf of the Sandusky County Regional Airport Authority, we thank Congresswoman Kaptur for helping us to receive this federal investment,” said Michael Russell, Airport Manager, Sandusky County Regional Airport. “We greatly appreciate her support and look forward to her next visits to see the equipment in action!”

    The specific awards include:

    • $387,600 for the Sandusky County Regional Airport in Fremont to replace snow removal equipment that has reached the end of its useful life;
    • $361,361 for the Village of Kelleys Island to fund the second phase of an Environmental Assessment for planned runway safety improvements, including the relocation of Monaghan Road;
    • $572,302 for the Erie-Ottawa International Airport in Port Clinton to begin design work for rehabilitation of runways and taxiways;
    • $112,646 for the Defiance Memorial Airport to design reconstruction of deteriorating taxi lanes and apron pavement.

    This new investment delivered by Congresswoman Kaptur follows $342K awarded to Fulton County Airport in March, 2025, $1 Million awarded to Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport in October, 2024, and over $7 Million awarded across Erie-Ottawa International Airport, Middle Bass Island Airport, and Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport in September, 2024.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: SPC Jun 26, 2025 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook

    Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    SPC AC 261726

    Day 2 Convective Outlook
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    1226 PM CDT Thu Jun 26 2025

    Valid 271200Z – 281200Z

    …THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE FRIDAY INTO
    FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA INTO PARTS OF
    WESTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

    …SUMMARY…
    Scattered strong thunderstorms, and perhaps one or two small
    organizing clusters, may impact parts of the northern Great Plains
    late Friday afternoon into Friday night, accompanied by a risk for
    severe hail and wind.

    …Discussion…
    Although a mid to upper low is likely to linger across parts of the
    Southeast, perhaps migrating slowly northward across the northern
    Florida into Georgia vicinity, modest subtropical ridging at
    mid-levels will generally prevail across much of the central and
    southern tier of the U.S. through this period. Models indicate that
    modest mid-level westerlies will remain confined to the northern
    tier, with one embedded short wave trough forecast to slowly
    progress across the Great Lakes region. A couple of, perhaps, more
    subtle perturbations within a broader cyclonic regime are forecast
    to progress east-northeastward near and north of the Montana/North
    Dakota international border vicinity.

    In lower levels, a surface cold front, in the wake of a digging
    short wave trough well offshore of the northern Atlantic coast, may
    make further southward progress through portions of the northern Mid
    Atlantic states, before retreating northeastward late Friday through
    Friday night. Upstream, another cold front, likely into the upper
    Great Lakes vicinity and through much of the northern Great Plains
    by 12Z Friday, is forecast to continue to advance eastward across
    the Great Lakes through the remainder of the period, while the cool
    air gradually modifies from west to east across the Dakotas. In
    between and south of these boundaries, seasonably moist conditions,
    including upper 60s to 70+ F dew points, appear likely to persist
    across most areas east of the high plains.

    …Northern Great Plains…
    Models indicate that low-level warming and moistening across the
    western into central Dakotas may contribute to strong potential
    instability by Friday afternoon, beneath warm elevated mixed-layer
    air advecting east of the northern Rockies, ahead of the broad
    approaching upstream mid-level troughing. This destabilization will
    become focused east of the modestly deep lee surface trough axis,
    along a developing warm frontal zone aided by strengthening
    differential surface heating.

    The northern periphery of the warmer and more strongly capping
    elevated mixed-layer air is forecast to nose across western through
    central South Dakota by early Friday evening.
    Lower/mid-tropospheric warm advection on the edge of this air mass
    may provide the focus for an upscale growing cluster of storms
    across north central South Dakota, or perhaps south central North
    Dakota, aided by a modestly strengthening low-level jet Friday
    evening. This would likely tend to propagate east-southeastward
    overnight, beneath strengthening westerly mid/upper flow (including
    30-40+ kt at 500 mb).

    Otherwise, widely scattered strong to severe thunderstorms,
    including a couple of supercells, may initiate near/east of the lee
    trough during the late afternoon into evening across the western
    Dakotas, and perhaps parts of north central Nebraska into
    northeastern Colorado, though this is a bit more uncertain due to
    potentially stronger mid-level inhibition.

    …Lower Great Lakes Vicinity…
    Latest model output indicates that strengthening thunderstorm
    development is possible in a narrow pre-frontal corridor across
    parts of southwestern Ontario and southeastern Lower Michigan into
    northwestern Indiana and northwestern Ohio, near or after 28/00Z.
    Although this is after peak diurnal heating, moderately large
    residual CAPE, in the presence of southwesterly deep-layer mean flow
    strengthening to 20-30 kt, might become supportive of convection
    capable of producing a few locally strong to severe wind gusts,
    before storms weaken late Friday evening.

    …Appalachians into Southeast…
    In the presence of relatively weak mid-level inhibition, forcing for
    ascent aided by orography and inland advancing sea breezes may
    support considerable diurnal thunderstorm development, as insolation
    within a seasonably moist boundary-layer contributes to moderate
    potential instability. Stronger convection will probably pose a
    risk for locally damaging downbursts, before activity weakens early
    Friday evening.

    ..Kerr.. 06/26/2025

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  • MIL-OSI USA: SPC Jun 26, 2025 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

    Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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    Jun 26, 2025 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

    Updated: Thu Jun 26 16:09:51 UTC 2025 (Print Version |   |  )

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    SPC AC 261609

    Day 1 Convective Outlook
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    1109 AM CDT Thu Jun 26 2025

    Valid 261630Z – 271200Z

    …THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
    FROM NORTHWEST MO INTO SOUTHERN MN/WI…AND FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO
    THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS…

    …SUMMARY…
    Isolated wind damage and a few tornadoes will be possible this
    afternoon from northwest Missouri into Iowa, southeast Minnesota,
    and southern Wisconsin. Scattered wind damage will be possible from
    the Mid-Atlantic into the southern Appalachians.

    …Upper Midwest…
    A shortwave trough is evident this morning over NE/SD moving
    eastward. Lift ahead of this feature will encourage scattered
    thunderstorm development by early afternoon near the surface low and
    along a weak cold front over western IA. These storms will track
    southeastward into a warm and very moist air mass, where MLCAPE
    values will be 2000-3000 J/kg. Steep low-level lapse rates will
    promote a risk of damaging winds as the storms spread southeastward
    through early evening.

    From the surface low eastward into southern WI, a corridor of backed
    low-level winds and enhanced shear along the warm front will be
    favorable for a few discrete supercells. Similar to yesterday
    (although perhaps not quite as favorable), there is a risk of a few
    tornadoes through the afternoon and early evening.

    …Mid-Atlantic to Southern Appalachians…
    Full sunshine is occurring again today from southeast PA to the
    western Carolinas and north GA. This corridor will be hot/humid
    again today, leading to scattered thunderstorms. Winds aloft are
    weak, suggesting disorganized/pulse convective modes. However,
    steep low-level lapse rates and moderate CAPE values will once again
    result in a risk of locally damaging wind gusts through the
    afternoon and early evening. Despite the expected weak winds aloft,
    will introduce a SLGT risk for this corridor given the consensus of
    model guidance supporting the threat.

    ..Hart/Thornton.. 06/26/2025

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  • MIL-OSI USA: SPC MD 1452

    Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    Mesoscale Discussion 1452

    Mesoscale Discussion 1452
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    1129 AM CDT Thu Jun 26 2025

    Areas affected…Parts of northeastern IA…southeast
    MN…southern/central WI

    Concerning…Severe potential…Watch likely

    Valid 261629Z – 261830Z

    Probability of Watch Issuance…80 percent

    SUMMARY…Severe storms with a threat of a few tornadoes and
    isolated to scattered damaging winds may develop this afternoon.

    DISCUSSION…An MCV is moving out of the Missouri Valley toward
    southern MN, immediately in advance of a larger-scale
    mid/upper-level trough moving across the northern Plains. A warm
    front is draped from northern IA into southern WI. This front will
    move northward into this afternoon, as a surface wave moves along
    the front near the MN/IA border. Rich low-level moisture is in place
    near and south of the warm front. Midlevel lapse rates are weak, but
    diurnal heating of the very moist airmass will result in MLCAPE
    increasing into the 1500-2500 J/kg range along and south of the
    front.

    Visible satellite indicates some clearing north of the warm front
    from northeast IA into far southeast MN and southwest WI. This will
    allow moderate buoyancy to develop within a region where surface
    winds are backed and effective SRH is locally enhanced. As the MCV
    and surface wave move across the region, supercell development will
    be possible near/north of the warm front and near the surface low,
    with relatively enlarged low-level hodographs supporting a tornado
    threat. Eventually, a broken line of storms may eventually develop
    along a trailing cold front, which could also pose a threat of
    locally damaging winds, and possibly a tornado.

    Watch issuance is likely by early afternoon in order to address
    these threats.

    ..Dean/Hart.. 06/26/2025

    …Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product…

    ATTN…WFO…GRB…MKX…ARX…MPX…DMX…

    LAT…LON 42729316 42529386 42279476 43019445 43859394 44319263
    44539145 44549027 44208887 43588845 43078852 42918895
    42929015 42899223 42729316

    MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY…85-115 MPH
    MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST…55-70 MPH

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  • MIL-OSI USA: SPC MD 1453

    Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    Mesoscale Discussion 1453

    Mesoscale Discussion 1453
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    1148 AM CDT Thu Jun 26 2025

    Areas affected…southern Appalachians into northern Georgia

    Concerning…Severe potential…Watch possible

    Valid 261648Z – 261845Z

    Probability of Watch Issuance…40 percent

    SUMMARY…Scattered thunderstorms capable of damaging wind and some
    instances of severe hail possible this afternoon.

    DISCUSSION…Thunderstorm activity is ongoing this morning across
    portions of eastern Tennessee and western South Carolina, with
    occasional severe pulses. Temperatures have warmed into the mid 80s
    to 90s across the Carolinas into Georgia and eastern Tennessee, with
    dew points in the upper 60s to 70s. Continued heating under sunny
    skies (outside of the areas with convection) should yield further
    destabilization and MLCAPE around 2000-3000 J/kg by the afternoon.
    Morning 12z sounding analysis indicates cool mid-levels, with modest
    mid-level lapse rates. Though flow aloft is weak, moderate
    instability and steepening low-level lapse with heating will allow
    for potential for wet downbursts and damaging outflow winds. A few
    isolated instances of severe hail will also be possible, owing to
    steep lapse rates. This area will be monitored for watch potential
    through the afternoon.

    ..Thornton/Hart.. 06/26/2025

    …Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product…

    ATTN…WFO…AKQ…LWX…RAH…RNK…RLX…GSP…MRX…FFC…
    BMX…

    LAT…LON 33658324 33348429 33308482 33518519 33818538 34228526
    34838478 36218303 36878212 37368145 37758054 38077982
    38177941 38177877 38017842 37827816 37577801 37377792
    37037815 36757885 36417954 36178008 36028034 35498090
    34778186 34208257 33658324

    MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST…55-70 MPH
    MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE…UP TO 1.25 IN

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