A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suing

Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home.

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America Is Exporting Bewilderment to the Rest of the World

A week or two back I shared a plane ride down from Scotland with a group of Americans who had obviously been golfing. Since one was sporting a MAGA baseball cap, it seemed a fair guess that they had b...

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The U.S. and the EU Must Wake Up to Threats in Georgia

Georgian Dream is crushing civil society, courts, and opposition to entrench one-party rule and Russian influence; only fast U.S.-EU sanctions can stop it.

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Ukraine Reaches 1,600 km Into Russia to Strike Three Major Oil Refineries

Ukraine drone strikes hit three major Russian oil refineries in Bashkortostan, nearly 1,600 km away, targeting key fuel supplies for the military.

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'ISIS of the Western Hemisphere'? Latin America isn't buying it

Elbridge Colby's speech at a regional defense conference revealed major gaps between the US and its neighbors

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From the internationalaffairs community on Reddit: US conjoins the wars in Eurasia, West Asia

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Ukraine exported ready-made combat drones to the US for the first time - F-Drones

The Ukrainian company F-Drones has completed the delivery of 2,000 F10 attack FPV drones to the USA within the first phase of the Drone Dominance project, which is being implemented for the US Departm...

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What we know about Canadian NATO intern arrested in Belgium on espionage charges | CBC News

A CBC News investigation has identified the Canadian woman arrested last week in Belgium on espionage charges as Biwei Zhang, a systems engineer whose resume suggests she has previously worked for the...

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Poland launches first of 11 planned "community forests" around major cities

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Journalist Richard Medhurst had his mobile phone seized. Did using a secure phone protect his data?

Richard Medhurst is a well-known independent British journalist covering international affairs who has been highly critical of Israel, which has been accused of war crimes in its conflict with Gaza by the United Nations and the International Criminal Court. In August 2024, Medhurst was arrested upon landing at London’s Heathrow Airport. He was the first reporter to be arrested by the British police under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act, which makes it an offence to invite support for a proscribed group. British authorities interpreted his analyses and comments as supportive of organisations proscribed in the UK, such as Hamas or Hezbollah. He says the experience has inspired him to write a comprehensive security manual to help other high-risk journalists safeguard their devices and networks. Detained for almost a full day and interrogated for two hours, his two phones, microphones, wired headsets, wireless headphones, cables, adapters and a Faraday bag, which ensures that electronic devices cannot give out or receive signals, were seized. A few months after his arrest at Heathrow, he was raided in Vienna, where he is based, by the Austrian security services. The British investigation into Medhurst was closed in October 2025 with no charges, but the...

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Does dark energy really exist? Our work identifies cracks in the foundations of today’s cosmological model

The expansion of the universe may not in fact be accelerating, calling dark energy into question.

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America’s ‘Cult of the Offensive’: Why the US is headed for failure in Iran

No military, however capable, can overcome bad grand strategy.

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From the CombatFootage community on Reddit: U.S. service member films Iranian ballistic missiles striking Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan, killing/injuring U.S. troops - July 18

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MAGA complains it's no longer 'fun' ruining everyone else's lives: report

When President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement regained control of America’s government in early 2025, there were multiple reports of them having fun as they laid off thousands of government workers and implemented the Project 2025 agenda. Yet between Trump’s underwhelming Great American State Fair, his desperate attempts to preemptively claim the midterm elections were stolen, his unpopular war against Iran and America’s ongoing economic problems, that sense of fun has now seemed to have mostly disappeared. “The worst part about living in Donald Trump’s Washington has been seeing just how much fun he and all the MAGA vandals he brought to power have been having sacking and pillaging the place,” The New York Times’ Sally Quinn wrote on Sunday. “This while the rest of us longtime Washingtonians who abided by norms, shared values and even bipartisanship were filled first with shock, then a feeling of helplessness, and hopelessness. It could border on passivity. What could be done?” Quinn referred back to an essay she wrote for the Times’ last year regarding the Trump administration’s attitude upon taking over Washington DC again. “Nobody feels safe,” Quinn wrote at the time. “Nobody feels protected. This is a city where people seek and, if it all goes well for them, wield power. But today in Washington, those who hold — or once held — the most power are often the most scared. It is not something they are used to feeling.” Reflecting back on those words in July 2026, Quinn argued that “sometimes it felt as if the Trumpists could smell our fear, and seemed to be enjoying it.” Yet because of the president’s multiple policy controversies and overall loss of popularity, she observed that this once-optimism has waned. “Now they’re the ones in despair, fearful and losing hope,” Quinn wrote. “Even the true believers are questioning the MAGA theology. Why are we at war with Iran still? Our military is humbled, our reputation in tatters, and now gas prices are going up again.” The columnist also pointed out that various Trump efforts to revive his approval ratings — including hosting a UFC fight on the White House lawn, leading the Great American State Fair and delivering a speech falsely claiming the 2020 presidential election as stolen — have failed to take off. As a result, even groups that normally stood by his side resolutely are now keeping their distance. “Many Republican lawmakers are beginning to quiet-quit,” Quinn wrote. “The Wall Street Journal called it the G.O.P. ‘zombie Congress’ — not in open revolt, exactly, but not ready to take a bullet for the president and his self-serving crusades as the midterms approach.” She added, “Then there’s Mr. Trump’s estrangement from some of his biggest allies: Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Alex Jones and Ann Coulter, not to mention former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. Even onetime Trump-skeptical Republican senators who had joined the bandwagon, like Bill Cassidy and John Cornyn, have, after being primaried by Trump-endorsed challengers, been more vocally critical. And even Joe Rogan has had his altercations with the president.” With the cage fights serving as a “tipping point” in terms of Trump’s ability to be taken seriously even by his erstwhile allies, Quinn described how in advance of the fights one of Washington’s “hottest restaurants” hosted many Trump-world major players — but they could not successfully hide their ongoing concerns. But the mood felt off,” Quinn said. “Less jubilant. As if they knew that the U.F.C. fights were really going to be the moment when MAGA jumped the shark.” Leon Wieseltier, editor of Liberties magazine, told Quinn that “people are genuinely disgusted and they’re now combative. Like Popeye, they’re essentially saying, ‘That’s all I can stands, and I can’t stands no more.’ Before he eats his spinach to fortify himself.”

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4 Republicans in U.S. Congress accuse Canada of failing to do enough to prevent wildfires | CBC News

Republican members of U.S. Congress are slamming Canada's federal and provincial governments over what they claim is inaction in preventing the wildfires currently spreading smoke and poor air quality...

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Specter Turns Your Flipper Zero Into a Pocket Skimmer Detector

A new Flipper Zero app called Specter aims to turn the handheld device into a passive counter-surveillance tool for finding active 13.56 MHz NFC readers, including potentially suspicious readers hidden near payment terminals, access-control panels, desks, or other equipment. Unlike NFC tools designed to read or emulate cards, Specter is built to listen. The application does not transmit a carrier, query nearby devices, decode card traffic, or collect data from readers. Instead, it alerts users when it detects the radio-frequency field emitted by a powered NFC reader . NFC readers continually emit a 13.56 MHz field while waiting for a contactless card, key fob, phone, transit pass, or badge to enter range. Specter uses that behavior as a detection signal. Specter With Flipper Zero Flipper Zero already includes an ST25R3916 NFC chip and a 13.56 MHz high-frequency antenna, hardware normally used for reading, saving, and emulating compatible NFC cards. The ST25R3916 family also includes an external-field detector designed to identify the presence of an external RF field. Specter reportedly places this hardware into a detect-only state, repeatedly sampling whether a field is present. It then converts those samples into a live FIELD % reading, giving the user a warmer-or-colder indication rather than an exact signal-strength or distance measurement. The app’s main Sweep screen uses an analog-inspired EMF gauge, live waveform, peak-hold marker, and a red “hot zone” to visualize nearby NFC activity. As the detected field becomes more consistent or stronger, the meter needle rises and the proximity status changes from FAINT to NEAR, CLOSE, or STRONG. When Specter locks onto an active reader, it can display an alarm-style border and activate optional feedback through clicks, vibration, and the Flipper’s LED. The click rate increases as the user approaches the field source, allowing a physical surface to be swept without constantly watching the display. That could make the utility useful for authorized inspections of point-of-sale environments, office hardware, access-control installations, parcels, or personal belongings. A security team could first test the app against a known legitimate contactless terminal or door reader, then compare unexpected detections elsewhere. Specter detects the presence of an active HF NFC carrier; it does not identify the reader, determine whether it is malicious, capture transactions, or reveal what data the reader is processing. A positive result should therefore be treated as an investigation lead, not proof of skimming. The tool is limited to the 13.56 MHz NFC band. It cannot detect older 125 kHz low-frequency systems, such as many HID Prox or EM4100 deployments, because the detection method relies on the Flipper’s HF NFC hardware. Flipper Zero’s documentation distinguishes its 13.56 MHz NFC antenna from the nearby 125 kHz low-frequency antenna. Detection also depends on the reader being powered and actively polling. A shielded, dormant, intermittent, or trigger-based device may not produce a detectable field, so a clean sweep does not guarantee that an area is free of tampering. Specter is distributed as a single .fap application, with a prebuilt release intended for installation through qFlipper under SD Card/apps/NFC/ . Users can alternatively compile it with ufbt . For defensive use, launch Specter, open Sweep, hold the Flipper flat against the target area, and move slowly while watching the meter or listening for the accelerating clicks. The project’s listen-only design makes it suited to authorized assessments, but users should still comply with local law and obtain permission before examining equipment they do not own.  Strengthen Your SOC by Accelerating Threat Detection & Rapid Investigations. ->  Integrate ANY.RUN With Your SOC  Now . The post Specter Turns Your Flipper Zero Into a Pocket Skimmer Detector appeared first on Cyber Security News .

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