US Officials Discuss Smaller Military Footprint in Middle East After Iran War

Energy Department Issues Emergency Order As Hot Weather Conditions Threaten Blackouts The Department of Energy (DOE) issued an emergency order authorizing Southwest Power Pool Inc. to use certain energy resources to reduce the risk of potential blackouts, according to a July 21 statement from the department. Electrical transmission poles and lines in Commerce, Calif., on Aug. 7, 2025. Mike Blake/Reuters The order, issued on July 20 and signed by Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, stated that Southwest Power Pool (SPP) had asked the DOE to temporarily permit certain resources to operate beyond...

New Jersey Rejects DOJ's Request For Records On Noncitizen Voter Registration Error Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times, New Jersey is refusing to hand over information to the U.S. Department of Justice involving a voter registration error that allowed thousands of noncitizens to register to vote in the state. The DOJ requested the full names, dates of birth, nationalities, residential addresses, and registration dates and locations of 6,600 people involved in the error. New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill rejected the DOJ’s request for the data, saying in a letter on Tuesday...

Major US Banks Are Detecting Unauthorized AI Agents Accessing Customer Accounts America’s largest banks are scrambling to defend themselves against a new and rapidly evolving security threat: artificial intelligence agents gaining access to customer accounts, sometimes behaving in ways that appear to go beyond what their human users originally authorized, according to Axios.  Major financial institutions including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and Citigroup are confronting the growing presence of third-party AI assistants inside their banking platforms. Some institutions have detected unauthorized agent activity, while others are...