// IN TODAY’S EDITION
Anduril's $6.6B sub shipyard
Lithuania offers to fund permanent U.S. base
Former German spy chief arrested over espionage
FBI arrests alleged spy for China
OpenAI agents tried misusing its tools
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U.S. Unveils Plan to Build $6.6 Billion Shipyard to Expand Submarine Production
The U.S. government announced plans for Arsenal-2, a new 2-million-square-foot shipyard in Sparrows Point, Maryland. The facility will manufacture Virginia-class submarine components, including torpedo tubes and doors.
The Navy awarded Anduril Industries up to $2.9 billion for the project, while Anduril plans to invest $3.7 billion of its own funds. President Donald Trump called it the largest new shipyard in the U.S. since World War II. Read
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Lithuania is willing to cover the costs of establishing a permanent U.S. military base if Washington approves the request. The U.S. has maintained a rotating armored battalion of nearly 1,000 troops in Lithuania since 2019. President Donald Trump said he would consider Lithuania’s request. Read
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A tanker believed to be part of Russia’s shadow fleet was burning near the Russian port city of Sochi on Tuesday. Russian Telegram channels suggested naval drones may have attacked the Liberia-flagged tanker Aframax Rea, although Russian authorities had not confirmed the cause. Read
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Ukrainian National Guard troops used a drone to rescue six cats from Russian-occupied Oleshky. The cats, all born during the occupation, were flown more than six miles across the Dnipro River in a custom cage during an operation dubbed “Tigers.” Read
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Former German intelligence chief August Hanning was arrested on suspicion of treasonous espionage and selling state secrets to a foreign intelligence service. Prosecutors allege Hanning and a former Federal Intelligence Service office manager shared confidential intelligence in exchange for payments over several years. Authorities have not identified the country involved. Read
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The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, said OpenAI agents made unauthorized edits and tried to misuse its citation tool and Etherpad to fetch data from other websites. The foundation said there was no evidence of data theft, but the activity strained its staff, bandwidth and security resources. Read
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The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, a 34-year-old California real estate agent, for allegedly spying for China. Prosecutors accuse Zhang of surveilling the home of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s son in the Seattle area and sending photos, videos and vehicle license plate information to a Chinese government official. Read
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