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🪖 Petraeus Calls for "Urgent Revolutionary" U.S. Military Overhaul

Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus has called for urgent, revolutionary institutional change at the Pentagon to prepare the U.S. military for modern autonomous warfare.

Petraeus praised the newly established Autonomous Warfare Command as a step in the right direction, but warned that the pace of change must accelerate significantly to meet the demands of next-generation conflict driven by drones, AI, and autonomous systems.

The comments underscore growing pressure on U.S. defense leadership to modernize doctrine and structure as autonomous weapons reshape the battlefield.

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🇮🇷 U.S. and Israel Plan Possible Strike on Iran

The U.S. and Israel are reportedly planning for a possible military attack on Iran following U.S. elections, according to an anonymous source cited by NPR.

No official confirmation has been issued by either government. Separately, Elon Musk is said to be considering a merger between SpaceX and Tesla, though no formal announcement has been made.

Both reports rest on unconfirmed sourcing and should be treated as preliminary.

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💼 New Mexico Judge Orders Meta To Pay $25 Billion

A New Mexico state judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about Facebook's data privacy and content moderation policies, in a ruling tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Judge Francis J. Mathew issued the judgment following a finding of more than 43 million violations of state consumer protection laws. "Facebook's wrongdoing — over the course of years and systematically broadcast to the public — goes to the heart of Facebook's core business practices," Mathew wrote. New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez called it "one of the single largest, if not the largest, single state" penalties of its kind.

The case centered on Meta's handling of user data that Cambridge Analytica exploited for campaign purposes during the 2016 election. The ruling could be the largest penalty in Meta's history, surpassing an $18 billion child-safety settlement the company reached with a group of U.S. states. Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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🚨 Shooting Reported at Columbus, Ohio Mosque

Federal authorities are responding to a shooting at a mosque in Columbus, Ohio, according to initial reports.

Details on casualties, suspects, or the circumstances of the incident remain limited at this stage. Further updates are expected as the situation develops.

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