Across the country; in DC, an Afghan national and CIA linked immigrant shot two National Guard members near the White House, prompting lockdowns and a 500-troop Guard surge. In TX, DHS arrested an Afghan for planning a Fort Worth bombing, and five defendants in Fort Worth pleaded guilty to antifa-linked terrorism support after a July attack injuring an officer. In CA, a Stockton birthday-party shooting killed 4 and wounded more than 10 in a gang-tied attack. In MO, digital-ID age checks for adult-content sites took effect. In IA, a case involving an ex-police charged with obtaining post-1986 machine guns may have national 2nd amendment implications. On a Nation level, WhatsApp faced claims of hidden GPS data, YouTube was accused of mass AI-driven bans, and the White House launched a media-bias tracker. DOJ was revealed to have secretly subpoenaed a senior House Republican’s phone data, the Department of Government Efficiency was dissolved early, and the Senate demanded records from extremism-research centers. Army veteran Matt Murphy labeled the DC attack a false flag tied to surveillance expansion. Outside the U.S., in Syria, U.S. and partner forces destroyed over fifteen ISIS weapons sites. In the United Kingdom, more than 9,000 arrests for online “speech crimes” highlighted global censorship trends.

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