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“Either through a singular, exceptional penetration or through cumulative penetrations, the Chinese may have a major intelligence advantage in the event of a war with Taiwan and, by extension, with the United States" w/ Eric Bazail-Eimil politico.com/newsletters/na…

Trump threatens to slap Brazil with 50 percent tariffs over treatment of Bolsonaro, other disagreements w/ Eric Bazail-Eimil Daniel Desrochers Megan Messerly politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

BREAKING: Department of State distributes to journalists a letter sent to employees announcing that the Reduction in Force would begin "soon." State employees tell me they received it simultaneously, and that the RIFs are expected tomorrow morning. Full text:

Scoop: Trump is framing his 50% tariff threat on Brazil as a quest for justice for Bolsonaro. But it was his anger over BRICS that tipped him over the edge, convincing him to impose new levies, people familiar tell me Ari Hawkins & Eric Bazail-Eimil politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

President Donald Trump is weighing a new military aid package for Ukraine worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to two people familiar with the plan. Jack Detsch Eli Stokols Paul McLeary for POLITICO. share.google/dd1RUZWoR2oSwN…

Emotional scenes outside the State Department today as employees affected by a sweeping reduction in force leave the building. Current employees and supporters have lined up to “clap out” departing State Department staff at the department’s HQ in Foggy Bottom.

Democrats accuse Waltz of lying over Signalgate and berate him for not expressing regret politi.co/44UwQJd via POLITICO

Both POLITICO (first in NatSec Daily) and AP got White House confirmation about this. See: politico.com/newsletters/na… And: apnews.com/article/waltz-…

NEW COLUMN: Dispatch From a Den of Evil Globalism, by Nahal Toosi for POLITICO politico.com/news/magazine/…

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ASPEN: Special envoy Adam Boehler takes the stage at the Aspen Security Forum. He’s the only Trump administration appearing at the annual natsec confab this year.

After a very long travel day back from Aspen, it gave me such unbridled joy to get into my Uber and realize the driver’s playing merengue

SCOOP: The Pentagon’s inspector general has received evidence that messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal account previewing a U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen derived from a classified email labeled “SECRET/NOFORN,” people familiar with the matter said.

SCOOP: The Pentagon is suspending participation in think tank events until further notice, per an email obtained by POLITICO, a major shift in engagement. It comes a week after DOD pulled out of Aspen Security Forum citing “the evil of globalism." politico.com/news/2025/07/2…

The Pentagon isn't just stopping at Aspen -- great scoop from Jack Detsch

new: US pulling out of Doha ceasefire talks, Witkoff says, after Hamas "does not appear coordinated or acting in good faith." US will consider "alternative options" to return hostages and "create a more stable environment for the people of Gaza," he adds.

SCOOP: Navy Secretary John Phelan is attempting to curb the role of the service’s No. 2 leader even before Trump’s pick Hung Cao arrives at the DOD, Paul McLeary, Joe Gould, Daniel Lippman and me report in POLITICO. politico.com/news/2025/07/2…

Egypt doesn't control its border with Gaza. Israel does. IDF is positioned on the border from the Gaza side. Nothing and nobody can come in from Egypt without Israeli permission