U.S. sending a third carrier group, with 2,000 Marines, to the Middle East. The WSJ says the buildup completes by November as Iran talks stall. Via CNBC.

U.S. sending a third carrier group, with 2,000 Marines, to the Middle East. The WSJ says the buildup completes by November as Iran talks stall. Via CNBC.
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Xi Jinping arrives in Washington Wednesday for a Thursday summit with Trump, where sources say he will press for an end to US arms sales to Taiwan under a 1982 communique. Beijing also offered to help pressure Iran in return for Taiwan concessions.
An ICE agent shot and wounded Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan DoorDash driver, during a traffic stop in Austin on Sunday. DHS says he is in federal custody pending removal; local officials demand an independent probe.
Trump called on all ICC member nations to 'officially resign from this rogue institution immediately' in his UN address, vowing the US will never allow its service members to face 'show trials' by the court.
Trump defended the Iran war at the UN General Assembly, saying Tehran's nuclear threat 'had to be confronted,' and cast himself as a peacemaker: 'While others have talked, I have acted.' Iran's president speaks Wednesday.
Netanyahu to Mamdani: 'I'll expose the truth about you' at the UN. Mamdani says the ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu 'should be honored.'
Latvia blocked an EU compromise to lift sanctions on billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, hours before the bloc's entire Russia sanctions list - including Vladimir Putin - expires at midnight.
Yemen's Houthis said a Saudi airstrike on the port city of Mokha killed six civilians, including two children, as fighting across four governorates killed 154 people in two days, AFP reported.
Australia confirmed F-35 fighter jet parts bound for the US were mistakenly diverted to Hong Kong. Defense Minister Richard Marles said no "sensitive" components were lost; the US and Lockheed Martin are investigating.
North Korea's state media said Kim Jong-un observed the test of a 'new combat weapon system' - believed to be a hypersonic missile - and quoted him vowing to give the enemy 'an incurable headache.'
Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the US eases military pressure and lifts its blockade of Iranian ports, a senior Iranian official told Reuters.
A federal appeals panel ruled Missouri must use its new Trump-backed congressional map in November, but paused the order for a week. Opponents said they'll make an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court.
Evanston police are investigating after federal agents, suspected to be ICE, injured a US citizen they mistakenly detained Sunday. A witness video shows agents pinning him to the ground.
Two helicopter pilots were killed Sunday when their aircraft crashed during water drops over the Dome fire in Yosemite National Park. The FAA and NTSB are investigating; the fire has burned more than 3,000 acres.