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July 15 0000 UTC Brief
In U.S. news
The House has passed the Sunshine Protection Act, 308 to 117, to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide. The bill now moves to the Senate, which will get another chance to prove that time itself is too complicated for Washington.
In Florida, a man was killed by a tractor-trailer in St. Augustine after an encounter involving Homeland Security Investigations and ICE officers. Authorities said four people in a car at a Wawa gas station ran on foot after the encounter in the parking lot.
In cybersecurity
The Trump administration has launched Gold Eagle, a federal AI cybersecurity clearinghouse built around Carnegie Mellon University’s VINCE platform. The goal is to coordinate AI-discovered vulnerabilities, speed up validation and disclosure, and cut down on duplicate scanning and patching across government and industry.
At the same time, CISA and international partners are urging system administrators to harden weak networks, warning that Russian state hackers are opportunistically targeting poor cyber hygiene and older protocols. New ISC2 research says AI is saving time in some security work, but it is also creating more human review, more accountability, and more work checking the machines’ homework.
In business and industry
Canadian nanomaterials company HydroGraph Clean Power has signed long-term agreements to build its first large-scale U.S. graphene facility in Bellville, Texas. The plant will be next to Western International Gas & Cylinders, with a dedicated acetylene pipeline under a 10-year supply deal, and is aimed at opening in the first half of 2027.
The initial 40,000-square-foot site is expected to produce up to 360 tons of graphene a year, with eventual capacity projected to rise beyond 750 tons.
On defense and geopolitics
U.S. Navy inquiries about destroyers and tankers could open the door to South Korean shipbuilders as Washington looks to expand the fleet. Separately, U.S. defense firms are also pushing more autonomy into naval systems, with Ghostworks unveiling MRLN, a remote-pilot platform that can switch a single uncrewed vessel between missions including surveillance, resupply, countermeasures, communications relay, and combat logistics support.
And in a sign that maritime politics remain a hobby for people who enjoy expensive tension, the U.S. president abruptly reversed course on tolls in the Strait of Hormuz as the conflict with Iran drags on.
In the world
Spanish authorities say 13 people were killed in the wildfires in Spain, and 12 of the victims were foreign nationals. Seven of those killed were British.
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