Gram Slattery

"They are not Fidel Castro. Much more Machiavelli." Seven months in the works, our Reuters investigation into how Syria's new rulers are secretly remaking the Assad-era economy via takeovers and deals with tycoons. W/ the brilliant @FerasDalatey reuters.com/investigations…

It’s no exaggeration that Ukrainian public opinion is in an absolute firestorm after the parliament today approved a law essentially dismantling independent anti-corruption agencies, just days after SBU raided key investigators. The law isn’t enacted until Zelensky signs it — and…

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The US lifted sanctions designations on several allies of Myanmar's ruling generals on Thursday, two weeks after the head of the ruling junta praised President Trump and called for an easing of sanctions in a letter responding to a tariff warning.

"During a pivotal push by Ukraine to retake territory from Russia in late September 2022, Elon Musk gave an order that disrupted the counteroffensive and dented Kyiv’s trust in Starlink." via @joroulette @BalmforthTom @CassellBryanLow reuters.com/investigations…

New: The State Department has approved a $150 mln sale to Ukraine of M109 self-propelled Howitzer maintenance, repair and overhaul capabilities, Pentagon says via @Reuters

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: 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…

New: An Indian company shipped $1.4 million of explosives with military uses to Russia, according to customs data seen by Reuters, despite US sanctions threats @BalmforthTom @ShivpatelDel and I take a look at the New Delhi-Moscow materiel trade reuters.com/business/aeros…

SCOOP: The White House has tapped a former Newmont mining executive to head an office at the National Security Council focused on strengthening supply chains, sources tell me and @G_Slattery. David Copley first joined the WH's Energy Dominance Council before the shift in roles.

Scoop: The White House has tapped former mining exec David Copley to head an office at the National Security Council focused on strengthening supply chains, three sources said, as a pared-down NSC zeroes in on a few of Trump's most oft-stated priorities. w/ @JarrettRenshaw

SCOOP: Hegseth's texts about bombing Yemen derived from a classified email labeled "SECRET/NOFORN," per info provided to the DOD Inspector General for a forthcoming report, flying in the face of longstanding Trump administration claims that no classified info was shared: sources

Grist for the MAGA base, right as Trump appears to be turning the corner on Ukraine reuters.com/en/ukraine-cur…

The Trump administration is expanding its search for partners to build the 'Golden Dome', courting Amazon's Project Kuiper and big defense contractors as tensions with Elon Musk threaten SpaceX's dominance, sources say Big scoop, via @MichaelStone reuters.com/business/aeros…

🚨🚨🚨White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says President Trump was "caught off guard" by the Israeli bombings in Syria and on the church in Gaza and spoke to Netanyahu in both cases and asked him "to rectify things"

Rubio actually does it, revoking the visa of a Brazilian justice overseeing the Bolsonaro case Comes right after Brazilian Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to wear a monitoring bracelet

The State Department is placing strict limits on its public assessments of foreign elections, according to an internal directive, a sharp shift away from a practice the U.S. has used for decades to promote fair elections abroad. @alexbward @RobbieGramer wsj.com/politics/polic…

“There have been discussions… about whether additional strikes on the two less-damaged facilities could be necessary if Iran does not soon agree to restart negotiations with the Trump administration …. or if there are signs Iran is trying to rebuild at those locations.”

Rubio on Syria: "We have agreed on specific steps that will bring this troubling and horrifying situation to an end tonight."

White House spokeswoman denies gCaptain report that the shipbuilding office at the NSC has closed Rather it has been moved to the Office of Management and Budget, per White House

The White House shipbuilding office - housed at the National Security Council - has formally collapsed, per @gCaptain. @Reuters reported yesterday that the WH maritime tsar had departed White House official argues OMB and State will take on additional maritime roles