Hormuz MOU stalls, Beaufort falls, Pacific 205, Nvidia N1X, Ebola PHEIC

Trump's Sunday Truth Social posts keep Iran strike option live and tease Obama-era Russia Hoax indictments

Draft US-Iran MOU includes $300B investment fund, Witkoff and Kushner originated, Pence and Morning Joe attack it

The New York Times reported May 28 that the draft US-Iran MOU contains a $300 billion international investment fund mechanism — language chosen deliberately to avoid the words compensation or reparations.

Federal Judge Nichols refuses May 28 to block Trump's mail-in voting order; USPS opens absentee voter roll rulemaking

On May 28, US District Judge Carl Nichols in DC refused to temporarily block President Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting.

CENTCOM hits Bandar Abbas drone site; Iran Fateh-110 strikes Ali Al Salem, wounds five US troops, damages two MQ-9s

Late May 30, CENTCOM publicly acknowledged an overnight strike on an IRGC drone ground-control station near Bandar Abbas, citing the threat the site posed to Strait of Hormuz commercial traffic.

IDF captures Beaufort Castle in south Lebanon May 31, first time in 26 years; France calls UNSC emergency meeting

On Sunday May 31, the IDF announced it captured Beaufort Castle and the surrounding strategic ridge in southern Lebanon — the first Israeli reoccupation in 26 years.

US SOUTHCOM hits fourth Pacific drug boat this week May 30, killing three; campaign death toll passes 205

On May 30, US SOUTHCOM disclosed it carried out a strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing three.

Zelenskyy on Face the Nation: Russia preparing new mass missile-drone attack; PURL aid program with Trump now active

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aired on CBS Face the Nation May 31 — the interview was taped May 29.

PLA ran four joint combat patrols around Taiwan in May; nearly 100 Chinese vessels deploy within First Island Chain

May 2026 saw four PLA Eastern Theater Command joint combat readiness patrols around Taiwan — on May 1, 6, 19, and 25. Over the same window, more than 100 Chinese vessels deployed within the First Island Chain.

Nvidia debuts N1X ARM SoC at Computex June 1; Surface and Dell lead Windows-on-ARM launch with 6,144 CUDA cores

On May 29, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Arm all posted the identical line A new era of PC to X, plus the GPS coordinates of Taipei Music Center.

Canvas LMS breach exposes 275M records across 8,809 institutions; ShinyHunters claim is largest-ever education hack

On April 25, unauthorized actors breached Canvas, the learning management system run by Instructure.

Daraxonrasib pancreatic cancer pill: median survival 13.2 months vs chemo's 6.7; NEJM publication, ASCO Chicago

On Sunday May 31, phase III data dropped for daraxonrasib, an experimental oral drug targeting pancreatic cancer. The drug blocks a mutated KRAS protein driving more than 90% of pancreatic tumors.

Bundibugyo-strain Ebola PHEIC ongoing: DRC reports 125 confirmed cases 17 deaths May 28; Uganda 9 cases 1 death

The WHO Director-General declared on May 17 that the Bundibugyo-strain Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).