Air Force 2nd Lt. Leah R. Borsich was one of eight people killed when a plane carrying her team crashed while trying to land in foggy conditions at a remote radar site in western Alaska, service officials announced.
Borsich, 23, was a project programmer with the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron, an Air Force news release says. She was assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
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Britain has said it will give Kyiv access to confidential missile technology. On a visit to Kyiv for Ukrainian Independence Day on Monday, August 24, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced the new plans.
The catch: the proposals are unlikely to bear much fruit until 2027 at the earliest, and what Ukraine requires right now is existing missile stockpiles with projectiles capable of intercepting Russian ballistic attacks.
The U.S. State Department is drawing up plans to return diplomats to embassies across the Middle East.
Embassies that were previously evacuated at the beginning of the war with Iran include countries that have been targeted during the conflict, such as Israel.
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The Trump administration’s threat to inflict secondary sanctions on countries engaging with Iran has prompted outrage in Beijing.
On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled “Operation Economic Outcast,” a campaign to isolate Iran from the global financial system. Such a shake-up comes as peace talks have ground to a halt, almost six months into the conflict.
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Throughout 2026, the Trump Administration has pursued a variety of strategies to deal with Iran.
Much of that time has been consumed by full-on war, sometimes interrupted by negotiations and ceasefires.
President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, signs an Executive Order approving the Ambler Road Project in Alaska, Monday, October 6, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)
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Last week, the White House vowed to unleash an “economic D-Day” on Iran amid the ongoing war.
Yet when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled the campaign on Monday, a New York Times analysis suggested that Washington’s offensive amounted to a sanctions package, warning that much harsher measures could be around the corner.
President Donald J. Trump, joined by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and wife Jennifer Hegseth, signs an executive order creating a new White House commission focused on military families, Monday, August 3, 2026, in the Oval Office.