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Feds Recover AI Executive ‘Kill List’ From Suspect Charged in Molotov Attack on Sam Altman's Home

Federal prosecutors charged 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama with attempted murder and arson over an April 10 Molotov attack on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s San Francisco home.

During his arrest, investigators recovered a document titled “Your Last Warning,” which listed the names and addresses of AI executives and investors he allegedly intended to target. The document warned of humanity’s “impending extinction” from AI and ended with a letter to Altman: “If by some miracle you live, then I would take this as a sign from the divine to redeem yourself.” (Read More)​

U.S. Declares Naval Blockade on Iran Effective, Turns Back Six Vessels in First 24 Hours

The U.S. Central Command said six merchant vessels complied with U.S. orders to turn around within the first 24 hours of a newly declared blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which applies to ships traveling to and from Iranian ports.

According to reports, at least four other vessels, including some departing Iranian ports and others under U.S. sanctions, were tracked transiting the strait around the time the blockade began. It remains unclear whether they passed before the order took effect or had U.S. authorization. (Read More)​

Ukraine Secretly Launched Rockets Into Space From a Transport Aircraft

Ukraine has reportedly conducted rocket launches from a transport aircraft under a covert program aimed at deploying satellites without relying on traditional spaceports.

A Ukrainian lawmaker said the move is part of the country’s development of Space Forces to expand Ukraine’s satellite-based intelligence and communications and counter Russia’s “Oreshnik” missile system. (Read More)​

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➤ President Donald Trump said the second round of U.S.-Iran talks “could be happening over next two days” in Islamabad, while a Pakistani official said negotiations are expected to restart soon but may take slightly longer than Trump suggested. (Read More)​

➤ Italy has suspended the automatic renewal of its defense cooperation agreement with Israel. The decision comes after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticized Israel’s strikes in Lebanon, including incidents involving Italian troops serving under a U.N. mandate. (Read More)​

➤ Ukraine and Germany have agreed on a €4 billion ($4.7 billion) defense cooperation package covering Patriot air defense missiles, drone production and long-range weapons development. (Read More)​

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➤ Former NATO chief George Robertson criticized U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer for failing to adequately fund defence, warning the U.K. would take 10 years to be war-ready at current spending. (Read More)​

➤ The FBI said Monday it dismantled the W3LL phishing kit, which allegedly targeted more than 17,000 victims worldwide. According to the agency, cybercriminals could buy the $500 toolkit to create fake login pages that stole passwords and multi-factor authentication codes, enabling more than $20 million in attempted fraud. (Read more)​

➤ Pauls Valley High School Principal Kirk Moore was shot in the leg after tackling a 20-year-old former student armed with a firearm inside the Oklahoma school. No students were injured, and the gunman was detained, according to the Garvin County Sheriff. (Read More)​

TECHNOLOGY UPDATES

➤ REGENT’s Squire autonomous seaglider completed its first ground-effect flight test, marking the first U.S. defense-focused wing-in-ground-effect drone flight. The vehicle operates below radar at 70 knots with a 100-nautical-mile range. (Read More)​

➤ A new Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna has been spotted on U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles during Operation Epic Fury, suggesting an upgraded anti-jam GPS capability. The antenna, visible on the fuselage near the speed brake, is part of the Digital GPS Anti-jam Receiver system installed under a 2022 BAE Systems contract. (Read More)​

➤ The U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery Regiment expended its entire inventory of Precision Strike Missiles early in the Iran war, firing 320 Precision Strike Missile and Army Tactical Missile System rounds in 16 days. (Read More)​

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➤ NASA released a video of the Navy recovery crew opening the Integrity capsule hatch and greeting the four Artemis II astronauts after splashdown off California on April 10, following a 700,000-mile journey around the Moon and back to Earth.

➤ U.S. Marine Corps snipers Staff Sgt. Tyler Johnson and Sgt. Spencer Harrell won first place at the 2026 International Sniper Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia. The win made them only the second Marine Corps team to take the title.

➤ 100-year-old U.S. World War II B-17 ball turret gunner Phillip “Bruce” Cook was named Knight of the Legion of Honor, France’s highest military distinction, after flying 35 combat missions over Nazi-occupied Europe, joining about 10,000 Americans recognized for France’s liberation.

On this day in history: On April 15th, 1986, U.S. Air Force and Navy aircraft struck five targets across Libya in Operation El Dorado Canyon, retaliating for the Libyan-sponsored bombing of a West Berlin discotheque that killed two American servicemembers.
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