PREVIEW: PRC: CARGO CRANES Conversation with colleague Blaine Holt, USAF (ret.), regarding the Congressional report that the dominant cargo cranes at U.S. and allied ports are Shanghai-built with surveillance technology embedded for spying and worse. More

Conversation with colleague Sadanand Dhume (AEI, WSJ) regarding why Indian politicians do not point to China as an example of prosperity in order to grow the economy for all and to fortify the 8% that are the rising consuming class. More details to follow

PREVIEW: MARS Conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman of BehindtheBlack.com regarding a gravity map of Mars and its utility for Mars exploration and colonization. More details tonight.

PREVIEW: HYPERSONIC MISSILES: PRC Conversation with colleague Brandon Weichert regarding whether China and Russia are sharing hypersonic missile technology with rogue states Iran and North Korea. More details to follow.

GOOD EVENING: The show begins at the Federal Reserve....

#King Charles Report: Flying lessons for Prince George. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

POTUS:The assassination theme rethink. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

#STORM SHADOWS: Moscow warns London. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

#AUSTRALIA:Albanese sliding; Dutton Rising. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

2/2: HOLLYWOOD: James Cameron to make a movie of Charlie Pellegrino's LAST TRAIN FROM HIROSHIMA. Charlie Pellegrino.

1/2: HOLLYWOOD: James Cameron to make a movie of Charlie Pellegrino's LAST TRAIN FROM HIROSHIMA. Charlie Pellegrino.

#LondonCalling: Suddenly Starmer and Albania. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

#LondonCalling: Biden disappoints the allies. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

#HAMAS: The Philadelphi Corridor & What is too be done? Jonathan Schanzer, FDD

#ISRAEL: Exploding pagers and a slugging match.. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD

#StateThinking: Turning away from ally Japan. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

#StateThinking: Immigration is a worldwide phenomenon that makes Germany cguard its borders. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

#BERLIN: Who is Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.

#BERLIN: All eyes on the Brandenburg Election. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.

#Markets: The cost of sunsetting the 2017 tax cuts. Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business