President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of the Army, Ryan McCarthy says it was the right decision to step back from the negotiating table with the Taliban.

You can see what is helping create these outflow channels in the large upper air gyre sitting in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. #95L https://t.co/6NRUiMnYTH

Here's a track map of the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season thus far (using python). Invest #95L in the Bahamas is attempting to develop in roughly the same portion of the Atlantic that was recently decimated by #Dorian & is nearly where Tropical Depression…

There's a more obvious trough axis on visible imagery currently, which suggests #95L may have some lower pressures near the axis than yesterday. There is also an interface of SE winds on the northern end of the trough, where convection also exists.

While satellite and surface data indicate that the system does not have a closed circulation, it will bring heavy rainfall and gusty winds to portions of the Bahamas through Friday. An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft will investigate the disturbance…

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: In first interview since stepping down 5 months ago, US Cyber Command (ex) deputy chief warns West and Israel of cyber 'dirty' bomb from al-Qaeda, ISIS: https://t.co/eFg1Bb78nn

BREAKING: #Bahrain Crown Prince to meet Trump on Wednesday. Discussions include Maritime security & Iran . Manama expected to host meeting on issue in October

#Bahrain crown prince to visit @WhiteHouse next Monday.

US State Department offers a $5 million reward for information on leaders of the al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, a group that was recently targeted by the US military in an airstrike in Northwest Syria https://t.co/Oq1Dr3JPiy

U.S. special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams: “I worry about the presence of the ELN and the FARC in #Venezuela... I worry about the intentions of the Maduro regime with the military exercises that Maduro has ordered in the border area.” https://t.co/bVTuU8GrjB

BREAKING: The U.S. budget deficit surpassed $1 trillion in the first 11 months of the fiscal year through August, according to data from the Treasury Department https://t.co/cVndXhFyxh

NEW: US approves $140 million in security assistance to #Ukraine - but the it does not include weapons systems that are covered under Foreign Military Sales, per @StateDept's @AsstSecPM R. Clarke Cooper

Trump administration to ditch expanded federal oversight of U.S. waterways, returning the nation to 1986 water-pollution standards https://t.co/Q7MufIp5fW

UNITED STATES: Israel accused of planting spy devices near White House. https://t.co/82bdXdkUL6

Shocking footage of a Russian election observer being assaulted at a polling station after raising concerns about potential fraud during the vote for governor of St. Petersburg. https://t.co/mXmHpbHB3S

#USAF Lockheed U-2S (80-1073) making surveillance over eastern Mediterranean Sea. #Syria #Lebanon

1.#Turkish Permanent Military base in #Qatar is near completion. The compound construction started around January 2018 seen here on @sentinel_hub @CopernicusEU timelapse. Barracks, warehouses, 4 beveled bunkers, helipad, soccer field and a lot of AC pipes…

Russia's forces firing for Wed. 2 #Ukrainian soldiers killed & 1 seriously wounded. Running through #Ukraine's #Donetsk & #Luhansk provinces, front line is 487km long. Since Sept 2014, Russia's controlled 409km of Ukr eastern border, inc numerous border crossing.…

Trudeau says Canada will take refugees banned by U.S. https://t.co/ZzH0e8EwIx

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IDF raises alert level in southern #Israel in anticipation of possible #Gaza escalation over the weekend