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1. Massie Moves to Impeach Hegseth Over Iran War as House Vote Nears
-- Representative Thomas Massie is sponsoring a House measure that could reach a vote as early as next week to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for allegedly defying Congress and illegally continuing the U.S. war in Iran, Axios reported.
-- An impeachment trial would put the Pentagon's leadership and the war's legal basis before the Senate while Trump weighs renewed strikes, giving Democrats a second front beyond legislation and exposing the chain of command to months of uncertainty.

2. U.S. Sanctions Indian and Turkish Firms Over Iranian Tanker Network
-- The U.S. Treasury sanctioned Indian and Turkish firms accused of helping Iran's oil trade, saying an Indian couple faked ship registries for countries including Guyana and Laos to service Iranian tankers.
-- Registry fraud lets sanctioned cargoes pass as flag-state trade, so designating the intermediaries narrows the opaque shipping chain Iran uses to move crude and raises compliance checks for insurers, port agents and refiners still buying the barrels.

3. Binance Hack Prompts U.S. Regulators to Check Bank Exposure
-- U.S. regulators contacted banks after the hack at Binance to check whether the exchange breach had reached their systems, according to people cited by Channel NewsAsia.
-- The calls treat a crypto venue as a counterparty risk to regulated finance; if the intrusion touched settlement, custody or stablecoin reserves, banks face disclosure and capital questions that exchange reimbursement pledges do not settle.

4. Apple to Scan Public iCloud Links for Harmful Content
-- Apple will begin checking publicly shared iCloud links for harmful content from iOS 27.3, iPadOS 27.3, macOS 27.3 and visionOS 27.3, applying the scans to photos and files made accessible to anyone with the link.
-- Only content users deliberately expose is checked, so private libraries avoid the on-device scanning fights that followed Apple's abandoned CSAM plan; shared albums and Drive links now carry a moderation layer Apple controls.