It’s Tuesday, September 30, 2025, and Washington is bracing for a rare gathering as Trump addresses top generals and admirals at Quantico. The Marines hit their recruiting goal, but Border Patrol arrests in Chicago sparked outrage as federal deployments spread. Abroad, Trump and Netanyahu unveiled a Gaza peace plan awaiting Hamas’s reply, Germany warned Europe is “no longer at peace” with Russia, and a German aide was jailed for spying for China. Russia pressed in Donetsk, a car bomb ripped through a Pakistani paramilitary HQ, and Japan deepened defense ties with the US as the USS Ohio submarine docked in the Philippines. In Indonesia, rescuers are racing after a deadly school collapse.
—Trump to Address Top US Military Leaders at Unusual Quantico Gathering
President Donald Trump will at