What we’re hearing from people we trust on and around the Hill – please send us more tips!

• Paying tribute: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is meeting with President Donald Trump tonight; the former president has been lining up meetings with world leaders, including the heads of state of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, in recent weeks.
• The Unsilent Majority: The Nixon Foundation’s 3rd Annual Grand Strategy Summit saw the Ritz ballroom packed with policymakers, philanthropists, business leaders, 14 ambassadors, and representatives from 41 embassies. Conversations focused on the need for Nixonian strategic thinking on diplomacy, the great power competition, energy and AI, and domestic policy. Discussions were guided by all-star moderators including Katie Pavlich, Eli Lake, Matt Continetti, and Aaron MacLean.
• The best offense is a good defense: The Hudson Institute is hosting a series of talks today about “Defense Innovation and the New Cold War.” Speakers and moderators include Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.), Palantir’s Joe Lonsdale and Shyam Sankar, POLARIS National Security’s Morgan Ortagus, Hudson’s Nadia Schadlow and Rebeccah Heinrichs, and more.
• Zealotry of the convert: Former Democratic Party presidential candidates Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are headlining an October 12 fundraiser for Trump in Florida, per an invite obtained by the Reporter.