🇺🇸🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, told the Senate Appropriations Committee that he does not consider Russia a friend of the United States, calling the relationship complicated.

▶️ "I want Ukraine to win," he stated, noting that restricting Russia's resources and cash flows through sanctions is a good thing.

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🇷🇺🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — Someone told Iran exactly where to find the CIA, Reuters reports.

In March, Iranian drones didn’t just hit the US embassy in Riyadh, they hit the CIA station inside it. One drone blew a hole in the exterior, and a second flew through the opening and detonated. A separate CIA site in eastern Iraq was struck too, and sources say more were hit, somewhere between “more than one and fewer than a dozen.” The locations of these sites are among the most closely guarded secrets the US keeps.

That precision is what has US intelligence worried, because Iran shouldn’t have known where those sites were. Analysts are now investigating whether Russia handed Tehran the targeting data, along with the technology to use it. The drones in Riyadh are believed to be Russian-enhanced Shaheds, guided by a Russian satellite navigation system far harder to jam than anything Iran builds itself. No firm conclusion yet, but as one former CIA officer put it, few nations besides Russia would have both the means and the motive to weaponize intelligence this sensitive against the US.

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🇵🇰🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — According to Reuters, after Pakistan played a mediating role in negotiations between the United States and Iran, the Pakistani government asked Washington for economic support and financial relief in the amount of $10 billion to strengthen its foreign exchange reserves.

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🇺🇸❌🇨🇺 — For the third day in a row, an American reconnaissance drone, the MQ-4C Triton, has been observed in the vicinity of Cuba.

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🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — According to Reuters, Russia has ordered a complete halt to nighttime vessel traffic at the port of Novorossiysk due to intense attacks from Ukraine.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Russia is preparing an offensive on Chernihiv

— retired Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Kryvonos.

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🇺🇦⚡️ — By dismissing Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky under protest pressure, Vladimir Zelensky risks losing control over the army, potentially prompting commanders to align with forces that can influence him and provoking conflict within military leadership over defense budget management, Ukrainian media outlet Strana reported.

▶️He is also maneuvering on Defense Minister Mikhail Fyodorov's dismissal, seeking to partially meet protesters' demands while blocking Fyodorov's return to the ministry and waiting to see how Fyodorov, his supporters, and Europe will react to this partial concession.

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🇺🇸⚡️ — Currently, Republicans control both chambers of Congress, but with very different margins, which sets the stage for a fierce battle in the 2026 midterm elections.

▶️ The chart shows that Republicans hold a narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, with 218 seats to the Democrats' 212. With vacancies currently open, only 216 seats are needed for a majority at this time.

▶️ This means Republicans can afford to lose only a small number of seats before Democrats regain control of the House.
As a result, dozens of districts across the country are expected to determine which party will control the chamber after the November elections.

▶️ The picture in the Senate is different.

▶️ Republicans currently hold 53 seats, while Democrats hold 47, including two independents who caucus with the Democrats. Since 51 seats are needed for a majority, Republicans have a slightly larger cushion in the Senate than in the House.

▶️ However, Democrats still have a chance to reclaim control if they successfully defend all their vulnerable seats and flip a few seats currently held by Republicans.

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🇺🇸⚡️ — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will consider a bill to ban members of Congress from engaging in insider trading.

▶️This is related to several scandals in which lawmakers made investment decisions on the stock market based on confidential information.

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🇺🇸🇸🇦⚡️ — The USA has signed a civil nuclear energy agreement with Saudi Arabia.

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🇺🇸🇺🇳⚡️ — US President Donald Trump wants FIFA President Gianni Infantino to be the next UN secretary-general, the New York Post reported, citing sources.

▶️ According to the newspaper, Infantino grew closer to Trump during the FIFA World Cup. One source said Trump believes Infantino is "respected by everyone around the world, and recognizes he has a special ability to bring people together."

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🇾🇪🚫🇸🇦 — Saudi oil tanker allegedly on fire after the Houthi strike.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — A gas station on fire in Sumy after drone attacks.
Two gas stations were hit in the city within an hour.

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🇪🇺❌🇷🇺 — EU governments are running out of targets for their 21st anti-Russian sanctions package as these measures are increasingly colliding with national interests, Politico reported, citing sources.

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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 - CENTCOM announced a new wave of tonight's strikes against Iran.