The first flight of the Su-75 Checkmate will take place in early 2026.

Source: RIA Novosti

NOW: The Epstein Files Transparency Act has passed the House of Representatives.

Trump’s approval rating has dropped to 38%, the lowest of his term, driven by anger over high living costs and his shifting stance on releasing the Epstein files.

Source: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Mali: Abu Hudhayfa al-Bambari (Bina Diarra) warned in a new video that the fuel blockade is tightening and fuel-truck drivers are now deemed military targets.

An Israeli drone strike hit the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, killing 11 people and injuring 4.

A new report says Canada is still indirectly supplying Israel with weapons despite claiming to have frozen military export permits.

Canadian-made F-35 parts, explosives, and European TNT are being shipped to U.S. weapons factories, which then send components and bombs to Israel.

Source: Anadolu Agency

The Senate quickly and unanimously approved the Epstein Files Transparency Act with no debate, just hours after the House’s overwhelming 427–1 vote.

The new US–Saudi Strategic Defense Agreement allows the sale of F-35 fighter jets and nearly 300 Abrams tanks to Saudi Arabia.

Additional arms sales — like MQ-9B drones and Gambit loyal wingmen — are also being discussed.

NOW: Trump and Melania welcome MBS to the White House again.

White House official to Reuters:

Trump will sign the Epstein bill whenever it gets to the White House.

Elon Musk at the White House dinner hosted by President Trump for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Cristiano Ronaldo shows up at the White House.

Trump:

My son is a big fan of Ronaldo.

Barron got to meet him and now he respects me a little bit more.

Trump:

Saudi Arabia has never been as safe as it is right now.

You always had a cloud over your head, that cloud is not there anymore.

BREAKING: Trump designates Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally.

Trump:

Gaza looks a bit messy, it has for many decades, but it is getting very close to being perfected.

Back-channel talks between the Trump administration and Maduro revealed that Maduro privately offered to step down — but only after a 2–3 year transition period.

The White House rejected the offer as too slow.

Source: NYT

NEW: The Trump administration is secretly working with Moscow on a new 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine.

Modeled on Trump’s Gaza negotiations, the proposal covers four areas: peace terms in Ukraine, security guarantees, broader European security, and future U.S. relations with both Russia and Ukraine.

Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev said he spent three days in Miami in late October with Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff drafting the plan, and is optimistic because “the Russian position is really being heard.”

The U.S. has begun briefing European allies and thinks there’s a real chance they—and Ukraine—could support the effort.

Source: Axios

US intelligence previously concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 murder.

Despite that finding, Trump still claimed during MBS’s White House visit that the Crown Prince “knew nothing about it” and dismissed Khashoggi as “extremely controversial.”