One of the images released by House Oversight Democrats shows Noam Chomsky on a plane with Jeffrey Epstein.

A photo of Epstein released by House Oversight Democrats.

Anduril Founder Palmer Luckey:

I don’t think China is going to adopt drones the same way that you’ve seen heavy adoption in Russia and Ukraine.

China has such an enormous surplus of single men… their calculus is just completely different.

Why would they spend a bunch of money trying to automate a fighter jet when I can just put a person in it?

And people say, “they don't want to lose those pilots.” Well, what if I have a war machine that can churn out enormous numbers of pilots?

You're going to see this huge divide in how wars are fought between countries that highly, highly value human life and ones that do not value it so highly.

Pete Hegseth:

Too many of our young people are too fat or too dumb—or not dumb, that’s wrong.

You know, we’re just not educating them properly...

Polish PM Tusk:

We know very well that Ukraine's independence keeps the risk of aggression or war away from Polish borders, and the fall of Ukraine as a result of this war would mean a direct threat to Poland.

So we are also looking at this, in a certain sense, egoistically—that is, thinking about the Polish interest.

The Kennedy Center will be renamed the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” the White House said.

NEW: Trump signs an executive order easing federal restrictions on marijuana.

Reporter: Will you be seeking any authorization from Congress for any land attacks on cartels in Venezuela?

Trump: I don't have to tell them, but I would not mind it all. I just hope they would not leak it.

Trump:

I hope Ukraine moves quickly because Russia is there.

Everytime they take too much land, Russia changes their mind.

Trump:

Netanyahu would like to see me. He will probably come to see me in Florida.

Sisi is a friend of mine, I would like to have him too.

Trump:

I have always told my children: don't take drugs, no drinking, no smoking. Just stay away from drugs.

A senior Japanese government official said Japan "should consider having nuclear weapons due to growing security threats," but stressed this is a personal view and there is no active discussion within the government.

Legal, political, and treaty barriers make it unlikely for now.

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📸 Thai troops used improvised wooden-and-net slat armor on M113 vehicles during border clashes with Cambodia.

A PF-89 anti-tank rocket hit one vehicle, but failed to detonate after getting stuck in the makeshift armor.

Netanyahu and Trump secretly planned a possible strike on Iran from February 2025, while publicly signaling diplomacy as part of deception campaign against Tehran.

Preparations continued because “if talks fail, we are ready to go,” and leaks about U.S.–Israel tensions were deliberate:

“It was good that this was the general perception.”

Source: WaPo

Trump announced plans for “Patriot Games,” a four-day athletic event next fall featuring one male and one female high school athlete from each state and territory as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations in 2026.

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TikTok has signed a deal to sell its U.S. operations to a joint venture controlled by American investors, ending a years-long national security standoff.

Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi–based MGX will own 45% of the new entity. Affiliates of existing ByteDance investors will hold about one-third, while ByteDance will retain just under 20%.

Source: Axios

Frustration is growing inside the Justice Department as lawyers race to redact thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein–related files before a Friday deadline mandated by Congress.

Attorneys are working through massive volumes with limited guidance, inconsistent direction, and duplicate documents, raising concerns about errors or excessive redactions.

Source: CNN