U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee

For those of you who don't realize it, 700,000 Americans represent an entire congressional district in the United States. That's how many people live in a congressional district.

When members of Congress come, I always say, "Welcome to Israel, the 436th congressional district of the United States."

Harris Courts Mamdani and Pro-Palestinian Progressives Ahead of 2028 Bid

The former VP is laying the groundwork for a 2028 presidential bid by privately engaging with prominent progressives, including Zohran Mamdani and pro-Palestinian activists.

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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius:

Nobody has ever said that we want to give up American systems.

That is not the case, and it will not be the case in the future.

We work very closely with the American defense industry, and we want to continue doing so.

There are systems that we simply do not yet have—or do not possess in sufficient capability—that we urgently need over the next five to ten years.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius:

We know that American production capacities are limited and urgently need to be expanded.

That is why we are very interested in producing certain systems, or parts of systems, here in Germany.

We already have one example with the F-35 fuselage, and there are other projects we want to pursue.

The goal is to achieve greater independence without giving up close cooperation with the Americans.

Italy's Meloni on Trump & the US:

I’m not anti-American today, and I wasn’t kneeling to Trump yesterday.

I don’t let anyone disrespect me, just as I don’t disrespect anyone.

Ukraine Leadership Pressures UK Ambassador to Drop Election Ambitions

President Volodymyr Zelensky summoned UK Ambassador Valerii Zaluzhny to Kyiv to dissuade the former commander from running in potential autumn elections.

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Emmanuel Macron has once again been seen wearing sunglasses, marking the third consecutive day.

China publicly demonstrated its truck-mounted electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) for the first time, successfully launching a drone from a modular catapult built from multiple linked trucks.

Three or more trucks connect to form a catapult that can be rapidly assembled and moved.

The catapult is part of a broader family of containerized military systems—including missiles, radars, electronic warfare, and command centers—that can be deployed from ships or land.

It is designed to launch drones where runways don’t exist, such as islands, remote areas, or civilian ships converted into drone carriers.

Chinese sources reportedly aim to produce 2,000 containerized systems annually.

Reporter: Your critics say you are profiting off the presidency.

Trump: I am profiting because the stock market is going up. We are all profiting.

How is your 401(k) doing? It's up 85%. "Thank you, President Trump!"

I am profiting because I have a lot of money.

Trump on Iran:

They've come a long way. We hit them very hard last week.

I think they are fine.

Trump:

We can have 50% of the chip market by the time I leave office.

You know what we have now? Nothing.

Trump:

Intel needed some help. I said, "I'll do it for you. But give the United States of America 10% of your company."

He said, "You have a deal." He said it so fast, I should've asked for more.

Trump on Iran:

The denuclearization of Iran is moving along well. They've had very good meetings.

We hit them very hard for three nights, but we're getting along very well.

Reporter: How much did it cost American taxpayers to upgrade the plane?

Trump: It cost very little relative to what it would cost if we did it a different way. This was a gift from a country that's treated us very well.

They are an ally of us in the Middle East—Qatar.

We couldn't build a plane like this. We wouldn't be willing to spend the money necessary. They spent top dollars.

Trump:

We're gonna declassify almost everything.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp:

I am the most publicly supportive CEO of Israel.

I think Israel is on the side of good.

Source: CNBC

Palantir CEO Alex Karp:

Half the people criticizing Israel just don't believe it should exist.

And that's just a fact.

Source: CNBC

Russia has begun importing gasoline from India to ease nationwide fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian drone attacks on its oil refineries.

At least 60,000 metric tons have already been shipped, with Russia reportedly planning to import up to 400,000 tons per month from multiple countries, including Belarus.

The shortages have led to fuel rationing, long queues at gas stations, and record gasoline prices.

Source: Reuters

Keir Starmer:

I'm really proud that we got the gayest Parliament.

I don't think there's any Parliament that is gayer than this parliament.

Anthropic's Claude Code covertly checks if users are from China. The obfuscated logic embedded into its binary reportedly evaluates whether:

▪️A user is operating from China,
▪️Routing through a Chinese URL,
▪️Affiliated with a Chinese AI lab.

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Video from Irkutsk, Russia shows the impact of the fuel shortage.

Blank fuel price displays at a Gazpromneft station, long queues for gasoline, and severe traffic congestion as vehicles line roads leading to gas stations.

Irkutsk is about 4,200 km east of Moscow.