WATCH: Rep. Mike Lawler says Zohran Mamdani “does not have the legal authority” to arrest Netanyahu.

U.S. Envoy Mike Waltz cites “head of state immunity” and questions why Mamdani isn’t focused on “the thugs” from Iran or North Korea.

Lawler also criticizes Mamdani over Nicolás Maduro and ends by calling him “an anti-semite.”

Ukraine has requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting, accusing Russia of attacking civilian cargo ships and blocking Ukraine's Black Sea shipping corridor, disrupting grain exports during the peak harvest season.

Kyiv warns the disruption threatens global food supplies and could drive up prices, while Maersk has suspended service to one Ukrainian port due to the escalating attacks.

Source: RBC-Ukraine

Trump once again tells the story of his "highly neurotic, fat friend" who complained to him about the price of the "fat drug."

Trump once again tells the story in which he forces Macron to raise drug prices in France while doing an interesting French accent for Macron.

Trump:

With communism, everything turns to shit.

BIG: The US and Saudi Arabia signed a "123 agreement" for peaceful nuclear cooperation, plus a bilateral safeguards agreement.

It opens Saudi Arabia's nuclear energy market to American companies, aims to boost US nuclear exports and jobs, and is framed as upholding nonproliferation standards.

Trump:

Democrats will make D.C. and Puerto Rico states.

They will get like 40 electoral votes.

Trump:

I don't think you want to see me cry, you know.

You don't want to see me cry.

BIG: First Saudi oil tanker reportedly hit by Houthi missile near Yemen, engulfed in flames.

NEW: Yemen’s Houthis claim they targeted two Saudi oil tankers, ENCELA and LAYLIA, with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones, alleging the vessels violated their shipping ban.

Yemen’s Houthis warn that any Saudi attack on Yemen will trigger large-scale retaliatory strikes deep inside Saudi Arabia.

CENTCOM:

At 5:30 p.m. ET today, U.S. forces began launching more strikes against Iranian military targets at the Commander in Chief's direction.

The mission will continue to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters.

The House passed a $1.15 trillion defense bill despite strong Democratic opposition, driven in part by the US-Israel war with Iran.

Democrats criticized Trump for joining Israel's attacks on Iran without congressional approval and opposed provisions that would deepen US-Israel defense cooperation.

The bill also includes $60 billion in additional military spending, much of it expected to cover costs related to the conflict. It now heads to the Senate.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Manila during the ASEAN summit.

Around 1,300 Israeli "settlers" entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during Tisha B’Av under Israeli police protection, while Palestinian worshippers faced tight access restrictions, according to the Jerusalem Governorate.

The governorate condemned the visits by Israeli officials, including Itamar Ben-Gvir, as a violation of the site's historical status quo and warned of escalating tensions.

The U.S. used a B-1 long-range bomber to strike Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran on Tuesday, marking the first B-1 mission since fighting resumed 12 days ago.

The deployment signals a major escalation, as the bomber can carry heavy bomb loads and cruise missiles.

The aircraft flew from a UK base.

Source: Axios

Iran's IRGC says it struck several U.S. military assets in Jordan, including a THAAD radar, a Patriot system, a C-RAM radar, fuel storage, and helicopter maintenance facilities.

Tucker Carlson:

I don't have a home in Doha. I don't own anything in Doha.

I've never taken money from the Qataris or any other government. I don't even have a bank loan. I have no investors. I have no debt.

But you know what I would say? I love Qatar. I really like Qatar.

And the Israelis liked Qatar too, which is why Benjamin Netanyahu asked the Qatari government to send money to Hamas.

So it was actually Netanyahu who asked Qatar to send money to Hamas. Now they're attacking the Qataris for being a tool of Hamas. The whole thing is so dishonest I can't deal with it.

Tucker Carlson:

Even if I were being bribed by Qatar—to do I don't know what Qatar bribes people to do—you'd still have to contend with this: Is what I'm saying true? Is the Iran war going well? Is it in America's interest? Did the administration say we're following Israel? They did.

Is genocide being committed in Gaza? Of course, objectively, the numbers are there.

They attack me as a person. "I'm a bad person. I'm a Nazi."

Well, I'm not at all, but even if I were, it wouldn't change the fact that you're committing genocide and this war is hurting my country.