CENTCOM:

The Strait of Hormuz remains open for commercial vessel transit. Iran does not control it. Thousands of ships have sailed through the international waterway over the past four months.

Italian PM Meloni:

The Government has decided to temporarily suspend the free movement regime provided for by Schengen in maritime and air connections with Spain, reintroducing border controls.

This is an extraordinary measure, adopted to safeguard national security and prevent possible repercussions for our Nation.

The measure will be kept in force only for the time necessary, with particular attention to limiting any impact on summer tourist flows.

An F-35 fighter jet caught fire after an aircraft mishap at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego on Friday morning.

Heavy smoke was seen around 10 a.m., and emergency crews responded to the scene.

Officials are investigating the cause, and no additional details have been released.

Source: FOX 5

Kamala Harris:

We need to revisit the Electoral College. We need to revisit the point of expanding the Court.

We need to revisit, if they so want, statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.

Kamala Harris on Iran War:

I would have opposed the Iran War even if Congress had approved it.

48,300 of the 50,000 migrants return to Morocco after entering Ceuta, and at least 57 died crossing.

Sánchez calls it a “violation” of Spain’s territorial integrity.

Source: EL PAÍS

BIG: The U.S. is reconsidering its long-standing military presence in Kuwait after the war with Iran exposed the country's vulnerability despite hosting thousands of American troops.

While Kuwait still views the U.S. as its primary security partner, the conflict has prompted both countries to rethink their defense strategy.

Washington is weighing a smaller military footprint to reduce risk, while Kuwait is seeking stronger air defenses and broader security partnerships, including a new defense pact with Pakistan.

The war has highlighted that a large U.S. presence no longer guarantees protection against modern missile and drone threats.

Source: WSJ

Trump’s unofficial Venezuela adviser Mauricio Claver-Carone has left his role after playing a major part in shaping U.S. policy and multimillion-dollar oil and debt deals.

Claver-Carone says he left voluntarily, but sources told Reuters he was pushed out amid concerns over his influence and ties to Venezuelan business figures.

Source: Reuters

Trump:

Take a look at 2020 in Detroit. They had more votes cast than they had people.

How about that one?

Trump:

The Republicans want to be MAGA.

The Republican Party is basically all MAGA now.

Q: I made a prediction that before you left office, Greenland would be under our operational control.

Trump: You'll be right if you took that. You should make that bet, actually.

Trump:

Religion is a very important factor in a country's success.

It doesn't have to be Christianity. That's our religion.

If you look at some of these countries without religion, they are not happy places. Does that make sense to you?

Trump on Ukraine:

Ukraine has very rich, very fertile soil in terms of rare earth.

We have a contract signed having to do with rare earth.

We can go in there at any time and take pretty much whatever we want.

That's a pretty good deal.

Trump on Iran:

With Iran, depending on definitions, we lost 16–18 people.

Trump on Iran:

The same people that kept us in Vietnam for 21 years are complaining about Iran.

Trump on Iran:

I am doing a much bigger job than I said I was gonna do. I was going to go in and knock out their military, go in, go out.

Then I realised if we do that, we have to have some form of maintenance. Otherwise, they rebuild.

Trump:

If it weren't for me, Israel would not exist today. They would not exist.

Iran was 2 weeks away from having a nuclear weapon.

Trump:

I'd love to be the next guy in office.

The next guy in office is gonna look like a supergenius.

He is gonna get credit.

Trump:

McKinley made our country probably the richest it ever was. Then Roosevelt came along, took the money, and spent it.

McKinley was never given the credit he deserves.

Trump on Iran:

You want to see everything end fast? Give crazy people nuclear weapons.

It'll end real fast.

Q: Noncitizens will know that if they vote, they are gonna be shown the door.

Trump: I love that idea. I am gonna look into that, actually. That's a good way of getting them not to vote.