Germany, the second-largest exporter of arms to Israel after the United States, announced Monday that they would resume weapons sales to Israel that had been suspended since August over controversy related to the war in the Gaza Strip, adding that the decision would be dependent on adherence to the ceasefire and the delivery of aid into Gaza.

A U.S. Air Force KC-135R “Stratotanker” Aerial-Refueling Tanker from MacDill Air Force Base in Florida is currently orbiting over the Southern Caribbean, roughly 50 miles off the coast of Venezuela. It’s not known if there are any additional aircraft, bombers or fighters, accompanying the KC-135.

A KC-767-2EY/ER Aerial-Refueling Tanker/Transport (IAM1438) with the Italian Air Force is up from Lublin Airport in Eastern Poland, potentially delivering aid bound for Ukraine.

After remaining in the position for roughly six months following his appointment by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, David Richardson has resigned from his role as Acting Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), according to CBS News. Richardson’s resignation from the agency follows several controversies under his leadership, including during the devastating floods in Texas back in July, in which FEMA officials said they were unable to contact Richardson for over a day after the floods began, hampering federal relief efforts across Texas.

Alexis Wilkins, 27, the current girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel - who performs as a country music artist in Nashville, Tennessee - has been assigned an elite security detail made up of FBI agents usually attached to a SWAT Unit at the FBI Field Office in Nashville, despite her not living with or even in the same state as Patel, who often travels to Washington for work but keeps a legal residence in Las Vegas, according to The Independent.

Kash Patel recent sparked controversy by taking a private jet operated by the FBI to Wilkins’s concerts in Nashville, something which he was highly critical of Former FBI Director Christopher Wray for doing under the first administration of President Donald J. Trump.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump tells reporters earlier in the Oval Office that the United States will sell F-35A Lightning lls to Saudi Arabia, despite continued concerns of Chinese espionage raised by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and other sectors of the Pentagon.

Speaking earlier in the Oval Office, President Donald J. Trump tells reporters that he would sign, not veto, a bill directing the Justice Department to release all files related to the case against convicted sex offender and trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, if it passes a vote in the House and the Senate.

The U.N. Security Council has voted 13-0, with both China and Russia abstaining, in favor of adopting a resolution authorizing the creation of a Board of Peace and an International Stabilization Force in the Gaza Strip, as outlined in U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict.”

Satellite imagery taken earlier today, November 17, by the European Space Agency (ESA) and published by @MT_Anderson, captured the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and several other naval vessels, most likely a part of Carrier Strike Group Twelve (CSG-12), positioned south of Puerto Rico in the Southern Caribbean.

In addition to a deal regarding the sale of F-35s and a security agreement with commitments similar to NATO’s Article 5; one of the agreements that will reportedly be signed during tomorrow’s meeting at the White House between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is an agreement regarding cooperation in the field of civil nuclear development between Saudi Arabia and the United States, according to the French newspaper Le Figaro.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump speaks about the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities and the ongoing situation in the Middle East during the McDonald’s Impact Summit tonight in Washington, D.C.

In a post earlier on Truth Social, President Donald J. Trump congratulated the “World” on tonight’s successful vote by the U.N. Security Council, acknowledging the establishment of the Board of Peace, which he will chair, and which he states will include “the most powerful and respected Leaders throughout the World.” President Trump then thanks all of the countries on the Security Council as well as all the countries who supported the creation of the Board of Peace, adding that “the members of the Board, and many more exciting announcements, will be made in the coming weeks.”