The U.S. House of Representatives has vote 304-0 to approve a bill directing the Justice Department to release all files related to the case against convicted sex offender and trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, with the bill now set to head to the Senate.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has just issued a new temporary flight advisory for the San Juan Flight Information Region (TJZS), which encompasses all of Puerto Rico and a large section of the Southern Caribbean. The advisory states that, “OPERATORS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OPERATING IN THE SAN JUAN FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION (TJZS) DUE TO AN INCREASE IN STATE AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS,” with the Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) beginning November 18, 2025 at 18:55, and lasting until February 16, 2026 at 23:59.

Update: The final vote in the House was 427-1, with the only NAY being Republican Rep. Clay Higgins from Louisiana.

The San Juan Flight Information Region (TJZS) consists of this area over the Caribbean:

After passing the U.S. House of Representatives earlier today, the bill directing the Justice Department to release all files related to their case against convicted sex offender and trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, has unanimously been passed by the Senate, with the bill being passed immediately, without any of the amendments urged this morning by House Speaker Mike Johnson and certain other Republicans. The bill now heads to the Resolute Desk, where it will hopefully be signed by President Donald J. Trump.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced tonight - following today’s meeting at the White House with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - that the United States would be formally designating Saudi Arabia as a Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA). Saudi Arabia is the twentieth country to receive this designation, joining a short-list of nations that are seen as the closest allies to the U.S. outside of NATO, and include such countries as Australia, Colombia, Israel, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea and Qatar.

According to an exclusive report by Axios, the Trump Administration has been secretly working in consultation with Russia to draft a new plan to end the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, which so far has not involved input from officials in Europe or Ukraine. President Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is said to once again be leading the negotiations, reportedly involving a 28-point peace plan inspired by the deal in Gaza, which he has discussed extensively with Putin’s Envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who is also the Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has signed an order introducing the Third Alarm Level under the Anti-Terrorism Act (CHARLIE), deploying additional police and military forces to areas of the country which contain critical railway lines managed by PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. and PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa, effective until February 28, 2026. This follows several successful and attempted acts of sabotage on railway lines in Poland over the last few days, committed by operatives working for the Russian Security Service.

President Donald J. Trump has dispatched a high-level delegation of military officials, which includes Army Secretary Dan Driscoll alongside two four-star generals, to Kyiv for talks Wednesday with President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials, as well as top military and industry representatives, as part of the Trump Administration’s latest push to revive negotiations on halting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to senior officials who spoke with the Wall Street Journal.

The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces reports the scramble of aircraft with Polish and Allied Air Forces over Poland, in response to an ongoing drone and missile attack by Russia against targets on the Territory of Ukraine. NATO fighter jets and an early-warning aircraft have been scrambled, and ground-based air defense systems as well as radio detection and ranging reconnaissance systems have been raised to a state of maximum readiness across Poland.

Major air operations by NATO Air Forces are ongoing now over Poland, amidst a large-scale drone and missile attack by Russia against Ukraine. A NATO E-3A “Sentry” Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft and an Airbus A330 Multirole Tanker Transport (MRTT) are currently up and orbiting over Eastern Poland, while a Polish Saab 340 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft heads east towards the border with Belarus and Ukraine, and a Spanish Airbus A400M Atlas - potential operating as an aerial-refueling tanker - has taken off from Lithuania and is heading south in the direction of Poland.

While leaving the State Dinner tonight at the White House, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he was “deeply disappointed” in the Senate’s decision to unanimously pass the bill calling for the release of the Epstein Files without the amendments he suggested earlier today alongside other House Republicans.

Lublin Airport in Eastern Poland has been closed to arriving and departing flights due to “UNPLANNED MILITARY ACTIVITY RELATED TO ENSURING STATE SECURITY.”

Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport has also been closed due to “UNPLANNED MILITARY ACTIVITY.”

The U.S. State Department has approved the possible Foreign Military Sale of PATRIOT Air Defense System Sustainment and related equipment, including the upgrade of M901 Launchers to the M903, to Ukraine for an estimated cost of $105 Million.

Tonight’s drone and missile attack by Russia was one of the largest of the war against cities in Western Ukraine, with cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as attack drones, heavily targeting Lviv, Ternopil, and Ivano-Frankivsk, with several drones possibly having entered Poland.