Speaking earlier in the Oval Office, President Trump called the ballroom being constructed to replace the White House East Wing a “gift,” while adding that it will have bulletproof glass and walls, along with a “drone port” which Trump says was supposed to be Top Secret.

General Francis L. Donovan, the Commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), is currently meeting at the Pentagon with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, amid escalating tensions in the Caribbean between Cuba and the United States, sources tell MS NOW.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump confirms that negotiations are currently ongoing with Iran, but reiterates that they cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon, claiming that if Iran were able to manufacture such a weapon there would be nuclear war in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

As the conflict in the Middle East against Iran looks like it may soon resume, Americans continue to grow more and more disillusioned with the Trump Administration, with the latest Fox News Poll showing that President Trump’s job performance disapproval rating has reached 61%.

According to the Washington Post, citing a Department of War assessment they were given the details of, the U.S. used more high-end missile interceptors defending Israel than Israel used themselves. Per the report, citing U.S. officials speaking on the condition of anonymity, the U.S. used more than 200 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors and 100 SM-3 and SM-6 interceptors during operations to defend Israel.

In stark contrast to the U.S. expenditure of munitions, Israel fired 90 David’s Sling interceptors and under 100 Arrow interceptors in defense of its own territories. Per one U.S. official, “In total, the U.S. shot around 120 more interceptors and engaged twice as many Iranian missiles.”

However, the report does say, citing a U.S. official, that such a dynamic, where U.S. interceptors bear the brunt of incoming fires, was previously agreed upon when U.S. and Israeli military decision-makers were planning out how to employ an extensive joint anti-access area-denial (A2/AD) framework.

President Donald J. Trump has announced via Truth Social that the U.S. is sending an additional 5,000 troops to Poland following the election of his endorsed candidate, Karol Nawrocki. The move would further expand the U.S. military presence on NATO’s eastern flank amid ongoing security concerns in Eastern Europe and the war in neighboring Ukraine. It remains unclear whether these forces would come from the 5,000 U.S. troops previously slated for withdrawal from Germany or represent an overall increase in American troop levels in Europe.

During the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee hearing earlier today, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao told senators that arms shipments to Taiwan have been paused, saying “Right now we’re doing a pause in order to make sure we have the munitions we need for Epic Fury.” However, Acting Secretary Cao said right after that “we have plenty” of munitions. This comes amidst earlier reports and statements from U.S. President Donald J. Trump that the shipment in question, one worth $14 billion, may or may not be paused, following President Trump’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

According to a release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a statement from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Cuban national Adys Lastres Morera, sister of the executive director of the Cuban military’s GAESA, Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera, was arrested after her lawful permanent resident status was revoked.

GAESA, or Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A., is a business conglomerate owned and controlled by the Cuban military, with some estimates saying they control more than. 50% of the Cuban economy.

Cuba poses a “national security threat” to the United States and the likelihood of a peaceful agreement is “not high,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters earlier today, only a day after Cuba’s former president, 94-year-old Raúl Castro, was charged by the U.S. Justice Department with murder for the downing of two planes in 1996.

Following the crash of a U.S. Air Force T-38 "Talon" on May 12th from Columbus Air Force Base, MS, the U.S. Air Force has issued an "operational pause," aka grounding, for all T-38 aircraft under Global Strike Command, Air Education and Training Command, Air Combat Command, and Air Force Materiel Command "out of an abundance of caution."

With the arrival of the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in the Caribbean Sea and escalating tensions between Cuba and the United States, traders on Polymarket believe that the chance of U.S. military action against Cuba by the end of the year is rising, having recently surpassed 51%.