U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has confirmed reports today by the Washington Post that work has begun to design a $250 bill featuring the portrait of President Donald J. Trump. Bessent told Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy that the Treasury “prepares things in advance,” and that legislation is in front of the House and Senate to change the requirement that living individuals not be allowed on U.S. Currency.

Following yesterday’s threat by President Trump to “blow up” Oman if they did not behave regarding the Strait of Hormuz, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that he spoke today with the Omani Ambassador who said that Oman has no plan to impose tolls on the Hormuz Strait.

Reports of explosions and possible missile launches towards the Strait of Hormuz from the Bushehr Province of Southern Iran.

The Iranian Navy fired warning shots at four vessels earlier that attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran’s state-run Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA).

U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F "Super Hornets", E/A-18G "Growlers" and U.S. Marine Corps F-35C "Lightning IIs" are shown conducting flight operations from the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) in the Arabian Sea in a new video release from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).

Iran’s state-run Tasnim News Agency reports that a “hostile aircraft” was intercepted earlier over the Bushehr Province of Southern Iran, with claims by other outlets that an American MQ-9 Reaper was downed over the Iranian coastal city of Jam.

As media outlets in both Iran and the United States go back-and-forth over the actual status of peace negotiations to end the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, traders on Polymarket are becoming more and more skeptical that a deal will be agreed upon anytime soon, with a 57% chance of a U.S. x Iran permanent peace deal by July 31, 2026.

Now former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) senior executive employee David Rush was arrested last week after the agency requested assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) following the discovery of potential violations of law. The FBI served a search warrant on Rush's home two days before he was arrested. During the search, the FBI discovered 300 gold bars worth more than $40 million, over $2 million in U.S. currency, and 35 luxury watches. During the period of November 2025 to March 2026, Rush requested tens of millions of dollars in foreign currency and gold bars for "work-related expenses." During the investigation, investigators learned that much of Rush's resume and experience was false. Records from the U.S. Navy confirm that Rush separated as a lieutenant and worked in information systems. When he applied to the CIA, he claimed he was a Navy pilot, director of a joint Navy/Army test center, and had advanced educational degrees.

Just earlier, the White House posted a video showing “loading” mowed into crops in the same style as crop circles that are surrounded by discussions of alien involvement. Amidst recent releases by the Trump administration of files pertaining to unidentified anomalous phenomena, it’s possible that such releases are forthcoming.

A new Aliens.gov redirect now takes you to a live interactive map of illegal immigrant arrests, as it seems the “alien” hype was meant to prelude the interface that tracks ICE’s activities apprehending criminal illegal aliens.

Following Iranian media reports that a U.S. aircraft had been downed near Bushehr, Iran, U.S. Central Command has put out a release refuting the claims.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance told Axios Thursday that Iran and the United States are “very close” to signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that would extend the ceasefire by a period of at least 60 days, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and launch talks on limiting the nuclear program operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

“We're going back and forth on a couple of language points. We've made a lot of progress here,” Vance said, before adding, “Hopefully, we'll continue to make progress and the President will be in a position where he can endorse the agreement, but obviously that's still TBD.”

Reports of several people injured, some seriously, following the impact of a Russian one-way attack drone tonight on a residential building in Galați, Eastern Romania.

Romania, a member of NATO, has been attacked by Russia.

Fire and rescue services rush to the site of a Russian drone attack on a residential building in Galați, Romania.

Video footage shows the moment that a Russian one-way attack drone struck an apartment building tonight in the Romania city of Galați.

Wreckage found at the site of a drone strike tonight on an apartment building in Galați, Eastern Romania, which injured several civilians, appears to confirm that the building was indeed struck with a Russian Geran-2/Shahed-136.