U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro was seen leaving the White House West Wing earlier wheeling a black briefcase and file box, as rumors swirl in Washington about her potential firing by President Trump.

A Royal Canadian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III transports military equipment and personnel, including U.S. Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) assigned to the 17th Field Artillery Brigade and Paratroopers with the 11th Airborne Division, to Nome, Alaska on July 31, 2026, in support of Operation Tundra Merlin.

The Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist group in Yemen is claiming to have targeted a “sensitive site” located at Najran Regional Airport in Southwestern Saudi Arabia, saying in a statement:

“By the grace of God, the Yemeni Armed Forces have succeeded in targeting a sensitive asset of the Saudi enemy at Najran Airport using a drone, with the strike being precise. This targeting comes in response to the Saudi enemy's violation of the airspace in the provinces of Saada and Hajjah using its drones. We affirm to the Saudi enemy that any violation of our airspace will not go unpunished or without retaliation.”

The U.S. Army has used up “virtually all” of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during the last five months since the start of the Iran War - munitions which would be crucial in any conflict with China - including most of its stock of Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM), three people familiar with the data tell Reuters.

President Trump says Iran has a "last chance" to reach an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz, warning that if a deal is not reached "today or tomorrow," the U.S. could launch major airstrikes.

Speaking Monday, Trump said he wants Iran to quickly reach an agreement with Oman to restore shipping through the strategic waterway, while rejecting any arrangement that would allow Tehran to charge transit fees. "There's not going to be charging," Trump said, referring to commercial shipping through the strait.

The comments come as negotiations appear stalled. Iranian officials continue to insist Tehran has the right to regulate maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, while an adviser to Iran's supreme leader warned U.S. warships and bases would be at "serious danger" if Washington does not lift its blockade of Iranian ports. Bloomberg reports there is little sign of progress in the Oman-mediated talks, despite Trump's latest ultimatum.

Ukraine launched overnight drone strikes against three warehouse facilities across Russia, including two operated by Wildberries, with Russian officials reporting five people killed and 10 others wounded in the Moscow region.

The deadliest strike hit a warehouse in Chekhov, south of Moscow, while separate drone attacks damaged Wildberries facilities near St. Petersburg and in Russia's Tver region. Wildberries said the St. Petersburg warehouse caught fire but reported no casualties there.

This video is purportedly from one of the strikes on an unknown Wildberries facility reported earlier today, but that has not been verified.

Wildberries, often compared to Amazon because of its dominant role in Russia's e-commerce and nationwide fulfillment network, has become a recurring target. According to Reuters, Ukraine has attacked more than a dozen Wildberries facilities since July 18 as part of an expanding campaign against Russia's logistics infrastructure. Kyiv says these warehouses support Russia's war effort by serving as logistics hubs and distribution centers, while Moscow and Wildberries deny those claims and describe the attacks as terrorism.

The strikes fit Ukraine's broader deep-strike campaign targeting logistics hubs, rail infrastructure, fuel depots, and defense-industrial facilities inside Russia in an effort to complicate military logistics and increase the economic cost of the war.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has released video showing a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard over an undisclosed location in the Middle East.

Although CENTCOM published the footage today, the most recent F-22 deployment to the region concluded more than two weeks ago, with the Raptors having already returned to the United States.

The Bahamas flagged, Qatari owned LNG carrier Al Areesh remains loitering along the apparent U.S. naval blockade line near the entrance to the Gulf of Oman, with little change in its operating pattern.

According to AIS data from @MarineTraffic, the vessel departed Qatar's Ras Laffan terminal, transited outbound through the Strait of Hormuz on July 29 using Iran's traffic separation scheme, and proceeded to the apparent blockade line. After initially reversing course back into the Gulf of Oman, Al Areesh returned to the blockade line the next day, where it continues to steam in a north-south pattern rather than continuing its voyage to Pakistan.

The vessel's prolonged presence is noteworthy because it does not appear to be carrying an Iranian cargo or calling at an Iranian port, making the reason for its delay unclear based on publicly available information.

It remains unknown whether the vessel's movements are being directed by its owner/operator, or whether they are in response to instructions from U.S. forces operating in the area. If the latter is the case, the reasoning is unclear, as Al Areesh does not appear to fit the publicly stated profile of vessels subject to the U.S. naval blockade of Iran.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has released a new image of a U.S. Navy sailor assigned to the Wasp class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD-4) operating in the Arabian Sea as part of ongoing operations supporting the naval blockade of Iran.

According to CENTCOM's latest update, 45 commercial vessels have voluntarily complied with U.S. directives and been redirected, while two vessels have been boarded to verify compliance and two noncompliant vessels have been disabled after failing to obey repeated warnings.

The USS Boxer is deployed to the CENTCOM area of operations with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU).

Happy 236th Birthday to the United States Coast Guard! 🇺🇸⚓️

On August 4, 1790, at the urging of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, Congress authorized the construction of the Revenue Marine, the service that would eventually become today's United States Coast Guard making it the nation's oldest continuous seagoing military service.

For more than two centuries, Coast Guardsmen have safeguarded America's maritime interests through search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, port security, counter-narcotics operations, icebreaking, environmental protection, and national defense. As one of the United States' six armed services, the Coast Guard has served in every major American conflict while saving hundreds of thousands of lives closer to home.

Semper Paratus - Always Ready.

Happy Birthday to all past and present Coast Guardsmen, and thank you for your continued service to the Nation. 🇺🇸

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro personally brought a box of evidence to the White House on Monday in an effort to convince President Trump that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was caused by faulty construction, not vandalism, according to CBS News.

The meeting came just hours after President Trump publicly criticized Pirro for dropping the felony case against former Olympian David Hearn, saying she had "folded like an umbrella." CBS News reports Pirro showed the president evidence her office says was provided by the Interior Department after the indictment and demonstrated the damage resulted from a botched renovation rather than criminal vandalism.

The Justice Department has since moved to dismiss charges against Hearn and three others, arguing new evidence undermined the original prosecution. The dispute has become a rare public rift between President Trump and one of his longtime political allies, with CNN previously reporting the president has privately discussed removing Pirro from her post.

President Trump has ordered contractors to redo portions of the new White House helipad after expressing dissatisfaction with its appearance, including concerns about the slope of the South Lawn, according to The Washington Post.

The changes come after weeks of around-the-clock construction. The Washington Post reports crews have already removed portions of a granite presidential seal that had begun taking shape and are now evaluating whether part of the lawn itself must be regraded so the helipad appears level.

The $5 million-plus project, funded by Lockheed Martin, is intended to accommodate the new VH-92A Patriot presidential helicopter, whose downward-directed exhaust can scorch the South Lawn. The White House is aiming to complete the helipad before a planned September state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to The Washington Post.

The Trump administration has increased U.S. intelligence assets in Cuba as it intensifies pressure on Havana's communist government, according to POLITICO.

Citing two sources familiar with the effort, POLITICO reports the U.S. has expanded its intelligence presence on the island in recent months, with one source saying the increased collection could support a range of future options, from intensified intelligence operations to potential military planning. The report does not indicate that a military operation has been approved or is imminent.

The increased focus has also been partially visible in open source flight tracking. Over the past several months, the U.S. has conducted a noticeable increase in U.S. Air Force RC-135 "Rivet Joint" signals intelligence missions and U.S. Navy MQ-4C "Triton" high altitude ISR flights operating in the vicinity of Cuba, reflecting a broader increase in intelligence collection around the island.

The move comes alongside a broader campaign by the Trump administration that includes an energy blockade, expanded diplomatic and legal pressure, and increased public messaging targeting the Cuban government. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has made Cuba a top foreign policy priority, while administration officials continue to say President Trump prefers diplomacy but is seeking fundamental changes from the regime.

According to an exclusive report published Tuesday by CNN, the United States has exhausted nearly 80% of its interceptor missiles for a critical ballistic missile defense system during the recent conflict with Iran, as senior military commanders are warning that the Pentagon’s munitions stockpile is “dangerously low.”

The U.S. Army has burned through nearly four-fifths its inventory of THAAD Anti-Ballistic Missile Interceptors compared to pre-war numbers and roughly half of its PATRIOT Interceptors since the start of the Iran War in late February, according to two sources familiar with the latest inventory report by the Pentagon.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) estimates the United States had around 2,200 PATRIOT GEM-T and PAC-3 and 452 THAAD Interceptors in its stockpile before the start of the Iran War, though those numbers have dwindled as the months have drawn on and Iran continues to launch missile attacks against U.S. bases and allies in the Middle East.

Ukraine has targeted and destroyed yet another logistics center operated by the Russian online retailer Wildberries, with multiple one-way attack drones striking a multi-use warehouse earlier tonight in the Russian town of Aleksin, located just to the southwest of Moscow.

American columnist and media personality Perez Hilton appears to have suffered some kind of psychotic break tonight, significant harming himself and possibly others with a knife in a now deleted TikTok Live. Initial reports of a potential hostage situation now at his home in Miami, Florida.

The U.S., Iran, and Oman are reportedly nearing an interim agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the Trump administration aiming to announce a deal as soon as Wednesday, according to Axios.

The reported framework would establish a 60 day arrangement under which inbound commercial shipping would transit through Iranian waters, outbound traffic would use Omani waters in coordination with Iran, no transit fees would be charged, and both sides would work to clear naval mines from the strait's median shipping lane before negotiating a permanent agreement.

If finalized, the deal would mark a significant shift from pre-war arrangements by giving Iran a formal role in managing commercial traffic through the world's most important oil chokepoint. It would also likely preserve the ceasefire, reopen the door to broader U.S.-Iran negotiations, and avert the large scale U.S. military strikes President Trump has repeatedly threatened in recent days. According to Axios, the agreement was mediated by Oman with support from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, while U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff held direct discussions with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in recent days.

Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are reviewing an air-traffic safety incident Tuesday over Washington, involving Marine One while it was transporting President Donald J. Trump from the White House to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

According to people familiar with the matter who spoke to The Washington Post, on Tuesday afternoon, Marine One, a military helicopter used to transport the President, took off from the White House, but air-traffic controllers hadn’t yet halted commercial flights at nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as required under safety protocols, in place since the deadly midair collision over the Potomac on January 29, 2025.

During the incident, Marine One and a commercial jet taking off from Ronald Reagan didn’t appear to get dangerously close under federal rules and weren’t converging, indicating the incident didn’t amount to a serious close call, according to a Spokesperson with the FAA. “Marine One flights are piloted by some of the best aviators in the world, and at no point was the President in harm’s way,” said White House Spokesman Kush Desai.