🇺🇸🐘⚡️- Republican Senator Bill Cassidy and President Trump engaged in a verbal spat at the Republican Senate Lunch today.

President Trump ordered Cassidy to “stop speaking and to sit down” after Cassidy mentioned the Iran War Powers Act, to which Cassidy continued, later saying, “he didn’t care to be interrupted.” Trump then called Cassidy a lunatic, and the situation eventually de-escalated afterward.

To note, Bill Cassidy is a lame-duck Senator, as President Trump endorsed his opponent, Julia Letlow, who emerged victorious in the first primary.

The second and final GOP primary for Louisiana’s 2026 U.S. Senate race is this Saturday, June 27th, between Julia Letlow and John Fleming.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "The two major earthquakes that just hit the great people of Venezuela are both massive in scale and have left a devastating number of deaths. The U.S.A. stands ready, willing, and able to help! I have instructed all agencies of our government to get ready to move quickly. We will be there for our new and great friends. Early reports are not good!!! President DJT" - President Trump via Truth Social.

🇸🇻🇪🇨🇨🇱⚡️- El Salvador, Ecuador, and Chile have all announced they will be providing aid or rescue teams to assist with Venezuela's earthquake response.

🇨🇴🇮🇱 - "Just an hour ago, I held a phone conversation with my friend, Abelardo De La Espriella, the president-elect of Colombia, who is also a true friend of the Jewish people and the State of Israel. I congratulated him on his important victory in the elections, a victory that creates hope and possibility for a better future for Colombia and its citizens, and I wished him great success. The president-elect reiterated in our conversation his commitment, which he also expressed during his country's election campaign, to the alliance between Israel and Colombia that will be stronger than ever. I too emphasized our strong desire to strengthen this alliance for the benefit of both our peoples. We will do this together - Colombia and Israel - and in a big way!" - Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs.

"Thank you, my dear friend. Colombia will restore and strengthen its relationship with the State of Israel like never before. Israel can count on Colombia as a loyal friend and steadfast ally. May God bless our two nations." - Abelardo De La Espriella, President-elect of Colombia.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "In the last 24 hours, 72 ships and 20 million barrels of oil have transited through the Strait of Hormuz — fully restoring pre-conflict flows.

Thank you President Trump and the U.S. military!" - Chris Wright, US Secretary of Energy.

🇻🇪🇮🇱⚡️- "At the instruction of Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is making immediate preparations for the possible deployment of an Israeli aid mission to Venezuela following the severe earthquakes that struck the country.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is conducting a situation assessment with the relevant authorities in Israel and is examining possible avenues of assistance." - I24 News, Israeli Media.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "As part of the activities of the IDF and security forces in the Gaza Strip, an employee of a contracting company performing engineering work on behalf of the Ministry of Defense was killed earlier today (Wednesday) as a result of an operational accident.

His family has been informed. The IDF and the Ministry of Defense share the family's sorrow." - Israeli Defence Force.

🇻🇪⚡️- The Venezuelan government reports at least 32 have been killed and 700 injured during the earthquake.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "Israel has withdrawn from some of the southern Lebanese territory it has occupied ​in its war with Hezbollah, a U.S. ‌State Department official said on Thursday, adding that Lebanon's armed forces should now step in.

There was no ​immediate comment from Israel. A senior ​Lebanese security official said they were unaware ⁠of any withdrawal of Israeli troops from Israel's ​so-called "buffer zone" in southern Lebanon.

The State Department official ​did not say how much territory Israel withdrew from or where exactly the pullback occurred. Israel and Lebanon ​have been holding U.S.-brokered talks in Washington aimed ​in part at halting fighting between Israel and the ‌Iran-backed ⁠Hezbollah militia." - Reuters.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "Israeli security and military officials deny a Reuters report that the IDF has withdrawn from parts of Lebanese territory.

The Israeli military has yet to be instructed by political leaders to withdraw, according to the officials.

A senior Lebanese security official says they are unaware of any withdrawal of Israeli troops from its so-called security zone in southern Lebanon." - Times of Israel.

🇾🇪⚡- A pro-Southern Transtional Council journalist, Muhammad Aydah, was assassinated in a car blast in al-Mukallah, capital of the Hadhramaut region, eastern Yemen.

🇫🇷🇷🇺⚡- "The French Navy boarded the oil tanker Deliver on Tuesday as it transited off the coast of Sicily in violation of maritime law.

This latest action against the shadow fleet, conducted just days after a similar operation by the United Kingdom, illustrates the resolve of Europeans.

We will not allow the shadow fleet to circumvent sanctions and finance the Russian war effort.

Europe is determined.

It will pursue all necessary efforts to increase the cost of war for Russia and enable the establishment of a robust and lasting peace in Ukraine," - Emmanuel Macron, President of France.