🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- U.S. airstrikes targeted Chegeni County in Iran’s western Lorestan Province, marking the northern most reported U.S. strike in the country in recent weeks.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- US airstrikes on Bandar-e Lengeh, southcoast Iran.

🇮🇷🇮🇶🇰🇼⚡- Air defenses in eastern Kuwait are active once again.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli airstrike on al-Mansouri, Tyre direction, southern Lebanon.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇧🇭⚡️- The Iranian army said it carried out a drone attack on U.S. helicopters and P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft at the Sakhir airbase in Bahrain.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "The U.S. strikes on Iranian bridges were aimed at cutting off supply routes to the port city of Bandar Abbas, where Iran has a naval base it uses to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz." - WSJ citing a senior U.S. official.

🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇷⚡️- US Forces in Qatar have been put on alert for an imminent attack.

🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇷⚡️- Air defences are active in Qatar.

🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇷⚡️- Scenes from Qatar of a successful interception.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump has begun an address to the nation.

We will post any important quotes.

🇺🇸⚡️- "We are making a record investment in our armed forces, and we have the strongest and most powerful military by far anywhere in the world. I built it during my first term, and unfortunately we were forced ot use it now.

We won in Venezuela, which is now working with us to produce millions of barrels of oil; we are likewise winning big in Iran; you will see the fruits of that labor very, very shortly" - President Trump

🇺🇸⚡️- "Tonight, I'm announcing the immediate declassificaiton and release of critical intelligence revealing shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure." - President Trump.

🇺🇸⚡️ - "First, they show that over a period of years starting during the 2020 election cycle, the People's Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history. resulting in China's illicit acquisition of 220 million US voter files.

That information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences, and other sensitive data that would be needed to register to vote and engage in other nefarious activities, which is exactly what is happening.

The intelligence even shows China has assigned a data exploitation unit specifically to this new project." - President Trump.

🇺🇸⚡️- "As the document we are releasing shows, CIA reporting reporting explicitly stated, and i quote, 'in mid 2018 the Chinese Communist Party's policy was to leverage all domestic and foreign elements that were opposed to the US president in an effort to reduce the US president's vote and make him resign, or prevent his re-election.

In mid-2018, China was working to influence the results of the US midterm elections, and later the results of the 2020 presidential elections.

Separately, in mid-2019, the Chinese government strategy against the United States was focused on undermining domestic confidence in the US President." - President Trump

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Explosions reported in Chabahar, southern Iran.

🇺🇸⚡️- The US States listed in the White house released documents allege that voter data was stolen from 18 States, with some appearing to be redacted. But the listed in the documents are;

Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, New York, Washington DC, North Carolina.

🇺🇸⚡️- The speech has ended.

Summary: Elections are insecure and US intelligence has data that China accessed voter data and attempted to influence US public opinions on politics.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "Today at 9:40 p.m. ET, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed its latest major wave of strikes against Iran.

U.S. forces, including fighter jets, aerial drones, and warships, launched precision munitions that hit dozens of Iranian military targets such as coastal surveillance and air defense sites, military logistics infrastructure, and maritime capabilities. This was the sixth consecutive night of U.S. strikes against Iran.

At the Commander in Chief's direction, CENTCOM is further degrading Iranian military capabilities and holding Iran accountable for recent attacks on commercial shipping. " - US Central Command.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "U.S. Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a verification boarding aboard M/T Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman, July 16.

As of today, American forces have redirected 3 commercial vessels trying to run the blockade, disabled 1 that didn’t comply, and boarded 1 to ensure full compliance with the ongoing U.S. naval blockade against Iran.

The Strait of Hormuz and the surrounding waters remain free and open, except for vessels attempting to violate America’s steel wall blockade. " - US Central Command.