🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️ - The DHS has issued an order banning the use of DeepSeek across federal civilian agencies and government contracts, citing national security concerns.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡️- Former Ted Cruz staffer and organizer of the Texas Youth Summit Vasant Bhatt has voted for James Talarico due to increased racism against indians from conservatives and growing GOP opposition to legal immigration.

🇯🇴🇸🇾⚡- A Jordanian airstrike targeted a vehicle linked to a Druze drug-smuggling network in the As Suwaida region of southern Syria, territory controlled by the Druze separatist council.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- President Trump apologized to a journalist after learning she was from Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire saying that "The Daily Wire is good".

The Daily Wire up until 2023 was one of the leading anti-Trump conservative news outlets in the country. Ben Shapiro also fundraised for Trump in 2024.

🇰🇵⚡️- British tabloid outlet The Sun has begun claiming that Kim Jong Un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea, has died of a brain hemorrhage.

The Sun cites an unnamed Chinese official within the Democracy Party of China as their source for this as of now baseless claim.

🇮🇶⚡️- Pro-Iranian Iraqi outlet Sabereen reports heavy aerial activity over areas of southern Iraq.

🇮🇶⚡️- Heavy fighter jet activity reported in Salah al-Din, northern Iraq. It is unknown if they are American or Israeli.

🇯🇴⚡️- Heavy fighter activity reported above Jordan, flying east towards the Iraqi border.

🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian state outlets report that the country has entered a heightened state of alert due to the ongoing US/Israeli sorties above Iraq.

🇮🇷⚡- An Iranian jet is operating over Abadan, southwest Iran.

🇰🇵⚡️- South Korean outlet Yonhap reports that Kim Jong Un is alive and well, having visited a military installation earlier today.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️ - BREAKING: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth traveled to Israel today to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Axios.

This comes as the United States and Israel discuss resuming major combat operations against Iran.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- Major American oilfield service companies, including Halliburton, Baker Hughes, SLB and Weatherford, are expanding recruitment in Venezuela as the country's oil industry begins attracting new investment following Maduro's removal.

Weatherford has advertised more than 20 positions, while Baker Hughes and SLB are also recruiting personnel. American drilling equipment is beginning to return, with Chevron preparing to activate four rigs and Patterson-UTI shipping additional equipment to the country. Only two rigs are currently operating, although production is projected to increase from approximately 1.2 million barrels per day to 1.5 million by late 2027. The developments suggest Venezuela's reopening is beginning to translate into actual investment and operational activity, rather than remaining limited to agreements and announcements.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡️- Marist poll of the Ohio Governors race shows Amy Acton 7 points ahead of Vivek Ramaswamy.

🇨🇦⚡️- Alberta has overwhelmingly voted down the non binding independence referendum. 76% of Albertans voted it down while 24% voted in favor.

🇦🇺⚡️- Yesterday, Australian MP Helen Haines was targeted in an attempted assassination, in which she was rammed with a car by a man named Brendan Nugent.

Haines is in critical condition; she has had one leg amputated, is likely to lose her remaining leg, and may still succumb to her injuries.

Nugent’s motive for the attack is unclear, but his social media footprint points to him being a leftist, who posts frequently about Palestine, wealth inequality, the benefits of cannabis use, and has even posted multiple links to Candace Owens’ conspiracy videos regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

🇦🇺⚡️- Brian Nugent’s father, Rod Nugent, released a statement in which he revealed that Helen Haines had been a close friend of the family for over 20 years.

Brian Nugent is a 43-year-old environmental campaigner and has been noted as becoming increasingly erratic over the past few months, as police were dispatched three times to his house during this time, one of his neighbors described him as “an absolute nutjob,” per The Age.