🇺🇦🇷🇺🇰🇵 Reuters: North Korea may send more troops to Russia in July or August for Ukraine war South Korea's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers that they assess that Russia may launch a new offensive in the next two months, supported by additional troops from the DPRK.

We know what this means.

Basically everything Biden tried to do - ban noncompete agreements, student debt forgiveness, cracking down on payday lenders, etc etc etc - was immediately blocked by nationwide injunctions from the Fifth Circuit. Next Dem president may have just been unshackled.

This story will be overshadowed by the OBBB this week, but still very important: propublica.org/article/kristi…

🚨 Under the Senate bill, deficits would rise to 7 percent of GDP. If it's made permanent, they could hit 8 percent. How are we going to hit the 3% target now?

Good news: S.Res. 236, urging the return of #Ukraine's children abducted by #russia before finalizing a peace deal with #putin, now has a related resolution in the House. Thank Michael McCaul and Rep. Gregory Meeks for spearheading the legislation ✊ No deal without #children!

THIS!!! Yale Lab Tracking Stolen Ukrainian Children Will Survive Until October Despite funding halt, Yale Lab will continue operations for now thanks to individual donors READ 👇 kyivpost.com/post/55460

Sen. Kennedy woke up the Senate, loudly proposing his amendment to prohibit a mysterious $1B in Defense Production Act funds from being used without the approval of Congress. He said lawmakers should have say over how to spend, else “we’re just sucking our teeth.” Dems cheered

The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France ow.ly/tRSR106epXB

STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost *14M* lives thru 2030. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

The Senate just passed a bill that strips Afghan allies of health care and slaps them with up to $4,000/year in new fees. This isn’t budgeting—it’s a betrayal. #AfghanEvac is sounding the alarm. The House must act. 📣 Read our statement. Share it. Demand change. #OBBB

Just shameful.

Very true. 👇

The Kremlin is thrilled by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Under Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby's move to halt munitions and weapons shipments to Ukraine—despite President Trump's pledge just last week to do the opposite. This reckless decision allows Putin to further string Trump along and play for time on the battlefield.

Today, I called on the President to address my serious concern regarding reports the United States is withholding critical defense material pledged to Ukraine. This comes as Russia launches the largest aerial assault since the war began, firing over 500 weapons at civilian

Some of these details are familiar from my work on the Soviet Gulag system

This comment t sums up the current atmosphere of the Congress and Jordan has largely contributed to it over his entire tenure.

We've been hearing explosions in Kyiv for several hours now. It hasn't scared me for a long time. It's just that the fatigue from constant lack of sleep is accumulating. And every time you find out who died after another Russian shelling of peaceful cities. War is a lottery.

A demographic landmark. The population of the Ireland of Ireland tops 7 million for the first time since 1850. This milestone brings with it challenges as well as opportunities. irishtimes.com/opinion/editor…

What an irony. Following tonight's massive Russian air attack on Ukraine, we discovered in Kyiv a component of a Russian-Iranian "Shahed-136"/"Geran-2" combat drone, which was made in China and supplied just recently. This same night, the Chinese Consulate General's building in