Exclusive MSNBC reporting with Marc Santia: FBI Director Kash Patel is imposing changes aimed at transforming  the bureau into a national police force focused on violent crime, current and former officials tell MSNBC—at the expense, they say, of the FBI’s longstanding role

Putin achieved his objectives Stave off the implementation of secondary sanctions on the oil & gas sector and create a situation where his demands (if agreed to) would be sufficient to satisfy Putin’s political base and one in which Ukraine & Zelenskyy get blamed if they says no

Nordic-Baltic Eight: "No decisions on Ukraine without Ukraine, and no decisions on Europe without Europe- We will continue to arm Ukraine and enhance Europe’s defences to deter Russian aggression."

The discourse around this event hasn't been very productive. When we see what the Ukrainians responded with, and their claimed inflicted casualties, this wasn't just a pair of DRGs wandering the fields. Voicing concerns was right but seems the situation has been contained.

Zelensky refused to give up Donbas in his conversation with Trump and European leaders — Reuters

NYT: PUTIN DEMANDS OFFICIAL STATUS FOR RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN UKRAINE, REFUSES TO MEET ZELENSKYY.

"Eight pages, that appear to have been produced by U.S. staff and left behind accidentally, shared precise locations and meeting times of the summit and phone numbers of U.S. government employees." - NPR npr.org/2025/08/16/nx-…

Thank you for the support! All the points mentioned are important to achieve a truly sustainable and reliable peace. We see that Russia rebuffs numerous calls for a ceasefire and has not yet determined when it will stop the killing. This complicates the situation. If they lack

Last night, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew into the eye of Hurricane Erin—and captured imagery of the breathtaking stadium effect. These missions provide critical data to the NHC to improve forecasts, helping keep communities safe before the storm makes

Heaven on earth! Can you imagine cooking up some bratwurst on this deck while watching DEATH11 flyby? 😎

A while ago, I was reading a chat on Discord and came across people talking about the new EU Chat Control proposal. I hadn’t even heard about it before, so I decided to look into it. Honestly, the more I read, the more it feels a bit insane. I fully support investigations of

Witkoff's evasions & contortions on CNN today all but suggest that Trump team has asked Zelensky to cede unoccupied parts of Donbas to Russia in exchange for what Witkoff has been told & credulously believes are serious concessions by Russia. Make no mistake: this is worse than

There is a really fundamental difference between freezing the war at the line of contact (de facto partition), asking Ukraine to cede occupied land (de jure partition) and asking Ukraine to cede unoccupied land—with or without land swaps.

Shashank Joshi Another example of his naivety, if not deception, in that article. By now he has to understand that Ukraine can't approve any peace agreement that involves ceding territory without amending their constitution, which requires a referendum and cannot be done under martial law.

This argument was fairly convincing early on. I and many others tried giving Israel the benefit of the doubt. But when 2 years pass without victory and you're starving Gaza's population while seeking to deport them to South Sudan, Libya, etc., you've lost plausible deniability

Tracking U.S. Navy carrier strike groups + amphibious ready groups 🇺🇸 - Iwo Jima ARG deploying to SOUTHCOM - Ford CSG enters North Sea - Washington CSG pulls into Guam - Nimitz CSG operating in Gulf of Oman - America ARG completes 3-month patrol - Lincoln participating in Ex

The Economist understands a three-way meeting between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky could come as early as the end of next week economist.com/europe/2025/08…

I have already arrived in Washington, tomorrow I am meeting with President Trump. Tomorrow we are also speaking with European leaders. I am grateful to President Donald J. Trump for the invitation. We all share a strong desire to end this war quickly and reliably. And peace must be lasting. Not

Things to remember and to watch for in Washington today. 1. It is assessed by many Military leaders in Nato , UK & US that for Putin to take by force the 4 Oblasts will take a further 2 million Russian Casualties & 4.4 years. Without Trump , Putin doesn’t hold all the cards 1/9

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