The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has assessed that Russia used the lead-up to summit in Anchorage, Alaska on August 15 to stockpile drones and ballistic/cruise missiles and conducted more limited strikes against Ukraine to falsely present itself as a “good-faith negotiator” to U.S. President Donald J. Trump. Russia will likely continue to escalate its strikes against Ukraine in the coming weeks to leverage its replenished missile and drone stockpiles and degrade Ukrainian energy infrastructure ahead of the coming Winter.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump, alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, officially announces that U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) will be relocated from Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.

The U.S. Navy carried out a lethal strike earlier today against a vessel being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization in the Southern Caribbean Sea, which had recently departed from Venezuela, according to Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio.

Speaking during the press conference earlier at the White House, U.S. President Trump said, “I have learned things [about the Russian invasion of Ukraine] that will be very interesting, I think, in the next few days you’ll find out.” Adding that there will be “consequences” if a meeting does not occur soon between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Prior to departing Washington for Mexico, U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio told reporters that the Trump Administration is going to “wage combat” against the drug cartels flooding the United States. Deferring all questions about today’s precision strike by the military against a narco-terrorist vessel in the Southern Caribbean to the Pentagon.

U.S. Republican Rep. Carlos A. Giménez states that the narco-terrorist vessel targeted in today’s precision strike by the military in the Southern Caribbean Sea, belonged to the Cartel of the Suns or Cartel de los Soles, a Venezuelan-based crime, drug trafficking, and terrorist organization purportedly led by high-ranking members of the Armed Forces of Venezuela as well as Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Footage released by the Department of Defense showing today’s precision-strike by the U.S. Navy against a vessel belonging to the Cartel of the Suns in the Southern Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela.

According to President Trump, eleven members of Tren de Aragua/Cartel de los Soles were killed in the strike today in the Southern Caribbean.

The House Oversight Committee tonight is expected to release redacted documents related to notorious sex offender and trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that were provided to the committee by the Justice Department, according to officials that spoke to CNN. 

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has just released 33,295 pages of documents, files, and other information related to the case against Jeffrey Epstein, which were provided to the committee by the U.S. Department of Justice.

China has begun its largest-ever military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of Japan’s Defeat in the Pacific at the end of World War ll, overseen by Chinese President Xi Jinping, alongside hundreds of foreign guests, to include Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump: “Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America.”

China shows off its Nuclear Deterrent, to include “Dongfeng 5” (DF-5) Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles (MIRV).

The New Axis of Evil

“Watch the damn parade and stop asking me about lunch.”

Ukraine is currently under massive drone and missile attack for at least the third time in the past two weeks, as Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China’s Xi Jinping and North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Beijing.

The Israel Defense Force and Shin Bet have released a joint statement announcing the elimination of Musbah Salim Musbah Dayyah, the Head of the Mujahideen Brigades in the Gaza Strip, during an operation last week in Nuseirat. Dayyah was appointed head of the military wing following the elimination of its three previous leaders in recent months. His elimination further degrades the ability to direct terror attacks from the Gaza Strip in the West Bank and in Israel.

U.S. Airmen and Soldiers with the District of Columbia and several other National Guards from Republican-led states that are currently deployed to Washington, D.C. as part of President Trump’s D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, are expected to have their orders extended today until December, a senior official familiar with the planning told CNN. The official stated that the extension does not necessarily mean that the mission will last until the end of the year, but is intended to ensure continuity of benefits for Guardsmen and their families, to include house allowances and full access to TRICARE.