The White House today “backpedaled” on several Statements made yesterday by U.S. President Trump regarding the Gaza Strip; with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stating that the U.S. would like to see the “Temporary, not Permanent, Relocation” of roughly Two Million Palestinians to Jordan, Egypt, and other Arab Countries. Additionally, Leavitt stated that President Trump has not committed to sending U.S. Troops to Gaza, and that the United States will not pay for the Rebuilding of the Gaza Strip.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order today on National Girls and Women in Sports Day, dubbed the “Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports” Order, banning Biological and Transgender Men from competing in Women’s Sports. The Signing Ceremony was attended by roughly 60 Athletes, Coaches, and Advocates who have campaigned against Transgender participation in Women’s Sports, including Former Swimmer for the University of Kentucky, Riley Gaines.

According to Al Jazeera, they have now been told that Hamas will hand over the bodies of the remaining Bibas family members, Shiri Bibas and the two children, Ariel and Kfir. Ariel would have been 5 and Kfir just 2 years old if they survived captivity. Yarden Bibas, who has been freed as a result of the second ceasefire and hostage/prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel, is the sole surviving member of his immediate family.

The U.S. State Department announced earlier tonight, that they had reached a Deal with the Government of Panama, for U.S. Navy and Federally-Owned Vessels to transit the Panama Canal from West to East and East to West, without Fees to the Panama Canal Authority.

Trump Administration Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Treasury have agreed to restrict access to Treasury Payment Systems from Officials of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), after Union Members and Retirees filed a Lawsuit recently alleging the violation of several “Federal Privacy Laws” by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who provided DOGE with read-only access to several Treasury Systems and Records.

The Panama Canal Authority has now totally denied a claim made earlier tonight by the U.S. Department of State, claiming that a Deal had been reached between the United States and Panama, allowing U.S. Navy and Government Vessels to transit the Panama Canal without Fees.

The IRGC Naval Forces have released footage of their new drone-carrier ship, the IRGC Shahid Mahdavi. The ship has been seen on commercial satellite imagery and rather grainy footage before, but this is the first such footage of the deck in use by drones and helicopters. Also, what appears to be the Iranian “stealth drone,” the Qaher-313, which is actually a past manned “stealth” fighter design that never reached full production, can be seen on the deck of the drone-carrier as well.

Individuals affiliated with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have reportedly been given access to several Internal Databases and Systems at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as they search for Employees and Programs related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). NOAA Officials claim to have been told to expect up to a 50% reduction in Staff as well as a 30% reduction in Budget, as the Trump Administration continues to search for “Cost-Cutting Opportunities” in Departments and Agencies across the Federal Government.

Yesterday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2.1v light-lift launch vehicle, with a payload of unidentified military satellites from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northeast Russia.

A few hours ago, the Kremlin announced that Yury Borisov, the Director General of Russia’s Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities had been dismissed without explanation. He will be replaced by Dmitry Bakanov. While it’s hard to know for sure why the reportedly otherwise well liked director was canned, the Kremlin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov clarified by saying that the Kremlin had ‘no complaints” with Borisov, characterizing the move as a ‘rotation' instead of a dismissal as released by the Kremlin originally. Obvious caveats apply here.

On the Truth Social app, U.S. President Donald J. Trump has said that “the Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States and Israel at the conclusion of fighting.” He also said that “no U.S. soldiers would be needed” to realize a massive development project for the territory.

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While it’s not yet clear if this framework has been on the table, until additional confirmation and/or similar statements are heard from other administration officials, it remains highly unlikely that such a framework has already been agreed upon.

New footage shows yesterday’s collision between a Japan Airlines 787-9 and a Delta Airlines 737-800, while taxiing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. When the collision occurred, the Delta aircraft was in the process of de-icing in a section of the airport not covered by Air Traffic Control (ATC).

A U.S. Air Force C-17 “RCH144” has just departed from Biggs Army Airfield in El Paso, enroute to the Guantanamo Migrant Operations Center (GMOC) at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba; carrying a Load of Illegal Migrants determined to be “High Risk” by Immigration Officials.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced the first action in U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s “Maximum Pressure” campaign against Iran. Sanctions have been announced on the vast shipping network that sees millions of barrels of Iranian oil go to China. The shipments, brokered by the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS), were facilitated by a number of front companies who will also be designated and sanctioned.

The sanctioned companies, vessels, and individuals that make up the wider Iran-China trade network come from a number of nations, including China, India, and the United Arab Emirates. Iran directly invests large amounts of its crude oil earnings, numbering in billions per year, into funding its armed forces and network of non-state actors in the region and abroad.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifted a Golden Pager featuring a Plaque, to U.S. President Donald J. Trump during his recent Visit to the White House, with the Pager reading, “PRESS WITH BOTH HANDS” while the Plaque read, “To President Donald J. Trump, our greatest friend and greatest ally. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”

Footage released by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, showing the arrival Tuesday of roughly 10 “High Risk” Illegal Migrants at the Guantanamo Migrant Operations Center (GMOC) at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, aboard a C-17 from Biggs Army Airfield in El Paso.