During a press conference earlier today with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “finish the job” against Iran with the support of U.S. President Trump; with Secretary Rubio stating that there will never be a nuclear Iran, while adding, “It’s important to constantly point that whether we talk about Hamas or we talk about Hezbollah, we talk about violence in the West Bank, or we talk about destabilization in Syria, or we talk about any of these issues the militias in Iraq, they all have behind them one common theme – Iran.”

The Union of The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS), which represents roughly 11,000 federal employees with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Department of Defense, announced that on Friday the Trump Administration fired several hundred “probationary employees” with the FAA, who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure across the United States. However, they clarified that this did not include air traffic controllers, which have suffered major staffing issues for over a decade.

2 U.S. Air Force B-52H Long-Range Strategic Bombers launched from RAF Fairford, as well as at least 4 KC-135R Aerial-Refueling Tankers launched from RAF Mildenhall, are currently crossing the Mediterranean near Italy, heading in the direction of the Middle East.

A U.S. Navy MQ-4C “Triton” Surveillance Drone has just appeared over Saudi Arabia heading towards the Red Sea, likely to take a close look at the Houthis in Western Yemen.

A government account, directly affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has now been created on 𝕏. The account, named “DOGE DOD,” has been made as both Elon Musk and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have made statements outlining their compliance with U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s executive orders on minimizing waste, fraud, and abuse. While a number of goals have been mentioned in relation to DOGE’s expected focus on the Department of Defense (DOD), it still remains to be seen how and when we’ll see movement from DOGE in relation to the DOD.

The new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Department of Defense (DOD) account is one of over 30 affiliated government accounts now created for the public to DM and provide their input on government agencies and departments to the corresponding DOGE account.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk ruled out sending Polish troops to Ukraine earlier today before he left for the snap European security summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, France. This comes after Keir Starmer, prime minister of the UK, communicated his willingness to send British troops to Ukraine yesterday. Prime Minister Tusk did, however, commit to continue to provide the logistic and humanitarian support that Poland has long sent to Ukraine and promised to continue to be a key thoroughfare for aid and support efforts for European countries into Ukraine.

Contradicting past comments from U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) and NATO Ministerial, U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg has said that President Trump has yet to fully rule out sending U.S forces to Ukraine for a peacekeeping missions.
(The Telegraph)

This will be updated as more information comes out.