Two A-10C Thunderbolt ll Close Air Support (CAS) Aircraft with the U.S. Air Force’s 23rd Fighter Group stationed at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, pictured flying recently over the Middle East.

Acting Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Defense, Steven A. Stebbins, notified Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth today that he has launched an investigation into him and other DoD personnel for last month’s Signalgate, referred to by Stebbins as the “use of an unclassified commercially available messaging application to discuss information pertaining to military actions in Yemen in March 2025.” The Inspector General states that the investigation will take place in Washington, D.C. and at the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Headquarters in Tampa, Florida, though more locations may be determined throughout the investigation. The Inspector General’s Office requests two points of contact from the Secretary of Defense for the duration of the investigation, a Government employee who is knowledgeable of the subject, and General/Flag Officer who is familiar with the subject and can act as point of engagement with the DoD Office of Inspector General.

The Israel Defense Force and Shin Bet announced earlier in a joint statement, that a precision-airstrike yesterday on a Hamas command-and-control center near Jabalia in Northern Gaza, resulted in the elimination of at least four terror operatives, including Shadi Diab Abd al-Hamid Falouji, a member of Hamas's East Jabalia Battalion who participated in the October 7th massacre in Southern Israel. Palestinian media claimed that the airstrike targeted a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) clinic killing at least 8, with no mention of any members of Hamas.

All four of the American Soldiers killed as a result of last week’s incident involving a M88A2 “Hercules” Armored-Recovery Vehicle (ARV) during a training exercise in eastern Lithuania, have now been identified by the U.S. Army:

- Staff Sergeant Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28 from Battle Creek, Michigan.
- Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr., 25 from Joliet, Illinois.
- Staff Sergeant Edvin F. Franco, 25 from Glendale, California.
- Private First Class Dante D. Taitano, 21 from Dededo, Guam.

The 4 Soldiers were attached to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (1ABCT), 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart near Savannah, Georgia. Knutson-Collins, Duenez, and Franco were posthumously promoted to Staff Sergeant.

The U.S. Stock Market today suffered its biggest loss since June 2020, with the Dow plunging almost 1,700 points, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 both plummeted 6% and 5% respectively; with loses believed to amount to over $2 Trillion. Today’s stock losses come as a reaction to yesterday’s announcement by U.S. President Donald J. Trump of a new wave of aggressive tariffs on countries across the world, which includes a 10% base tariff on all foreign goods entering America as well as much larger tariffs on countries which President Trump claims are “unfriendly trade partners” such as China who will now faces a 54% tariff on all exports to the United States.