💻 USIP tried to delete evidence on expenses

According to DOGE employees, they were able to recover over 1 TB of the Institute of Peace's accounting records after its chief accountant attempted to delete them.

And the findings will shock you:

"They received $55 million a year from Congress. Any money that went unspent, they would sweep it into a private bank account with no congressional oversight."

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📑 Trump considers sanctions against Russia this week — reports

President Trump is considering new sanctions as a final effort before pulling out of the Ukraine conflict resolution process, reports the Wall Street Journal.

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🏆 Trump says HE IS GLAD to have lost in 2020

"I missed those four years, and now look what I have. I have everything! It's amazing how things work out," said the US president, speaking at Arlington National Cemetery.

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🗣Russia's Foreign Ministry dunks on German flip-flop over Ukraine

Reacting to German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil’s denial of any new NATO green lights on Ukraine’s long-range strikes at Russia (contradicting what Chancellor Merz just implied), Maria Zakharova couldn’t resist some side-eye.

💬 “Take away their ‘sugar spoon’ and ‘napkin’!” Russia's Foreign Ministry spox quipped, nodding to that viral train video where Merz, Macron, and Starmer fumbled to hide what was TOTALLY just a tissue and a stirrer.

💬 “I hope at least these two didn’t fight like the Macrons,” she added winking at the viral slap Brigitte appeared to give her husband in public.

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📉China’s car exports to US DROP OFF A CLIFF

🟠Chinese car exports to the US hit $116.6M in April, the lowest since April 2022, Chinese statistical service data shows.

🟠Down 30% vs. March and 42% year-on-year

🟠2025 total: $587.3M, 20% LOWER than the same period last year

🟠Meanwhile, China’s total global car exports in April hit $8.3B, up 20% month-on-month

🟠US falls to 22nd place among China’s car buyers (was 11th)

🔍Top importers in April:

🇧🇷Brazil – $597.7M
🇧🇪Belgium – $564M
🇲🇽Mexico – $560.9M
🇬🇧UK – $540.7M
🇦🇺Australia – $509.6M
🇷🇺Russia – $507.1M

Think twice before waging a trade war with China

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🚨🇦🇷Argentina TURNS UP THE HEAT on Atlantic islands hosting Western military base

Argentina has urged the British government to resume negotiations over the sovereignty of the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands.

The request was made after the UK signed a deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back the Diego Garcia UK-US military base for 99 years.

🗣The question of the islands' sovereignty returned to the spotlight after President Javier Milei took office in Argentina, declaring he would pursue their return through diplomatic means.

👉Check out our previous deep-dive on how the Chagos Islands became the center of a tug-of-war for MARITIME DOMINANCE.

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🚨Russia requests a UNSC meeting over threats to global peace due to the actions of European states trying to interfere with the Ukraine settlement – Russian mission to the UN

🟠The West requests a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine on May 29.

🟠Russia expects that the UN Security Council meeting requested by Moscow on a settlement in Ukraine will be scheduled for May 30.

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📹 Foreign delegations at int’l meeting of high-level security reps in Moscow flock to examine Russia’s cutting-edge military tech

Among them a delegation from Ivory Coast, who were seemingly interested in FPV drones, including a Lun-20 UAV developed by Yamalspas.

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🚨Russia's memorandum on Ukraine to outline peace terms & timeline, as well as ceasefire conditions - 🇷🇺MFA spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

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🟠 Iran shows off trio of next-gen VTOL drones

🟠 Calin Georgescu says he quits politics after Simion's defeat

🟠 North Korea exposes threat of Trump's Golden Dome

🟠 Israel threatens West Bank annexation after Europe's Palestine push

🟠 USIP tried to delete evidence on expenses

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🇺🇸⚔️🇪🇺EU-US 'joint efforts' on anti-Russia sanctions ON LIFE SUPPORT?

The Europeans and Americans are no longer pulling in the same direction when it comes to enforcing sanctions, an internal report from the Federal Foreign Office on a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council revealed, Süddeutsche Zeitung reports.

According to the memo, EU sanctions chief David O'Sullivan is sounding the alarm: Transatlantic coordination on the issue has flatlined.

💬 “No more joint outreach,” he warned. And G7 efforts? Also losing steam.

How the West plans to agree on another sanctions package in this mess is anyone’s guess, the outlet remarks, especially with experts suggesting Donald Trump would like to do business with Russia again sooner rather than later.

So much for the “united front” on sanctions that never worked and only blew back in their faces.

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🔊LIVE NOW: Russian FM Sergey Lavrov holds talks with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan 🇷🇺🇹🇷

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