🚨US could run out of money to pay its debts this summer

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a Congress hearing that the US may lose the ability to service its debt by “some point in the middle to late summer,” noting that the "so-called x-date is a moving target."

He added that the situation is "dynamic" and hard to predict.

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🇷🇺🤝🇺🇸Russia, US eye opportunity for FULL RESTORATION of ties

Trump met Russian Ambassador to Washington, Alexander Darchiev, the meeting was brief and constructive.

Key points by Darchiev:

▪️ Russia and the US have a "window of opportunity" to fully restore interstate communication.

▪️ As great powers, Russia and the US are destined for non-confrontational peaceful coexistence.

▪️ Darchiev assured the American president that he would do everything possible to restore relations between the two countries.

▪️ The main thing is that the two countries are talking, but these conversations are not easy.

▪️ The topic of a meeting between Putin and Trump was not discussed; preparatory work for such a meeting is ongoing, but no specific agreement has been reached.

▪️ Russia is sharply raising issues with the US regarding the restriction of Russian journalists' work, including sanctions against the Russia Today, Sputnik's parent media group.

▪️ The US has yet to respond to Russia's proposal on the return of diplomatic property, but they promise to reply soon.

▪️ There is significant interest from both US and Russian businesses in resuming direct air travel, and authorities are discussing this issue.

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🚨Pentagon puts AUKUS on ice, leaving allies RATTLED

The Pentagon is taking a HARD LOOK at its role in the AUKUS alliance to make sure it fits squarely within the Trump administration’s “America First” agenda, according to a Pentagon spokesperson.

“We’re reassessing AUKUS to ensure this carryover from the last administration aligns with the president’s priorities,” the spokesperson said.

Australia has rushed to say it's still on board with US defense cooperation, but according to The Australian, the Pentagon’s review is a “major blow” to the country.

Washington is weighing a full exit from the AUKUS pact with Australia and the UK, the FT earlier reported.

❌Russia has criticized the trilateral security pact that focuses on military cooperation and countering China in the Indo-Pacific as undermining the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) by transferring nuclear submarine technology to Australia, a non-nuclear-weapon state.

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🚨💥Israel poised for strike on Iran – US braces for FALLOUT

Israel is fully prepared to launch an operation against Iran and has already briefed US officials, CBS News reports.

🔸Anticipating potential Iranian retaliation, particularly against American targets in Iraq, the US has advised some citizens to leave the region.

🔸The State Department has ordered non-essential government personnel to evacuate Iraq, citing “heightened regional tensions.”

🔸The Pentagon is allowing military families to voluntarily depart bases across the Middle East, according to a defense official.

What do top officials say?

🗣Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, still plans to move ahead with a sixth round of nuclear talks with Iran in the coming days, the report added.

🗣When asked about the evacuation notice, Trump told reporters: “It could be a dangerous place. We’ll see what happens.”

🗣Iran’s Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh didn’t mince words, warning that if nuclear talks fail and “a conflict is imposed on us,” Tehran will target all US bases in host countries.

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🇬🇧❓UK PM Starmer puppeteered by foreign orders - Errol Musk

"Every time there's any sort of problem that seems to arise, he's off to Davos to go and speak to people in Davos and then come back again," Elon Musk's dad told Sputnik.

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🚨🇺🇸CIA keeps Trump IN THE DARK - Prof. Sachs

The CIA does not tell the Trump administration “a lot of things,” Jeffrey Sachs told Tucker Carlson.

"The CIA has for decades and decades done very, very dangerous things not telling the president,” said the US economist.

The reason, partly, is deniability – “better he doesn't know this, because we need the President to be able to deny this.”

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💪🏻🇭🇺🇬🇪Hungary, Georgia resist EU' blackmail - Orban

"Like the Hungarians, the Georgians are also fighting to be able to decide their own destiny and not become expendable pawns in other people's wars... The Georgians, like us, the Hungarians, are not ready to succumb to the blackmail of the Brussels bureaucracy," Orban wrote on his social media.

He specified that Hungary and Georgia are open to mutual cooperation to make up for the damage "caused by the war and sanctions."

"Brussels blackmail here, Ukrainian threats there, we will develop, grow and become stronger, because that is why the Hungarian and Georgian peoples voted for us," Orban said.

On Tuesday, a protest was held in Budapest against the "On Transparency of Public Life" law, which bans foreign funding for public organizations and media. Similar protests have already taken place in Georgia, where a similar law, based on US legislation, was viewed.

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🇮🇷💪🏻💥Iranian military READY FOR ANY SCENARIO - IRGC Commander

The Iranian military is ready for any scenario, including war, commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami said.

✅ "The enemy failed to stand against Yemen — and collapsed. How can it possibly confront Iran?"

✅ "I warn them: Do not make a mistake."

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🚨 "The devotion of Russians to their homeland strengthens the country’s power, independence, and sovereignty," Putin emphasized at the ceremony honoring Heroes of Labor and state prize winners.

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🇷🇺🇰🇵North Korea’s Kim Jong-un calls PUTIN 'HIS DEAREST FRIEND AND COMRADE'

Kim Jong-un hailed the BLOOD-FORGED COMRADESHIP between the states, sending congrats on Russia Day.

He noted that Russia is a “fraternal state,” and traditional DPRK-Russia friendship “has been further cemented thanks to the militant comradeship the service personnel of the two countries have forged at the cost of their blood in the just SACRED war to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Russia.”

“I and the DPRK will always stand with you and the Russian Federation,” Kim Jong-un stated.

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⚡️In accordance with the agreements reached in Istanbul on June 2, a group of Russian servicemen was returned from territory controlled by the Kiev regime, in exchange for a group of Ukrainian prisoners of war, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

At present, the Russian servicemen are in Belarus, where they are receiving the necessary psychological and medical assistance; they will be transported to Russia for treatment and rehabilitation.

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🇷🇺🎉WELCOME HOME HEROES! Russian warriors return from Ukrainian captivity

The soldiers are shouting "Russia!" on their way home to the Motherland.

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❗️Russia ready to exchange Ukrainian POWs for Russian military according to schedule agreed in Istanbul on June 2 on daily basis

Unfortunately, Ukraine isn't ready to conduct exchanges in the on-going basis, the Russian Defense Ministry stated.

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