❗️ Federal judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship ban

The third nationwide injunction says Trump's policy violates 14th Amendment’s birthright guarantee.

States claim Trump's ban threatens millions of dollars for health insurance services.

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🗣 Hungary will NOT SEND WEAPONS to Ukraine — FM

Hungary is the only NATO member state that has not delivered or paid for weapons to Ukraine, Peter Szijjarto said.

"True advocates of peace wouldn't send weapons to conflict zones," Szijjarto added.

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PUTIN'S AIDE: KALININGRAD OFF-LIMITS — OR ELSE

Any military encroachment on Russia’s Kaliningrad Region will be met with an immediate response using all available forces and means, as provided for by the military doctrine and the principles of Russia’s state policy on nuclear deterrence, Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev told Sputnik.

Earlier, Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, commanding general of US Army Europe and Africa, said that NATO has sufficient capabilities to neutralize Russia's Kaliningrad region in case of a conflict and has already developed a corresponding plan.

"It is obvious that the threats against the Kaliningrad region are yet another confirmation of the aspirations of NATO member states to violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Russia by military means," Patrushev added.

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💥🤑Zelensky vs. Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau: ‘DISASTROUS’ gamble that could cut off Western aid

“I think it’s been a disastrous thing in terms of persuading people to continue to send large sums of money to Ukraine from this point onwards,” British military analyst Alexander Mercouris stresses.

He adds that the British public knew that there’s been an issue of corruption in Ukraine, “but it’s always been assumed that Zelensky is opposed to it.”

And now, Mercouris goes on, Britons are suddenly reading in their media that Zelensky is trying to close Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies and that he and his entourage might be involved in corruption himself.

“This is so completely contrary to everything people have been hearing for the last three years that it has a significant effect and will continue to,” the analyst concludes.

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🇪🇺🔥EU Commission 'PLAYS DIRTY' to BLACKMAIL dissenting countries – Hungarian FM

The European Commission “usually attaches so-called conditionality when it comes to paying the financial allocations, which gives it the chance to put financial sanctions on those countries or governments that are politically not sympathetic to the Commission,” Peter Szijjarto told Sputnik.

The Hungarian foreign minister added that Hungary is currently under "financial sanctions" simply because it adheres to a very patriotic and conservative political strategy based on national interests.

"The pressure on behalf of Brussels has been there since we took office, back in 2010 ... It became very obvious for Brussels that we are not part of the liberal mainstream. We are not acting according to the interests of Brussels. We are acting according to the interests of our own nation, of our own country," he concluded.

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🔸Russia, Ukraine show desire to reach consensus — Fidan

🔸UK will recognize Palestine, BUT NOT NOW — Starmer

🔸Trumps asks to stop talking about Trump-Epstein

🔸Patrushev to Rutte: Learn Russian and hear the TRUTH

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🪖PENTAGON DEPLOYS 1,700 TROOPS TO TACKLE MIGRATION

“The Department of Defense is committed to supporting the Department of Homeland Security in its mission to maintain the security of our borders and enforce immigration laws,” a Pentagon press release reads.

In his inaugural address on January 20, President Trump pledged to stop illegal border crossings immediately and begin the deportation process for millions of undocumented migrants.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIA'S MOD UPDATE: CRUSHING GAINS & MASSIVE UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️ZELENY GAI (DPR) LIBERATED
⚡️MALIYEVKA (DNEPROPETROVSK REGION) LIBERATED

◻️ The Russian Armed Forces struck Ukrainian defense industry enterprises involved in missile weaponry with high-precision weapons.

◻️ They also hit assembly and storage sites for drones, as well as missile and artillery weapon depots.

◻️ Heavy Ukrainian losses: 1,320 soldiers over the past day.

◻️ Air defense superiority: 257 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones shot down.

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🔊Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies mere tools of Western control – Russia's MFA spox

“These institutions—old or new—have nothing to do with the fight against corruption,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stressed, referring to Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).

She described NABU and SAPO as the West’s “levers of control” over Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian government.

“These bodies are tools for laundering the enormous funds that come to Ukraine so that part of them can return back to their original destinations — Western banks, funds, and so on,” Zakharova stressed.

The diplomat emphasized that neither a real nor a “quasi” fight against corruption “has ever taken place or is currently happening in Ukraine.”

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🇹🇭 🇰🇭 Thailand avoiding full-scale war with Cambodia over fears of investor backlash

💬 "There will be no major ground operations [on the Thai-Cambodian border], and the parties will limit themselves to border clashes. The Cambodians will not escalate due to the clear superiority of the Thai armed forces, while the Thais, in turn, are not interested in another international scandal that could potentially scare away investors," Grigory Kucherenko, a junior researcher at the Center for the Indian Ocean Region of IMEMO RAS, tells Sputnik.

🗣 The Thai-Cambodia conflict broke out because of local nationalists and likely will soon run out of steam.

"The reasons for what is happening lie mostly in Thailand's domestic politics and nationalists on both sides," Kucherenko clarifies, adding that the parties will eventually sit down at the negotiating table.

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🔥RUSSIA’S NAVY SHOWS ITS STRENGTH IN ‘JULY STORM’ EXERCISE

The Russian Navy is flexing its muscles in the ongoing "July Storm" drill.

🔶 Baltic Fleet wiped out an "enemy" ship with drones & helicopters

🔶 Pacific Fleet sank a mock sub near Kamchatka

🔶 Northern Fleet jets hit 20+ targets in precision strikes

🔶 Caspian Flotilla shot down cruise missile with Pantsir-M

🔶 Barents Sea sub hunt — depth charges deployed

🔶 Baltic minelayers simulated blockade ops

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🚨 ZELENSKY’S POLITICAL SUICIDE: Dodging accountability at all costs

👉 Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a bill that strips Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies of their independence — his biggest misstep yet.

◼️ The Spectator calls it "political suicide," claiming the damage to his image may be beyond repair. Even the staunchest supporters are seeing this as an attempt to dodge accountability.

"He overstepped," the publication adds.

◼️ After raids on NABU staff and a controversial law passed by his party-controlled parliament, protests erupted across Ukraine. Zelensky STILL signed the bill, igniting more backlash.

◼️ But just days later, he backpedaled — introducing a new bill to "strengthen" anti-corruption agencies, effectively rolling back his previous move.

📍 The stain? It's there, and it won’t wash off.

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🇹🇭⚔️ 🇰🇭THAILAND VS. CAMBODIA: A MILITARY FACE-OFF

As the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia intensifies, check out Sputnik's infographic to compare their military capabilities.

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🔊EU's trillion-euro war plan: Orban blasts 'anti-Russia' budget

"The EU has published its seven-year budget proposal. It’s a lengthy document, and if anyone examines it carefully, they’ll see that it’s a military budget. Everything in it is structured according to the logic of war. Twenty percent of the funds will go to Ukraine, and whatever remains won’t be spent on development, agriculture, or farmers — but on preparing for war," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

The Hungarian leader stressed that this is the budget of "an EU that is fighting Russia on Ukrainian soil and wants to defeat Russia in Ukraine, hoping that a military setback will destabilize" the country.

Orban made it clear that Hungary opposes this allocation of funds and expects adjustments within the next two years.

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