Speaking to reporters after today’s hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee by Attorney General Pam Bondi regarding the Epstein Files, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie said: “I provided the evidence today that shows that his statements were false under oath. Kash Patel's statements were false. They are in possession, they were in possession, and they're still in possession of evidence that other men participated in the sex trafficking… She didn't answer anything. She came here just ready to talk about the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq, which seems kind of crazy to me.”

According to Fox News, the high-energy counter-drone laser was in the possession of the the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs & Border Protection (CBP) when it was used to mistakenly shoot down a birthday balloon near El Paso, Texas earlier this week, resulting in this morning’s Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

In January, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an agreement for the Pentagon to loan the directed energy counter-drone technology to Homeland Security, however, this does not appear to have been clearly communicated to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), sources have told Fox News.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright meeting today with the Acting President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez in the capital Caracas.

During today’s hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared to have several pages with the Epstein Files search history of a number of Democrat lawmakers on the committee, suggesting that the Justice Department is regularly tracking what documents and files in the Epstein Library are searched for by members of Congress, according to CBS News.

Two KC-135 “Stratotanker” Aerial-Refueling Tankers with the U.S. Air Force have departed Kadena Air Base in Okinawa and are heading southwest, preparing to refuel two B-52H “Stratofortress” Long-Range Strategic Bombers that left Andersen Air Force Base in Guam tonight for a “show of force” directed at China near Taiwan. This is the second such mission by the B-52s forward deployed to Guam since the beginning of February.

Two Sailors suffered minor injuries Wednesday when the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Truxtun (DDG-103), and the Supply-class fast combat support ship, USNS Supply (T-AOE-6), collided while transferring fuel during a replenishment-at-sea in the Caribbean, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).

Good evening to all of my followers and subscribers, I would just like to let all of you know that I had a minor non-invasive surgery earlier today and will be resting and recovering over the next few days. Thank you all so much for the support as always, and I should be back to regular posting by Sunday.