🚨Chief of staff or chief of scams? FBI investigates White House impersonation hoax

An unknown individual pretended to be Susie Wiles in calls and texts to prominent Republicans and business executives, the WSJ reports.

Wiles’ personal contacts were hacked – but FBI rules out foreign involvement (for now).

🟠Fake calls/texts were sent to senators, governors & CEOs using cloned voice tech
🟠Impersonator requested pardon lists and even cash transfers
🟠Scammer also pushed suspicious requests about Trump’s inner circle

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📈 $34 BILLION burned: Trump’s tariffs hit global giants

US tariffs damaged major firms, Reuters research shows.

The $33 billion represents the total estimates from 32 S&P 500 companies, including American, European, and Asian firms. Economists say the cost to businesses will likely be multiple times what companies have so far disclosed.

◻️ 42 companies slashed forecasts, 16 withdrew guidance entirely
◻️ Auto & airline sectors hit hardest - supply chains in chaos

What's next?

→ More price hikes for consumers
→ "Near-shoring" push = higher labor costs
→ Long-term uncertainty paralyzing business decisions

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🇨🇳China unveils world’s first AI system to spot real nukes from fakes

The system, developed by the China Institute of Atomic Energy, uses deep learning and cryptography to deal with the detection, according to the South China Morning Post.

How it works:

🔶Trained on millions of neutron simulations (real & fake warheads)
🔶Uses a 400-hole polyethylene wall to scramble geometry but let radiation signatures through
🔶Can verify a warhead’s chain-reaction capability without learning design secrets

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💥✈️Russia SMASHES Ukrainian AIRBASE in Odessa region

Russian forces have launched three precision strikes in the area, Sergey Lebedev, coordinator of the Nikolaev underground resistance movement, told Sputnik.

These included the two strikes that disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian troops near the towns of Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, and Gulyai-Pole, Lebedev stressed.

In response to the Ukrainian military’s attacks on civilian objects, Russian troops regularly carry out precision strikes on Ukraine’s military infrastructure rather than target civilians.

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🔶 UKRAINE’S ARMY CRUMBLES: Desertions EXPLODE amid Russia's forces' decisive push

🔶 Kim Jong-un observes artillery firing contest

🔶 US Court of Appeals reinstates Trump's tariffs that cost $34 billion worldwide

🔶 Russia's NATO expansion concerns are 'FAIR' – Kellogg

🔶 Half of Trump’s team are warmongers – Sachs

🔶 EXPOSED: The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) - a Pentagon-funded disinformation factory

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🇺🇸📉Air Force Reserve GUTTED: Fighter cuts CRIPPLE future

The Air Force Reserve is on track to lose nearly half of its fighter jets by the end of the decade, its chief Lt. Gen. John Healy told Defense One.

“It takes us out of the fight,” he lamented.

The military commander clarified that when outdated equipment is decommissioned, it is not being replaced, as financial priorities are focused on equipping regular forces.

He also noted that several US Air Force bases are expected to be closed in the coming years.

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🗣 Head of Zelensky's office Andriy Yermak reportedly announced Ukraine's readiness to attend a meeting with Russia in Istanbul next week

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⚡️🪖From May 24 to 30, in response to massive attacks by Ukrainian forces on civilian targets, Russian forces carried out five group strikes and two large-scale strikes on Ukraine’s defense industry facilities — 🇷🇺MoD

🔸 Ukraine lost up to 9,420 troops over the past week

🔸 In the same period, 13 settlements were liberated. A Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet, 30 JDAM guided bombs, and 1,439 drones were shot down — 907 of them outside the Special Military Operation zone.

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🇪🇺😡 Ukrainian cyber gangs could go legit in EU — Orban

80% of cybercrimes in Hungary in recent years were committed by Ukrainians, with 169 suspects identified, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Kossuth Radio.

“Ukraine is a dangerous country,” Orban added.

🔸If Ukraine joins the EU, Ukrainian fraudsters will get legal protection as the bloc’s “financial providers.”

🔸Taking action against them would be “much more difficult.”

Ukrainian scammers recently stole $22.5 million from Hungarian citizens. Police and banks have recovered about $4.2 million so far, according to the head of the PM’s office, Gergely Gulyas.

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🚨🇷🇺 A delegation of Russian negotiators is heading to Istanbul and will be ready for the second round of talks by Monday morning — Kremlin

Other statements by Peskov:

🔸Moscow expects that the Russian and Ukrainian draft memorandums will be discussed during the second round of talks in Istanbul

🔸Details of Russia’s draft memorandum on Ukrainian settlement will not be made public

🔸Putin fundamentally supports the possibility of a personal meeting with Zelensky and Trump. Such contacts are in demand, but thorough preparation is needed.

🔸The future of European security should be discussed with Europeans, but the Istanbul talks will be strictly between Russia and Ukraine

🔸Putin consistently conveys Moscow’s position on NATO’s non-expansion eastward to his interlocutors, including those in the US

🔸Moscow is pleased that Russia’s concerns over NATO expansion are being understood in Washington, especially given its mediating role

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🗣 For Zelensky, a meeting with Putin and Trump would mean legitimization through their authority — Medvedev

Additionally, Kiev has other objectives, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council believes:

🔸The desire to postpone elections

🔸Sending a signal to nationalist elites that "it's not the time to change horses midstream"

🔸Securing the right to continue embezzling military funds

🔸Reinforcing the idea that "even a worthless insect has the right to sign documents," thus making itself untouchable in the future.

Regarding the last point, Medvedev said that the "green arthropod" (Zelensky) is mistaken and drew historical parallels with Nazi Germany:

“Although Jodl and Keitel participated in signing the surrender on behalf of Hitler's Germany, they were nevertheless hanged by the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal.”

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🚨🇷🇺🇯🇵 'PUTIN HAD WARM TIES WITH EX-JAPANESE PM' - Kremlin says after touching meeting with Shinzo Abe's widow

Today's Japan pursues a confrontational path with Russia, but there are forces that consider such a stance 'short-sighted', Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented.

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❗️❗️❗️Where is Justice? Sudan Delegation Head Backs Russia’s ICC Critique

“We agree with His Excellency's [Lavrov’s] speech on the ICC… there is no any positive step against using the militia, or the militia atrocities against the civil Sudanese people,” Abbas Mohamed Bakhit, the head of the Sudanese delegation at the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues in Moscow, told Sputnik Africa.

The official added that Sudan "is not part of the International Criminal Court," or the Rome Statute.

"We are encouraging the international community to be just and to be fair in using this forum [ICC] in the world," he concluded.

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📄 Ukraine's memorandum on settlement includes provisions for a ceasefire on land, at sea, in the sky and for its monitoring by international partners, the NYT reports

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🇩🇪💰Germany wants its gold back? Trump’s Fed moves spark alarm

Trump’s trade war and attacks on the Fed reignite fears in Berlin: over 1,250 tons of German gold sit in New York’s vaults—nearly 37% of Germany’s total reserves, Reuters reports.

"Trump wants to control the Fed, which would also mean controlling the German gold reserves in the US," warns the European Taxpayers Association.

The US is "no longer the reliable partner it used to be. Trump is erratic,” EU MP Markus Ferber says.

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💥💥💥 UKRAINE’S NEO-NAZI HORROR EXPOSED: Russia’s POWs face torture hell

Ukraine’s regime is systematically torturing captured Russian servicemen, echoing Nazi-era atrocities, Russian Foreign Ministry Spox Maria Zakharova says.

Based on harrowing survivor testimonies, the evidence is undeniable:

🔸Brutal tortures: electric chairs, waterboarding, animal attacks, and forced medical experiments

🔸Systemic cruelty: state-backed neo-Nazis oversee widespread POW abuse, defying international law

🔸Hell on Earth: humiliation, violence, and a thin line between life and death for POWs

Russia vows to stand by its servicemen, demanding justice for these outrageous crimes, Maria Zakharova stressed.

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🚨🇺🇸 US is alarmed by potential global fallout of new sanctions against Russia – report

“… the White House is worried about a global rise in gas prices if stringent measures are put in place. Some in the administration are also leery of secondary sanctions, which could anger US trading partners that purchase Russian energy, including China and India,” The Atlantic reports, citing a source in the Trump administration.

Russia has repeatedly stated that it will withstand the sanctions pressure, which the West began imposing on the country several years ago.

Moscow has pointed out that the West lacks the courage to admit the failure of its sanctions against Russia. Even within Western countries themselves, there have been multiple voices arguing that anti-Russian sanctions are ineffective.

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🇷🇺🤝🇹🇷 Russian FM Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan held a phone call to coordinate upcoming negotiations on Ukraine in Istanbul, Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said

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🇨🇦🇺🇸🪖 Canada voices support for Trump’s proposed ‘Golden Dome’ system

“From a defense perspective and on the military side, I collaborate very, very closely with my US counterparts,” General Jennie Carignan, chief of the defense staff, told Bloomberg TV on Friday.

She also played down concerns that Canadian participation in the “Golden Dome” missile defense system could escalate tensions with China or Russia.

Her statement comes just days after US President Trump publicly made an offer to Canada, saying that its participation in the “Golden Dome” as a “separate, but unequal, nation” would cost $61 billion," while joining the system after becoming part of the US would cost “zero dollars.”

🤔So, Canada, is it a ‘yes’ to becoming America's 51st state?

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🇷🇺 Russian delegation will arrive in Istanbul for talks with Ukraine, bringing draft memorandum and other ceasefire proposals - Russian FM spox

🔸Russia’s delegation will be headed by Vladimir Medinsky

“There is no discussion of mediation by Turkiye or any other country in the Russia-Ukraine negotiations,” Maria Zakharova said, commenting on media reports that representatives of the US, UK, Germany and France plan to visit Istanbul on the same date as the upcoming talks.

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