🇺🇸⚡️- Buckley Carlson, son of Tucker Carlson, has left his role as VP JD Vance’s deputy press secretary to launch a consulting firm. – Politico

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "The US is preparing in the coming days to board Iranian sanctioned crude tankers and seize them within international waters in several areas around the globe, expanding its ongoing naval crackdown beyond the current blockade in the Middle East," - The Wall Street Journal.

🇺🇸⚡️- An immediate shelter-in-place order has been issued for all personnel at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii.

Various reports of multiple active shooters at the PX Exchange store near the base, with some reports of apprehensions.

🇾🇪⚡️- “If Sanaa decides to close the Bab al-Mandeb, then all of mankind and jinn will be utterly powerless to open it." - Ansarullah Foreign Minister.

🇺🇸- The event is over, it was a person with an Airsoft gun.

🇮🇷⚡️- The IRGC and its commander, Ahmad Vahidi, have taken full control of the Iranian military and negotiation process in recent days, which led to the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Institute for the Study of War.

Something to note: During negotiations in Islamabad last week, multiple high-ranking IRGC generals joined the Iranian negotiating team for an update on the diplomatic process. The IRGC has taken a much more in-depth approach diplomatically than ever before.

🇵🇰🇮🇷⚡️- Pakistan is losing optimism for negotiations between the United States and Iran, as Tehran refuses to move from its red lines regarding enrichment and uranium, according to Al Jazeera.

🇦🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Javier Milei arrived in Israel and rushed to the Wall of Lamentations within an hour of landing.

Local news channel C14 reports the Argentinian President wept during a prayer.

✝️🇱🇧🇮🇱 - An Israeli soldier tore down and destroyed a sculpture of Jesus Christ on the crucifix with a sledgehammer in southern Lebanon.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Disgraced former National Security Advisor, and de facto Israeli operative, Mike Waltz states, “Everything is on the table, and the President has made it very clear that he is willing to escalate to de-escalate.”

Furthermore, Waltz declares, “We have a long history of taking down bridges, power plants, and other infrastructure that is powering Iran’s military.” Waltz also stated that this would not constitute a war crime on the part of the United States.

He then goes on to repeat an unsubstantiated number of protesters killed during the Iranian riots earlier this year.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- During the operation to save the two American airmen shot down over Iran, President Trump was kept out of the room due to his erratic behavior, which the military officials believed could endanger the critical mission, according to a senior U.S. official telling the WSJ.

In addition, the White House chose Islamabad to handle the ceasefire negotiations due to President Trump’s anger at the Europeans for failing to support the War.

🇺🇸⚡️- Eight children between ages of 1 and 14 are reported dead after a domestic dispute degenerated in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana. The suspect was shot dead by local law enforcement.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- The White House announced JD Vance will attend the new talks with Iran in Pakistan.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Fars and Tasnim, citing official sources, indicate Iran still has not confirmed they will attend the new round of talks in Pakistan.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- The AFP reported this update, citing an official of the White House, one hour after Donald Trump said the Vice-President would not attend those new peace talks.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- 37 IDF soldiers have been wounded in southern Lebanon over the last 24 hours, according to the Israeli Army.

🇮🇷🇫🇷⚡️- A ship belonging to the French company CMA CGM reports it received warning shots from the Iranian navy in the Strait of Hormuz.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Mehr News reports that an Iranian commercial vessel came under fire from the US Navy in the Gulf of Oman, and was forced to retreat back towards Iranian waters.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - BREAKING: President Trump confirms Mehr News report, but claims the US seized the vessel. Marking the first Iranian vessel to be taken under the US control in the current ongoing naval blockade.

"Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier, tried to get past our Naval Blockade, and it did not go well for them.

The U.S. Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS SPRUANCE intercepted the TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman, and gave them fair warning to stop. The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom.

Right now, U.S. Marines have custody of the vessel.

The TOUSKA is under U.S. Treasury Sanctions because of their prior history of illegal activity. We have full custody of the ship, and are seeing what’s on board!" - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇦🇪⚡️- Prominent UAE commentator says it’s time to think about closing American bases in the country.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The IDF announces the killing of a Lebanese man, who breached the forward defense zone in southern Lebanon and approached our forces in a manner that posed an immediate threat," - IDF.