🇺🇸⚡️- The ruling is not as far reaching as the GOP hoped it would be as Section 2 of the VRA is still in effect however its reach has been narrowed significantly.

🇨🇭- Switzerland’s population has surged since the 2002 Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons (AFMP) with the European Union, adding approximately 1.7 million inhabitants in a single generation, primarily through immigration. The right-wing Swiss People’s Party (UDC), which spearheaded the initiative, argues that a population of 10 million by 2050 is unsustainable and has drafted specific legal triggers to be enacted through this referendum.

If the referendum passes, reaching a 9.5 million threshold before 2050 would legally compel the government to tighten residency policies, with the UDC specifying that initial curbs must target asylum and family reunification.

Should these measures fail to prevent the population from exceeding 10 million, Switzerland would be mandated to terminate the AFMP, possibly alongside other bilateral agreements with the EU.

This Swiss initiative is a major step in the anti-immigration debate, as it would establish a constitutional obligation for the government to manage demographics with a clear preference for the native population.

🇲🇱🇷🇺⚡- Russian airstrikes against FLA+JNIM positions in Kidal, northern Mali.

🇲🇱⚡- Pro-junta sources confirm a JNIM blockade is in place in the north and southeast areas of Mali's capital Bamako.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: President Trump rejected the Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying the U.S. blockade of the Strait will continue until Iran agrees to a nuclear deal, according to Axios.

🇺🇸🛢⚡️- BREAKING: Oil prices have risen by over 7%, with Brent crude surpassing $119 per barrel and WTI climbing above $107.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️- President Trump and Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone earlier today.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier is departing the Middle East and returning home after a 10-month deployment, significantly downgrading American firepower potentially needed for the Iran war. - The Washington Post.

🇲🇱⚡- Gourma Rharous, Timbactou direction, south of River Niger, has fallen to the FLA+JNIM control. Malian and Russian troops have withdrawn to the three fortified FAMa positions located just southwest of the town.

🇺🇸🇲🇽⚡️- The Department of Justice charged the Mexican Governor of Sinaloa Rubén Rocha Moya and 9 other current and former Mexican officials with allegedly conspiring with leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel to import massive amounts of narcotics into the U.S.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Democratic House Rep. Josh Gottheimer and Republican Mike Lawler have introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning Hasan Piker and Candace Owens for “antisemitic rhetoric and conspiracy theories.”

The resolution also calls on social media platforms to censor antisemitism and anti Israel rhetoric.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "Israel informed the US administration that the current situation is leading to the erosion of Israel's deterrence power." - Israeli Channel 12.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf mocks the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and says oil will reach $140 after breaking $120 earlier today.

🇲🇱🇷🇺 - Situation in northern and central Mali.

The FLA has asked Russia to withdraw from the country permanently.

Map key:
Purple: FLA+JNIM,
Orange + Green: Malian military, FAMa, and pro-FAMa,
Grey: Islamic State of the Sahel region areas of operations.

Note, unmarked territory indicates JNIM areas of operations / influence, and weak FAMa presence.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: Gas prices have spiked by $0.70-$0.90 in multiple states, including Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin, according to GasBuddy.

Prices have risen to as high as $5 per gallon in a single day.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "I told Netanyahu he has got to do it more surgically. Not knock down buildings. He can't do it. It is too terrible and makes Israel look bad." - President Trump to Axios on Israel's attacks on Lebanon.

🇺🇸🇩🇪⚡️- "The United States is studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany, with a determination to be made over the next short period of time. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"- President Trump on Truth Social.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- U.S. CENTCOM has asked to send the Army's Dark Eagle hypersonic missile to the Middle East for possible use against Iran, according to Bloomberg.