🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇷⚡️ — Reporter: Do you want the House to come back before August 31 to act on the Russia-Iran sanctions bill?

Trump: It shouldn't be necessary, to be honest, but if it's necessary, I would like them to add Iran as tariffs.

🇻🇪🇮🇷⚡️ — Venezuela summoned Iran's ambassador to deliver a formal note of protest over remarks authorities described as "contemptuous and inappropriate."

➡️ The move came after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said: "This is not Venezuela, where they take one person and everyone else gets scared and backs down."

🇾🇪⚡️ — Yemen's National Army, the official military of the internationally recognized government, has unveiled its new "Eiban" (Ayban) one-way attack drone.

➡️ The drone's airframe closely resembles the U.S.-made LUCAS drone, which was itself developed by reverse-engineering the Iranian Shahed-136.

🇸🇦🇺🇸🇮🇷🇾🇪⚡️ — Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman told Vice President JD Vance that, despite the recent joint U.S.-Saudi strikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq, the kingdom still favors de-escalation with Iran, according to Axios.

➡️ Prince Khalid said the attacks on Saudi infrastructure and energy facilities had crossed a red line, making a military response necessary. However, he stressed that the strikes should not be interpreted as a shift toward escalation but rather as a demonstration that Saudi Arabia is prepared to defend itself if required and to deter Houthis (Ansarallah) in Yemen from carrying out similar attacks against the kingdom.

➡️ Prince Khalid also argued that Israeli PM Netanyahu is pushing for greater escalation with Iran, while Saudi Arabia believes de-escalation is the more effective course.

➡️ He told Vance that Saudi Arabia believes it can manage the Houthi threat without direct U.S. military involvement and that negotiations between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis are continuing.

🇺🇸🇦🇷⚡️ — The U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires said it received a bomb threat today, but a thorough investigation determined there was no credible threat.

🇮🇷⚡️ — Reports of Iranian ballistic missile launches from Yazd, central Iran.

We are monitoring the situation. For now it's unconfirmed.

🇮🇷⚡️ — The explosions heard in Yazd, central Iran, were apparently sonic booms from IRIAF jets patrolling the area.

🇺🇸⚡️ — Anduril Industries has completed its first YFQ-44A unmanned, semi-autonomous combat aircraft at its new Arsenal-1 manufacturing facility in Pickaway County, Ohio, just four months after production began.

➡️ The company said the aircraft rolled off the production line on Monday.

➡️ The YFQ-44A is being developed under the U.S. Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program and is designed to operate alongside crewed fighter aircraft as a semi-autonomous "loyal wingman."

🇮🇷⚡️ — Iran's Tasnim News Agency has been suspended on X.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — President Trump was still weighing his military options by early Wednesday afternoon and had not decided where or how forcefully to strike Iran, according to WSJ.

The official said Trump was "not surprised" that Iran had resumed hostilities and described the president as being "in an escalatory mood" as the administration considered its response.

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Four Iskander-M ballistic missiles towards Kyiv.

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Iskander-M impacts in Kyiv and Zircon hypersonic cruise missile impacts in Kryviy Rih.

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Earlier, six Russian Aerospace Forces Tu-95MS strategic bombers took off from Oleyna AB, Russia.

🇺🇸⚡️ — The Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin a $59 billion deal to triple Patriot missile production over the next seven years.

➡️ The deal builds on the $4.7 billion contract Lockheed received in April to boost production of the most advanced Patriot interceptors with a new $53.86 billion modification that covers the duration of the seven-year contract.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper has been quietly directing the U.S. military campaign against Iran from Tampa but has largely been overshadowed publicly by Gen. Dan Caine and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who have delivered most of Trump's war updates and have had greater access to the Oval Office, according to WSJ.

➡️ Cooper has developed an option for a punishing air campaign lasting up to two weeks, designed to cripple Iran's missile capabilities if Trump decides to escalate following Iran's recent missile attack. Officials said Israeli forces could participate in a renewed large-scale U.S. offensive.

➡️ The CENTCOM commander argued that a "go big" air campaign would significantly reduce Iran's ability to retaliate, lowering the long-term demand for U.S. defensive interceptors. By contrast, Gen. Dan Caine emphasized conserving limited U.S. air defense stocks and strengthening regional defenses around key sites. Hegseth has backed Cooper's more aggressive approach.