House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers told reporters just now he “doesn’t agree” with this, and that a defense reconciliation bill “will have to happen.”
BREAKING: U.S. SPR declines 7.9 million barrels in the last week to 349.2 million as of June 5, meaning that at any moment in the next few days the SPR will decline to its lowest since 1983, when it was being filled for the first time.
Our updated world nuclear arsenal overview in the SIPRI Yearbook is now public. Honored to assemble, with @mattkorda, this annual production with @SIPRIorg to assist the public debate about the status and future of nuclear weapons. Press release: https://t.co/l4OaCo3e7j
The US military didn't take part in the Israeli attacks against Iran, the first since the ceasefire, and the Trump admin didn't order any US defensive action to shield Israel from incoming Iranian missiles, per a US official. @CBSNews
Trump tells FT that Israel would have no choice but to accept whatever deal the US negotiates with Iran
"He won’t have any choice. I call the shots. I call all the shots. He [Netanyahu] doesn’t call the shots"
This is a national tragedy. It was inevitable after 2020 and Megyn's probably lying here, but if you get to the point where you can't believe Rs finished third in jungle primaries in a deep blue state in a year the R president's favorability is minus a billion, nothing's real
On this day in 1944 Amon Carter presented FDR with the deed to the land that would become Big Bend National Park. Famously FDR had nothing else going on June 6, 1944, which you can tell from his extremely relaxed demeanor
🚨BREAKING: US planning to use Iranian assets to rebuild Gulf allies, a source familiar with Secretary Bessent’s thinking tells me.
“Treasury will utilize all tools available to allow Iranian assets to be made available to our Gulf allies to support rebuilding and repairs for any future damage caused by Iran," the source tells me.
This comes as the administration aims to put increased economic pressure on Iran. The Iranian assets could include frozen assets and ships the U.S. has seized.
The administration is reaching out to Gulf allies right now and asking for their evaluation.
“The Secretary has also directed his team to assess conditions amongst our Gulf allies and request comprehensive estimates of the costs associated with repairing damage Iran has inflicted since the start of the conflict,” the source said.
“Treasury will further consider whether Iranian assets could be used to support repairs for past damages.”
I honestly wonder who thought it was a good idea, on the anniversary of D-Day, to have a speech in which the Secretary's own ideology is set in metaphorical parallel to the Nazis opposing the beaches being stormed on D-Day.
Pete Hegseth in Normandy:
Sadly, today different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies.
In Spain and Italy and Greece and Bulgaria, boats and men arrive.
When will European capitals do something about that invasion? Or is it too late?
Ukrainian forces carried out a widespread drone attack on Russia this morning, scoring a number of successful hits.
Dozens of drones swarmed St. Petersburg, striking Baltic Fleet installations, the port of Mariupol was hit, and a major oil depot in Ust-Labinsk was set ablaze.