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When asked about the serious security breach involving the discussion of a U.S. attack against the Houthis in a chat application—and the inadvertent inclusion of a journalist in the group—Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who was part of the chat, accused the journalist of being dishonest, discredited, and peddling rumors.

Note: The National Security Council confirmed that there was a serious security breach due to the use of a chat application and the accidental inclusion of a journalist.

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Video of the Russian delegation at the Russo-American technical discussions on the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today. As stated last week by U.S. State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce, no principal decision-makers we’re in attendance for this round of talks. As we understand it, today’s talks were largely on background issues and the facilitation of future high level talks between the two nations.

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According to Russian state-owned news outlet Tass, the U.S.-Russian talks on the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War just concluded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after more than twelve hours of discussions.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit a number of countries this week. Secretary Rubio will visit Jamaica, Suriname, and Guyana to meet with regional leaders, including representatives from Haiti.

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U.S. President Donald J. Trump has announced that he will nominate acting Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr. Susan Monarez to take on the full role as director of the CDC.

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The Israel Defense Force confirms that a ballistic missile was fired earlier by the Houthi terrorist group in Western Yemen at Central Israel, with it being intercepted by the Air Force outside of Israeli Airspace. Footage of the interception suggests that it was once again done using an “Arrow-3” exoatmospheric anti-ballistic missile interceptor over Jordan.

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In a post earlier today on Truth Social, U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced that he would be imposing secondary tariffs on Venezuela, “for numerous reasons, including the fact that Venezuela has purposefully and deceitfully sent to the United States, undercover, tens of thousands of high level, and other, criminals, many of whom are murderers and people of a very violent nature.” According to the post from President Trump, after April 2nd any country which purchases oil or gas from Venezuela, will be required to pay the U.S. a 25% tariff on any future trade done with companies within the United States.

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Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, achieved what seemed impossible: he took one of the most dangerous countries in the world and turned it into the second safest country in the Americas. According to Bukele, it is unacceptable that powerful countries like Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil have entire areas of their territories and cities controlled by drug cartels. For Bukele, there is only one explanation for this: the cartels are operating within the governments of these countries.

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Impeached South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who was impeached late last year for his actions following the martial law imposition, had his impeachment overturned in a 7-1 vote by South Korea’s Constitutional Court today. Han, who was impeached back in December of 2025 for failing to appoint justices reviewing Yoon Seok-Yoel’s impeachment. Han will now take over again as acting president from the finance minister, Choi Sang-mok. It’s yet unclear when the court will make a ruling on impeached President Toon’s impeachment.

According to the German newspaper BILD, Russia could attack Lithuania by this autumn (between September and December). In the article, citing experts and sources linked to NATO, the newspaper states that this could be the last summer of peace in Europe.

BILD mentioned that this would only happen if two situations occur:

Russia achieves victory in Ukraine or at least a highly favorable ceasefire brokered by the United States.

The United States hints that NATO's Article 5 does not apply to Eastern European countries or to those investing less than 5% of their GDP in defense.

In this scenario, Russia—claiming that the Russian population in Kaliningrad is at risk—would advance from Belarus through the Suwalki Gap, on the border between Lithuania and Poland, to connect Kaliningrad with Belarusian territory.

Russia has announced that it will conduct a major military exercise in Belarus this summer. It was under the pretext of military exercises that Russia concentrated forces in Belarus before attacking northern Ukraine.

Clashes escalate across Turkey as protests grow over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a major political rival to President Erdogan.

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Israeli Defense Minister Katz: “I commend the IDF and Shin Bet for eliminating Ismail Barhoum this evening — the newly appointed Hamas prime minister in Gaza, who succeeded Issam Da’alis, eliminated just days ago.”

Al Jazeera also captured the elimination of Ismail Barhoum, the Gaza leader responsible for the terror group’s finances.

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The Israel Defense Force (IDF) and Shin Bet confirmed that they conducted a precision strike on the second floor of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. The strike eliminated a yet unnamed Hamas decision-maker, who was operating out of the hospital. The strike, carried out in a manner to mitigate collateral damage, followed a lengthy intelligence process to confirm that the Hamas terrorist was operating out of the hospital.

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Just like the Arleigh Burke-Class Guided-Missile Destroyer, USS Gravely (DDG-107) which departed last week from Naval Station Norfolk for a deployment to the Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico), to support Homeland Security on the U.S-Mexico Border. On the other side of the United States, USS Spruance (DDG-111), which just returned from a five-month deployment in December, departed today from Naval Base San Diego, for a deployment under U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB). Also similar to the Gravely, the Spruance will be accompanied by an embedded U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET).

Locals report a number of strikes by the U.S. Navy and/or Air Force against Houthi-controlled Hodeida International Airport alongside several other military sites in and around the city of Hodeida in Western Yemen. Hodeida Airport, which is also operated as a military airfield by the Houthis, has been targeted several times by the U.S. since 2023.

The Israel Defense Force has confirmed that its aircraft carried out a wave of airstrikes earlier against Hezbollah military sites in Lebanon, targeting command centers, infrastructure, terrorists, rocket launchers, and a weapons storage facility south of the Litani River. These strikes, as well as the ones earlier today, were in response to the launch of three rockets today by Hezbollah against Northern Israel.