On August 23, 1939, Hitler and Stalin signed a non-aggression pact, known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. What no one knew at the time was that the pact included a secret agreement through which Hitler and Stalin allied to divide Eastern Europe between them. The first country to be split between the Nazis and the communists was Poland, with the western half going to Hitler and the eastern half to Stalin. The Baltic states and parts of Romania were also divided, as was Finland, paving the way for the Winter War of 1939—the Soviet invasion of Finland.
Between August 1939 and June 1941, Stalin sent Hitler tons of raw materials, essential for the Nazi war effort against France and Britain.
The pact between the Nazis and communists ended on June 22, 1941, when Hitler broke the alliance with Stalin by invading the Soviet Union with nearly 4 million soldiers as part of Operation Barbarossa, the largest military offensive in history.
This is Karim Maamar, a boy from Gaza living with Fanconi syndrome—a genetic disorder that damages the kidneys, liver, and intestines, preventing the body from absorbing nutrients. His photo is now being used by the UK’s Daily Mirror to depict a starving child.
U.S. Soldiers from the 372nd Military Police Battalion of the D.C. National Guard patrolled the area around Nationals Park during a baseball game as part of Joint Task Force–D.C. (JTF-DC), in support of President Trump’s D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force.
On Wednesday, August 20, a federal jury found Jinchao “Patrick” Wei, a 25-year-old U.S. Navy machinist mate, guilty on six charges, including conspiracy to commit espionage, espionage, and the unlawful export and conspiracy to export technical data on defense articles in violation of the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
The case stems from Wei’s August 2023 arrest by the FBI, after investigators discovered he had shared extensive details and photos of the USS Essex (LHD-2)—including its weapons systems—with a Chinese intelligence officer posing on social media as a naval enthusiast working for a shipbuilding firm in China. Wei received $12,000 over about 18 months in exchange for the information.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on December 1.
Nicolás Maduro: “You may have a Venezuelan ID card, but your soul is dead if you do not feel Bolívar, this flag, and the homeland above any differences. This is not a time for political differences or colors (…) No one will touch Venezuela.”
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Dictator Nicolás Maduro, who blatantly rigged the presidential elections while refusing to show proof of the results, declared that “changing the regime is illegal and immoral,” and went on to say that if the U.S. touches Venezuela, “all of Latin America will rise up.”
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The Novoshakhtinsk refinery, a major fuel supplier in southern Russia, has been burning for a third consecutive day following a Ukrainian drone strike earlier this week. Residents have also reported localized fuel shortages throughout the region.
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Footage shows a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum diving into a low-level bombing run, afterburners roaring as it pulls up sharply and climbs before releasing two French-supplied AASM Hammer guided bombs on a Russian target.
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“We don’t mess with anyone. We don’t want conflicts with anyone. We only want our sovereignty to be respected.”
Dictator Nicolás Maduro is already at that stage where he knows something serious is about to happen to his regime, so he tries to appeal with the narrative that they are “good guys” who only want their sovereignty respected — their sovereignty to traffic drugs, steal elections, persecute, imprison, and kill opponents.
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Along with dismissing Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Kruse, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth today also relieved VADM Nancy S. Lacore, Chief of the Naval Reserve, and RADM Milton J. Sands III, Commander of U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM), of their posts.
The same Intel CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, who oversees dozens of China-based companies with ties to the Chinese Communist Party and the People’s Liberation Army? Or the Lip-Bu Tan whose resignation President Trump demanded just days ago? That Lip-Bu Tan?
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump has announced that the United States now fully owns and controls a 10% stake in Intel.
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A total of 1,700 National Guard troops will be deployed across 19 U.S. states to help fight crime and support deportation efforts. The states include:
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office earlier today, U.S. President Donald J. Trump said he supports releasing some of the Epstein Files to the House Oversight Committee, but cautioned, “You’ve got a lot of people who could be mentioned in those files that don’t deserve to be. He knew everybody in Palm Beach. I don’t know anything about that.” Trump then repeated his claim that the Epstein Files and the “whole Epstein thing” are a “Democrat Hoax,” before shifting the conversation to Bill Clinton and Larry Summers.
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Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex offender and longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein who is currently seeking a pardon from U.S. President Donald J. Trump, said in last month’s interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that she “never saw the President in any inappropriate situation of any kind.” She added that she never heard Epstein or anyone else suggest that Trump had engaged in “anything improper with masseuses or with anyone at all.” Maxwell also claimed that she and Epstein never recruited masseuses from Mar-a-Lago, contradicting statements made by Trump himself as well as testimony from several Epstein victims, including Virginia Giuffre.
In transcripts released today from last month’s Justice Department interviews, Ghislaine Maxwell stated that she does not believe Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide and dismissed claims that he worked for the FBI, CIA, or any other foreign intelligence agency as “bullshit.”
The Department of Justice has released redacted audio and written transcripts from last month’s nine-hour interviews between Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche and Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex offender and close associate of Jeffrey Epstein.
Ghislaine Maxwell claims that in the 1990s she joined Jeffrey Epstein and RFK Jr. on a “dinosaur bone hunting” trip in the Dakotas.
Full video from North Korean state television shows the ceremony for the return of some of the bodies of North Korean soldiers killed while fighting in Ukraine. The bodies arrived on a Russian cargo plane and represent only a small fraction, displayed with such pomp purely for state propaganda, while the thousands of other dead soldiers are being repatriated routinely by train.
From the initial force of 10,000 to 12,000 soldiers, it is estimated that around 40–50% have been killed or wounded in the war. South Korean intelligence sources report that a new contingent of up to 30,000 North Koreans is expected to be sent to Russia in the coming months.
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“We’ll know within two weeks whether there will be peace in Ukraine. After that, we may need to take a different approach.” – Trump.
And now here we are in the so-called “new” 2–3 weeks. After that, Trump will likely still do nothing.
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Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi stated:
“Netanyahu is the main obstacle to reaching any deal to end the war. He is deliberately stalling in his response to mediators, blocking the release of hostages, and hindering all international efforts and initiatives.”
The IDF is showing no mercy to Hamas militants in the Zeitoun area of Gaza at this moment.
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump plans to sign an executive order on Thursday that would seek to criminalize certain actions related to burning the American Flag, according to NewsNation. The order would direct Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice to review cases where someone burned an American Flag and determine whether charges can be brought under existing laws such as public nuisance, disorderly conduct or potential environmental violations, but would not criminalize the actual burning of the American Flag, which would violate the First Amendment of the Constitution.
Hebrew Media: The Defense Minister is currently holding a hearing to approve plans to attack Gaza.
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro announced on Monday (18) the mobilization of 4.5 million militiamen in response to “threats” from the U.S.
The first U.S. naval forces (three destroyers) are expected to arrive in the region on the night of Wednesday (20).
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At the start of today’s Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky presented Trump with a handwritten letter to First Lady Melania Trump from Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska. The note expressed gratitude for the letter Trump delivered to Russian President Vladimir Putin during last Friday’s summit in Alaska, which reportedly urged Russia to return children taken from Ukraine.
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The U.S. Navy has ordered three Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers—the USS Sampson (DDG-102), USS Gravely (DDG-107), and USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109)—to the waters off Venezuela, where they are expected to arrive within 36 hours. The destroyers will join a naval task force recently deployed to the southern Caribbean, which includes the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and several P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, in an operation aimed at countering drug trafficking by Latin American cartels.
AFP reports that, according to a source familiar with the call, Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday that he is open to meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, though no specific timeline was provided.
Zelensky appeared to confirm this during an impromptu Ukrainian-language press conference at the White House, stating:
“Russia requested a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders, followed by a trilateral meeting.”
Russian state-run media outlets are circulating footage today that allegedly shows a GAZ-71 near the frontline in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast, displaying both Russian and American flags.
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump wrote in a Truth Social post earlier today that the remaining hostages in Gaza will be freed only once Hamas is “confronted and destroyed!!!” He added, “The sooner this happens, the greater the chances of success will be.” Trump then went on to highlight several of his accomplishments since taking office in January.
The Telegraph reports that, according to local sources, Houthi leaders were inside the plant’s control room when the Israeli missile strikes occurred.
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Nearly half a dozen European leaders are expected to join tomorrow’s White House meeting between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, turning the talks into what amounts to a partial NATO summit. Those set to accompany Zelensky to Washington include:
• French President Emmanuel Macron
• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
• British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
• Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
• Finnish President Alexander Stubb
• NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
According to reports, Zelensky and Trump will first hold separate meetings with their own delegations before convening with the broader group of European leaders for a joint session and working lunch, where significant security guarantees for Ukraine may be finalized between the United States, Europe, and Kyiv.
Putin, speaking about Trump, said:
“When President Trump claims that if he had been president at the time, there would have been no war… I can confirm that this would indeed have been the case.”
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A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and four F-35 fighter jets conducted a flyover above Presidents Putin and Trump on the red carpet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.
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According to the White House, the following officials are traveling with U.S. President Donald J. Trump aboard Air Force One to today’s summit in Anchorage, Alaska, with Russian President Vladimir Putin:
• Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio
• Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent
• Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick
• CIA Director John Ratcliffe
• White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles
• Deputy Chiefs of Staff James Blair, Beau Harrison, Nick Luna, and Dan Scavino
• White House Communications Director Steven Cheung
• Deputy National Security Advisor Robert Gabriel Jr.
• White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
• White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf
• White House Director of Speechwriting Ross Worthington
• Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff
• Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley
Fox News anchor Bret Baier is also on board to conduct an interview with President Trump regarding the summit.
Separately, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, and U.S. European Command (EUCOM) Commander Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich are expected to attend the meeting in Alaska.
PM Netanyahu:
I want to talk to you about appeasement then and appeasement now.
Before World War Two, Western countries tried to appease Hitler. He said, “Just give me a piece of Czechoslovakia, and I’ll make peace with you.” They cowered, they bowed, they yielded. They gave Hitler a piece of Czechoslovakia — and you know what happened next.
Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia and then started the worst war in the history of the world, World War Two.
Today, the West is telling Israel, “Just give the Palestinians a piece of Israel, and they’ll make peace with you.” No, they won’t. For the last century, they have been offered a state of their own and refused, because their goal is not to create a state for themselves, but to destroy the Jewish state.
That is their national goal. We are not going to commit national suicide. We will not bow to foreign critics who lack the courage to face their own enemies yet lecture us on how to face ours. We will not reward terror. We will defeat it.
And the Jewish people will live free, strong, and eternal in our land.
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On the cover of today's New York Post, a hard-to-believe story: a film festival banned the screening of a documentary showing the atrocities committed by Hamas Palestinian terrorists because, according to the festival organizers, the Palestinian terrorists did not grant the rights to broadcast the massacre videos.
District of Columbia National Guardsmen from the 273rd Military Police Company are carrying out access control operations at a U.S. Park Police facility in Washington, D.C., under mobilization orders from President Donald J. Trump. Throughout the activation, Soldiers will assist law enforcement across the nation’s capital by providing security, crowd control, perimeter enforcement, and logistical and communications support.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said that new measures to increase pressure on Nicolás Maduro’s regime will be announced “in the coming days and weeks.”
However, Landau stressed that political change in Venezuela must be led by its own citizens.
“The Venezuelan people must rise up and demand their freedom. We cannot go around the world changing governments at will.”
At a White House press conference, U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced he will invoke the 1973 Home Rule Act, placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal authority and deploying the National Guard across Washington, D.C.
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Rutte affirmed that NATO will continue supplying arms to Ukraine regardless of Friday’s summit, vowing full support to sustain Ukraine’s fight and prepare it for eventual peace negotiations.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump has instructed the Pentagon to develop military options for targeting several Latin American drug cartels that were designated as foreign terrorist organizations earlier this year, a senior U.S. official told the *Wall Street Journal*.
The proposals under consideration reportedly center on special forces missions, intelligence sharing, and precision strikes, with any operations to be carried out in coordination with Mexico and other partners in Central and South America.
According to sources familiar with the matter, Trump urged Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum during an April phone call to permit greater U.S. military involvement in combating Mexico’s drug cartels. U.S. and Mexican officials are now finalizing an agreement that would include intelligence cooperation and joint enforcement actions. Sheinbaum, who says she expects the deal to be signed soon, has stressed that “respecting our territory” is a non-negotiable condition in working with the United States.
According to European and Ukrainian officials cited by the Wall Street Journal, Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented the Trump Administration with a sweeping new ceasefire proposal for Ukraine, demanding significant territorial concessions from Kyiv—along with international recognition of Russia’s claims—in exchange for halting the war.
During a meeting in Moscow earlier this week with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Putin reportedly offered to agree to a full ceasefire if Ukraine withdrew its forces from the entirety of Donetsk Oblast. This would leave Russia in control of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea—territories it insists must be recognized globally as part of the Russian Federation. The proposal marks a notable shift from Moscow’s earlier demands, which had included control over additional eastern regions, Ukrainian neutrality, an end to arms shipments to Kyiv, and a ban on NATO or U.S. troop deployments in Ukraine.
European officials say the plan outlines two phases. In the first, Ukrainian troops would withdraw from Donetsk and the current battlelines in Eastern Ukraine would be frozen. In the second, Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump would reach a final peace agreement, to be formally negotiated with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
However, European and Ukrainian officials briefed by Trump and Witkoff this week expressed concern that Putin’s offer may be a calculated maneuver to stave off a new wave of U.S. sanctions and tariffs on Russia, which were set to be announced Friday.
The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia have signed a historic peace agreement at the White House, brokered by U.S. President Donald J. Trump.
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🚨Lebanese Government Endorses U.S.-Backed Plan to Disarm Hezbollah
ABC reports that Ghislaine Maxwell informed the Department of Justice that she never witnessed Donald Trump committing any crimes or behaving inappropriately.
India’s Ministry of External Affairs has strongly condemned the new tariffs imposed by President Trump, calling them “unfair, unjustified, and unreasonable.” The ministry emphasized that India will take all necessary steps to defend its national interests in response to the U.S. action.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a call earlier today with U.S. President Donald J. Trump, describing it as a “constructive conversation” focused on bringing an end to the war in Ukraine. According to Zelensky, the two leaders coordinated their positions on key issues, including Russia’s continued missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
The discussion also covered the prospect of additional sanctions on Russia, with Trump’s previously mentioned “deadline” for President Vladimir Putin approaching on Friday.
Zelensky and Trump further addressed European defense support for Ukraine. Several nations — including the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark — have pledged over $1 billion in U.S.-made military equipment to aid Ukraine. Zelensky added that the two countries also discussed a draft agreement for Ukraine to export military drones to the U.S., as part of their broader defense cooperation.
