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Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm 1789 Capital grew from $200 million to $3.5 billion in assets in roughly a year — a 17x jump. The firm backs AI, defense tech, and real estate under an "America First, anti-ESG" brand.

🕹️ The Russians’ inability to produce heavy bomber drones has led to the creation of an entire network for repairing downed Ukrainian VAMPIRE drones.

The UK has eased some Russian oil sanctions as fuel prices surge amid the Iran conflict and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. The waiver allows imports of diesel and jet fuel refined from Russian crude in countries like India and Türkiye.

Xi tells Putin that a resumption of hostilities in the Middle East would be “inopportune.”

⚡️ Ukraine claims control of Stepnohirsk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, military intelligence says.

The statement of the Cuban president came amid a new escalation of relations between Havana and Washington, and after the imposition of new US sanctions against the Cuban government.

💭👀 🚀 ➡️ Ukraine will test the new long-range missile RUTA Block 3, with a range of up to 2,000 km ➡️ Dutch company Destinus, together with German defense giant Rheinmetall, is accelerating its development. The missile will carry a 250 kg warhead

🤯 🇺🇦  Testing a heavy multirotor drone for evacuating wounded from the battlefield

⚡️👀 🔞☠️ 🇷🇺   Chechen opposition media claim the video shows the aftermath of a missile strike on the Russian army’s 'Akhmat' special battalion ➡️  Preliminary reports say around 60 personnel were eliminated. The events reportedly took place several days ago

💭➡️ 🔝 🐵  U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent announced a new 30-day extension allowing transactions involving Russian oil already loaded onto tankers stranded at sea

💭❗️ 👀 🚁  Reports say Russian air defense has once again shot down one of its own helicopters

Turkish President Erdogan: We call on the international community to finally take action against Israel’s lawless actions that disregard international law and norms.

⚡️Vance responds to reports that US may send Iran's enriched uranium to Russia as part of peace deal. "I'm not going to make pre-commitments in a negotiation on any particular topic," Vance said, though he maintained the proposal was "not currently" part of the plan.

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Ukraine’s Defense Forces hit Nevinnomyssk Azot in Russia’s Stavropol Krai, with early reports saying the chemical plant is burning after a drone attack. The facility is linked to Russia’s military-industrial supply chain.

⚡️'This is false' — US source denies decision to extend Russia oil sanctions waiver. The statement follows reporting by Reuters, which cited a source familiar with the matter saying the U.S. Treasury had decided to once again extend the waiver after it expired on May 16.

⚡️ Internal Russian documents detail estimated cost of war, Zelensky says. “Importantly, this is specifically a Russian internal assessment — one they are trying to conceal both from the world and from their own domestic audience,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman, OpenAI, and Microsoft after a California jury ruled he filed the claims too late. Musk had accused OpenAI of betraying its nonprofit mission by creating a for-profit arm, but jurors agreed the alleged harms happened before the legal deadlines to sue.

Pete Hegseth attacks Thomas Massie: President Trump does not need more people in Washington trying to make a point, especially from his own party. He needs people willing to help him win, to vote with him when it matters most.

Consequences of the Russian attack on Odessa This night, the enemy massively attacked the south of Odessa with strike drones. Residential and port infrastructure were damaged. Unfortunately, there are injured people.

U.S. may ask Israel to redirect billions in withheld Palestinian tax funds to support Trump’s Gaza reconstruction plan. Source: Reuters

Kremlin: Putin will pay a visit to China on May 19 and 20. - just a continuation of the plan to collapse usa

Marco Rubio: The President's announced that certain chips can be sold. Obviously it's up to the Chinese to accept it, but I think we always have to establish our area of dominance. In essence, the cutting edge, the things that give us an advantage.

Marco Rubio: The Europeans right now, their EV model, they're being flooded with Chinese EVs. It is wiping out their industry over there. So again, we already have a lot of critical vulnerabilities. There are already things we rely on in our economy where we get 95% of it or 85% of it from China.

💭❗️ 🇺🇦  We continue to track Russian efforts to draw Belarus into the war against Ukraine, — Zelenskyy

Russian losses 1230 katsaps at the Kobzon concert 💥

🔥 Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan The fire at OOO "Predpriyatiya Elektricheskih Setey"

🇺🇦‼️ Magyar Brovdi: Minsk Gauleiter Lukashenko! We record the flight of every single shahed who, using the corridors of Belarus, is heading to Ukraine…

🇺🇦 Anti-aircraft pilots of the 36th separate brigade of the Mykolaiv Marines are clearing the Ukrainian sky from Russian reconnaissance and strike UAVs.

A fire was recorded in occupied Sevastopol at the site of russia’s 42nd Special Motorized Regiment, FIRMS data shows. The site is military unit 6916 of the Federal Service of National Guard Troops, Rosgvardia. Noel Reports

A masterclass from the pilots of the 122nd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: how to quickly persuade an occupier to lie down and not get up anymore.

Operation of FPV drones «GROMYLO OPTIC💥 Enemy equipment destroyed☠️ Clear targeting, precise strike, result with no chance.⚡️

Iran's Tasnim: An Iranian source dismisses Trump's reaction to Iran's response, saying negotiators write proposals for Iran's national interest — not to please Trump. If Trump's unhappy, that's probably a good sign. The source adds that Trump "doesn't like reality."

Netanyahu told CBS's 60 Minutes he "wants to reduce American financial aid to zero, the financial component of the security cooperation." Israel currently receives $3.8 billion annually. "I think the time has come for us to wean ourselves off the remaining military aid," he said.

Senator Graham: I am certain that Iran’s refusal to destroy their enrichment capability will be soundly rejected.