⚡️General Staff: Russia has lost 1,373,620 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. The number includes 1,350 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Italy has called for the creation of a new European defense alliance to safeguard the continent amid growing threats from Russia and a rising reluctance by the U.S. to guarantee Europe’s security.

🇺🇸❗️The Kennedy Center has begun removing references to Donald Trump from all of its official branding, - AP All changes must be completed by June 12. The judge stated that law passed by Congress when the center was created "absolutely clear" that the institution should bear President Kennedy's name.

🇷🇴A maritime drone exploded at the port of Constanța in Romania Romanian authorities say it is the type used in the war in Ukraine

💥🛳️ Video from Azerbaijani crew on Russian vessel after drones attack!

the US military had removed recognition of a large number of minority religions, inc various pagan groups and UU. This article identifies it as a move by Hegseth toward creating a Christian nationalist culture in the military. www.military.com/dod-official...

"Iran has gained a new source of leverage over the global economy, and it’s not about to give it up," writes Hanna Ziady | Analysis https://cnn.it/4eofZnO

Netanyahu orders Israeli forces to take control of 70% of Gaza ft.trib.al/R4qOQnE

❗️❗️Moscow continues to actively increase the share of the non-Ukrainian population, populating the occupied territories with immigrants from Russia and citizens of other states - primarily from Central Asia, Africa and the Caucasus, - GUR

💔I prepared everything — food, emergency medical supplies, water, and clothes — in case we need to go to the shelter tonight. President Zelenskyy and the U.S. Embassy warned about a possible attack, but I still hope for a peaceful night for all Ukrainians. Please pray for us and stand with Ukraine.

How did I only just discover that Don Jr is marrying the daughter of a prominent Epstein enabler? Her late dad, a banker, wrote Epstein a reference letter calling him "a gentleman of the highest integrity" to help get him tax breaks &… his island. Can’t make this stuff up.

Putin's invasion of Ukraine was part of his vision of rebuilding the old Russian (or Soviet) empire. Instead, it has unraveled what little remained of it. ICYMI CathyYoung: lnk.thebulwark.com/4wGo3HQ

omg this is insane

🙏 International partners strongly condemned Russia’s massive missile and drone strike. ❗️Western leaders labeled the Kremlin’s actions as acts of terror against civilians and urged the global community to increase support for Ukraine. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/world-leader...

⚠️ Video of the Russian Oreshnik IRBM strike on Bila Tserkva, Kyiv region, filmed from a closer point during last night's attack.

❗️ Thick black smoke from numerous fires is currently hanging over Kyiv

❗️The ceiling in the Lukyanivska metro station began to collapse from the shock wave: people have nowhere to breathe And Fires in Kyiv ⚠️

🇺🇦🙏 Zelensky: The Russian strike destroyed Chernobyl Museum, damaged National Art Museum, and the building that housed German ARD office. As of now, it is known that a total of 69 people were injured in the capital. Unfortunately, two people died from this senseless Russian attack.

🇺🇦💔 Zelensky at the site of the attacks on Kyiv

Ukraine’s air defense shot down 549 of 600 drones and 55 of 90 missiles overnight, most of them in or around Kyiv. Any other European capital would've been completely obliterated. Ukraine is Europe's shield against Russian terrorism.

Trump hearing "cisgender" and thinking its "six genders" then getting all mad about it, thus forcing other Republicans to agree that the libs are now demanding there be six genders, is a perfect encapsulation of our Golden Age of Dickishness and Stupidity.

New: Trump's $13.1M no-bid paint job at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. 7x what he publicly promised. His "pool guy" got it. Just filed FOIAs for @publiccitizen.org to get to the bottom of it.

U.S. intelligence says Iran remains far stronger than Trump claimed. Classified assessments show Iran has restored access to 30 of 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz and retains roughly 70% of its missile launchers and stockpile, per NYT.

"Not to put too fine a point on things, an AI video produced to tout the missile (which has yet to be tested) appeared to show it 'hitting nuclear facilities and other targets that appeared to be in the U.S.,' according to the Financial Times." lnk.thebulwark.com/3QXjAQN

NEWS --> Top Virginia Dems have decided against exercising a procedural end-run around the State Supreme Court ruling that cost Dems four House seats, the Dem leader of the state senate tells me. This will anger Dems who wanted an aggressive response. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/2102...

A woman suffering abuse called 911 to protect herself & her daughter. Police arrived and handed her over to ICE fascists, who deported her and her daughter, who is a US citizen. Women suffering abuse risk deportation due to Trump's ICE policy. Horrific. letsaddresstexas.substack.com/p/texas-is-t...

Donald Trump has changed his approach as he tries to end the war against Iran: reopen the Strait of Hormuz at all costs and leave thorny negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs until later

Trump Media, the parent company of Truth Social, just reported its 2026 Q1 results. It lost $405 MILLION on $900,000 in revenue.

Very good question. (I think from Niall Stanage.) The Pentagon knows damn well who fired that missile.

here we go again, the new york times calling an increase of 115k jobs under Trump "solid" while it called similar or considerably bigger gains under Biden "disappointing" or "weak"

🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: Meeting on the security situation in the Dnipro region: a detailed discussion focused on dealing with the aftermath of Russian strikes, protecting critical infrastructure, the work of the air defense forces in the region, and logistics.

Ukraine’s General Staff says Defense Forces hit the Yaroslavl refinery, a UAV storage site in Rostov-on-Don, the Luhansk oil depot, fuel depots in occupied Luhansk region, a Tor-M2 near Mykhailivka and a Kasta-2E radar near Mysove in occupied Crimea. #Ukraine

Shivon Zilis served on OpenAI’s board and secretly had two children with Elon Musk. Testimony in a trial this week revealed the pivotal role she played behind the scenes as one of the few women involved in the ascent of AI companies.

Counting the kilometers over which the front lines move or don't move is missing what's really happening in Ukraine. lnk.thebulwark.com/4uhTlU1

Obey the master. Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico arrived in his beloved country, Russia. The Kremlin is insisting that Fico will also be present, even after Fico himself confirmed he plans to skip the parade during his visit to Moscow. #Slovakia

The Defense Department has released a collection of UFO files with images, videos, and documents on war.gov/ufo.

Drone attacks, internet blackouts, and a sudden downturn in the economy have led some prominent Russians to start openly questioning Putin’s grip on power. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

⚡ Hungary has expelled Artur Sushkov, an undercover Russian SVR officer who spent years infiltrating pro-government think tanks. united24media.com/latest-news/...

Good for ABC. It's about time that corporate owners push back on Trump's outrageous attacks on the 1A. "it noted that the agency has questioned talk shows critical of the president, like “The View,” but not radio talk shows supportive of the administration..." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/b...

Japan's representative at the conference said "the introduction of nuclear weapons is not permitted" under the country's nonnuclear principles and that its use of nuclear energy is "exclusively for peaceful purposes."

This is what tariffs were always all about for Trump. Not about revenue, trade, domestic manufacturing, GDP - it’s about giving himself the unilateral power to decide economic winners and losers on a case by case basis, with kings and CEOs coming to him asking forbearance..

How is this being treated as normal? A Republican governor is declaring a state of emergency to cancel n ongoing election for Congress. If you think this is ends with redistricting, you are not paying attention.

NEW: Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei declared on April 30 that Iran will retain control over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and maintain its nuclear and missile capabilities. (1/5) Iran Update Special Report, April 30, 2026: isw.pub/IranUpdate04... Other Key Takeaways:

He may have gotten some bad or uncertain cognitive news.

🇸🇪 UPDATE: Sweden has seized the Russian shadow fleet vessel Caffa, which could be handed over to Ukraine. State Prosecutor explained that the court must check the possibility of handing over the vessel to a country conducting its own investigation (probably Ukraine).

RENMAC: “.. Some Golden Age. It is very unusual to talk about a productivity boom when the prices for information technology commodities have been rising. Over the last year prices for information processing equipment have jumped nearly 6%. During the 1995-2004 period, prices fell sharply.”

At WIRED Health, immunologist Daniel Davis detailed the ways in which new technologies are enabling a better understanding of the human immune system. www.wired.com/story/daniel...

EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life.

The $25 billion estimate that a top Pentagon official gave to lawmakers on Wednesday for the total cost to date of the Iran war is a lowball figure that does not include the cost of repairing extensive damage suffered by US bases in the region. The real cost estimate is closer to $40-50 billion.