More Reform council chaos as councillor ditches party just 57 days after being elected Another day, another Reform council departure. With reform collapsing restore will fill the void, not that we should take our eyes off of reform www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...

Hunter Biden trolls Donald Trump by nominating him for Nobel Peace Prize "No President in History has ended the same war so many times!" www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/hun...

Ukraine is capable of exceeding Russia's capabilities in producing technological weapons in the long term, - Zelensky Russia is looking towards a bright future 💣 🔥 🔥 war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/ukraina-...

My Front-Row Seat to the Slow Death of the Freedom of Information Act I file FOIA requests for a living, and the landmark law—which turns 60 this week—is near a breaking point. newrepublic.com/article/2122...

The Founders’ Warnings About Excess Wealth Have Come Appallingly True Using the tax code to break up this concentrated wealth and power isn’t radical. It’s as American as Jefferson and Madison. newrepublic.com/article/2125...

Who Owns the Declaration of Independence? The founding document has been fought over since it was written. Today, we can let Trump claim it, or we can take up its battle cry to “alter or to abolish” what’s destroying our country. newrepublic.com/article/2117...

MAGA Goes Batshit Over SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Ruling Trump allies call for deranged misogynistic crackdowns, while immigrants still fear for their families. www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-goes-...

What If We’d Never Broken Away From the Brits? On the 250th anniversary of independence, an edgy thought experiment about our nation’s founding. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-th...

Putin is in danger as Russia’s air defence collapses Escalating drone attacks by Ukraine have targeted key sites across occupied territory and Russia including road and rail supply routes, oil refineries and airbases removepaywalls.com/https://inew...

Worldwide hunt for Ukrainian woman with snake tattoo suspected of being ‘bomber in bucket hat’ who blew up oligarch in Monaco www.lbc.co.uk/article/worl...

Hungary’s Intelligence Services Spied on EU Officials via Embassy Hungarian intelligence services used the country’s embassy in Brussels to collect sensitive information and recruit officials working for the European Union. militarnyi.com/en/news/hung...

Former Russian Soldier Alleges Commander Committed Sexual Crimes Against Ukrainian Civilians He said that in March 2024, he personally watched a video filmed by his first company commander, known by the nickname ‘Lex,’ whom he described as a ‘social racist.’ militarnyi.com/en/news/russ...

Bizarre moment at Trump's state fair baffles Jen Psaki: 'Don't know what I watched there' "This was the scene on Tuesday, when there were actually more in the band on stage than there were in the crowd watching them," www.rawstory.com/jen-psaki-st...

Brits bemused as Trump's first call to PM descends into rant about fat foxes British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's inner circle apparently had to fight to keep from cracking up during his very first phone call with Donald Trump www.rawstory.com/trump-keir-s...

Trump Jr. gives GOP donors a midnight deadline — then ‘grovels’ for cash Donald Trump Jr. sent a ‘groveling’ fundraising email instructing recipients to complete a Republican Party questionnaire and "have it back to us by 11:59 p.m., www.rawstory.com/trump-jr-267...

Critics pile on after MAGA lawmaker stands up for being 'racist': 'Certainly a choice' A MAGA congressman's attempt to defend his wing from accusations of racism backfired after online critics laid into him. www.rawstory.com/brandon-gill...

'Simply staggering': Eyes widen as Jack Smith blows the whistle on 'American Gestapo' Former special counsel Jack Smith stunned online viewers by revealing how he prepared for prosecution by the Trump administration. www.rawstory.com/jack-smith-t...

‘Shockingly lazy’: Trump’s ‘bizarre nocturnal habits’ uncovered in new analysis President Donald Trump, who turned 80 last month, made only three public appearances in Washington before 11 a.m. during the entire month of June, www.rawstory.com/trump-267715...

Billionaire Trump ally melts down in spat with pope: ‘Working for Chinese communists” Right-wing tech billionaire Peter Thiel is accusing Pope Leo XIV of doing the work of the Chinese Communist Party with his criticisms of artificial intelligence. www.rawstory.com/peter-thiel-...

UK refuses to detail Outdragon spy pod capability The Ministry of Defence has declined to describe the capability of the Outdragon signals intelligence pod carried by the Royal Air Force’s uncrewed aircraft, citing operational security. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-refuses-t...

UK axes Meteor upgrade in favour of new FASE missile The Ministry of Defence will not proceed with a planned mid-life upgrade of the Meteor air-to-air missile, with investment instead directed towards the Future Air Superiority Effectors programme ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-axes-mete...

RFA recruitment improving years of shortfalls Recruitment into the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is increasing and applications have reached their highest level in five years, with the service’s overall strength stabilising ukdefencejournal.org.uk/rfa-recruitm...

Ukraine Opens Wartime Arms Exports as Production Outpaces Domestic Demand “Our task is to create conditions under which Ukrainian manufacturers will be able to scale production, open new markets, and attract international investment" thedefensepost.com/2026/07/03/u...

Royal Navy Launches Nyan One Way Effector Strike Drone from Warship at Sea for First Time The milestone, announced following trials aboard the vessel XV Patrick Blackett off UK’s south coast, highlights the UK's push to integrate autonomous attack systems www.armyrecognition.com/news/navy-ne...

Belgium to purchase 20 Skyranger 30 air defense systems to protect key infrastructures from drone attacks. The procurement, scheduled for a potential formal announcement at the NATO summit July 7/8, 2026, aims to close a critical low-altitude capability gap www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-ne...

Europeans to fill almost all gaps left by US in NATO defense plans, source says “In a matter of weeks, European allies have largely filled the gaps left by U.S. reductions to the NATO Force Model,” NATO’s top commander, U.S. Air Force General Alexus Grynkewich www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

"We are already showing the impossible on old Mi-8s. Give us new equipment and we will turn the world upside down": a frank conversation with pilots "Kryzhyk" and "Korzh" from the army aviation armyinform.com.ua/2026/07/03/m...

Z-blogger Kalashnikov is alarmed by Ukrainian ballistics: "Here it is, the reckoning." читайте подробнее на сайте "Диалог.UA": www.dialog.ua/war/z-bloger...

"It will be especially difficult in the fall," Z-blogger Gorny revealed the future of occupied Crimea. читайте подробнее на сайте "Диалог.UA": www.dialog.ua/ukraine/osen...

Medvedev lashed out at Finland with a nuclear threat after a new Finnish law came into force. читайте подробнее на сайте "Диалог.UA": www.dialog.ua/russia/medve...

Occupier Tulenkov, who fought in Ukraine, called on the Kremlin to capitulate immediately: "The war is lost, that's how it happens." читайте подробнее на сайте "Диалог.UA": www.dialog.ua/russia/voeva...

Z-blogger Aliyev summed up the results of the "SVO": "More than a million of our soldiers alone died." читайте подробнее на сайте "Диалог.UA": www.dialog.ua/war/z-bloger...

SBU Hits Saky Airfield Again, Says at Least 7 Russian Aircraft Damaged or Destroyed The SBU said the drone strikes were carried out as part of a 40-day operation ordered by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to increase pressure on Russia. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

Russia to Import 200,000 Barrels of Japanese Aviation Fuel via Ship-to-Ship Transfer Russia is preparing to import a shipment of jet fuel originating from Japan as it grapples with a growing domestic fuel shortage united24media.com/world/russia...

"Shaheeds" will be shot down at sea: how Danish startup BlueShadow creates protection for Odessa How a swarm of Blue Dragon naval drones will protect Odessa from martyrs www.rbc.ua/rus/news/sha...

Germany mulls return of Ukrainian men amid wider EU clampdown Berlin and Kyiv are discussing mechanisms both to encourage and force Ukrainian men residing in Germany to return to their country kyivindependent.com/germany-mull...

Ukrainians think their own security service is calling—it’s Russia recruiting saboteurs Russian intelligence services are posing as Ukrainian security agencies in a new recruitment scheme that uses fake criminal investigations and forged SBU documents. euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/03/r...

Russia’s top bankers break taboo, admit war is hurting the economy Two of Russia’s most influential economic officials have publicly acknowledged the mounting costs of the war in Ukraine euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/02/r...

Poland Decides Against Transferring Remaining MiG-29s to Ukraine, Opts to Scrap Them Instead Poland had no plans to donate fighter jets. It was an exchange of 14 Soviet MiG-29s for the latest Ukrainian drone and missile technologies en.defence-ua.com/news/poland_...

Ukraine hits Crimean airfield twice in one week, strikes jets again "At least seven Russian aircraft, including Su-30SM, Su-30, and Su-24 jets, were destroyed or damaged at Saky." defence-blog.com/ukraine-hits...

Russia’s newest armored tank version spotted on the road A photograph shows what appears to be a T-90M tank fitted with Arena-M active protection loaded on a tank transporter in Russia. defence-blog.com/russias-newe...

U.S. Air Force weighs a pilotless successor to the C-5 and C-17 The U.S. Air Force published a new RFI, seeking concepts for the Next Generation Airlift platform to replace C-5M and C-17A fleets. defence-blog.com/u-s-air-forc...

UK and Germany Plan 2,000km Hypersonic Stealth Deep Precision Strike Missiles, But Won't Arrive Until 2030s as Britain Also Joins PrSM Program for $252M en.defence-ua.com/news/uk_and_...

Ukrainian Report Allegedly Finds Skynex System Did Not Meet Claimed Performance Against russian Drones en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_t...

UK Defence Intelligence: ​russia Cancels Main Navy Day Parade for Second Straight Year Over Security Fears In the absence of the main naval parade, it is likely that russia will hold a maritime exercise similar to its July Storm 2025 exercise. en.defence-ua.com/news/uk_defe...

Ukraine Reports Record russian Artillery Losses in June 2026, With More Than 2,000 Guns Put Out of Action I think this also includes mortars... en.defence-ua.com/news/ukraine...

Tools made by German company Gühring continue to reach Russian defense plants through firm tied to ex-subsidiary chief, The Insider finds theins.press/en/news/294383

Jack Smith says DOJ ‘can’t do its job’ because of judges’ distrust of prosecutors Former special counsel Jack Smith warned that the U.S. is facing an “attack on the rule of law” under President Trump thehill.com/homenews/adm...

DOJ declines to turn over additional Epstein files, says redactions were appropriate A judge ordered DOJ to turn over more files or explain why they were withheld. abcnews.com/Politics/doj...

Air Force officer arrested at Capitol after calling for Trump’s impeachment Maj. Jason Watson was in uniform when U.S. Capitol Police arrested him. He criticized Trump’s actions in Iran and Venezuela, as well as his immigration policies www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...