Unusual Machines, a drone company backed by Donald Trump Jr., just won its biggest contract ever from the Pentagon to produce 3,500 drone motors and other equipment—with another order expected in 2026 for an additional 20,000 components, the Financial Times reported.
The Trump administration has lifted some previous restrictions that were placed on Western-provided long-range missiles given to Ukraine, which will allow Kyiv to reach deeper inside Russia—which was seen as a notable escalation.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday that he believes it is a “real possibility” that the Trump administration ends up carrying out land strikes on Venezuela because President Donald Trump decided that Nicolás Maduro, the country’s president, is a drug trafficker and that it is “time for him to go.”
U.S. President Donald Trump’s newly imposed sanctions on entities that purchase Russian oil on the cheap has worried owners of Chinese and Indian refineries, who are now looking for ways to curb these purchases, which would be seen as a blow to Moscow’s economy.
Assurances from the Trump administration and a $40 billion bailout from U.S. taxpayers could not stop the devaluation of the country’s peso last week as foreign investors took positions that the currency will weaken even more in the next quarter.
The latest U.S. proposal for Gaza is to essentially divide the enclave into two parts: one controlled by the Israelis and the other, temporarily, by Hamas—and the only side that will be able to rebuild is the side overseen by Israel.
The Pentagon announced Friday that the U.S. will position the USS Gerald R. Ford in the U.S. Southern Command to ostensibly join the fight against the drug trade in the region, but seen as President Donald Trump’s revamped effort to oust Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro—which has been a goal since his previous term.
The U.S. military carried out its 83rd airstrike in Somalia since the beginning of the year, claiming to target an ISIS affiliate in a mountainous region of the country, outside the town of Bossaso, according to AntiWar.com.