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Summary: Lukashenka's regime released Serhey Tsihanousky (husband of president-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya).

Summary: a satellite photo of Fordo available to Jerusalem Post shows two bomb entry points at the top of the ridge. Road tunnel entry points have been buried by Iran, and not bombed. Support building is standing.

Summary: as it could be expected, Iran retaliated. Some of the missiles were shot down, but some appear to have landed in central Tel Aviv.

Summary: Congress has not delegated (and may not delegate) all power over tariff enactment to the president. It would violate the separation of powers.

The Court of International Trade said the U.S. Constitution gives Congress exclusive authority to regulate commerce with other countries that is not overridden by the president's emergency powers to safeguard the U.S. economy.

"The court does not pass upon the wisdom or likely effectiveness of the President's use of tariffs as leverage," a three-judge panel said in the decision to issue a permanent injunction on the blanket tariff orders issued by Trump since January. "That use is impermissible not because it is unwise or ineffective, but because [federal law] does not allow it."

In the U.S., drug prices are shaped by complex negotiations involving pharmacy benefit managers that act as middlemen between drugmakers and employer clients and health insurers and have been criticised for inflating costs. In Europe, countries generally have public health systems that negotiate directly with manufacturers and keep costs down.

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Trump said if drugmakers do not cut prices they could be hit with tariffs.

Apparently, Ukrainian drones pushed through and started a chain reaction.

Explosions reportedly continued for hours, and authorities evacuated nearby settlements. Initial reports indicate that the site, previously protected by one of Russia’s densest air defense networks, suffered catastrophic damage.

The Portuguese Air Force is no longer expected to acquire the 5th generation F-35 fighter from Lockheed Martin, all due to the review of the US position towards NATO.

France is offering intelligence to Ukraine, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Thursday, a day after Washington said it was suspending intelligence sharing with Kyiv, an effort to step up pressure on Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared an immediate ceasefire on Saturday, a news agency close to it said, heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's disarmament call

“The bombs are still flying,” Fighterbomber noted in a missive translated by Estonian analyst WarTranslated. Indeed, the Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies has recently noted KAB/UMPK attacks in Sumy, Chernihiv and Donetsk Oblasts in eastern and northern Ukraine.

“But there’s a catch,” Fighterbomber explained. “All satellite-guided correction systems have left the chat.” And for one main reason: Ukrainian radio jammers have become so effective, and so numerous, that they “saturate the front line.”

"If fiscal expenses remain at their January levels throughout the remainder of the year, the NWF reserves could vanish in just three months. And even if they don’t — as is more likely — 2025 is probably the last year Moscow will be able to fully cover its fiscal deficit by tapping into those savings."

Trump used his Truth Social platform on Wednesday to lash out at Zelenskyy and call the Ukrainian a “dictator without elections” who has “done a terrible job” defending his country. Ukraine hasn’t had elections since martial law was put in place after Russia invaded its territory three years ago and launched a deadly bombing campaign that persists today.

Trump’s broadside followed Zelenskyy’s comment that the U.S. president was being influenced by Russian disinformation after Trump falsely claimed that Ukraine started the war with Russia.