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🇺🇸🔑❗️ — More than 12,000 people, including unaccompanied migrant children and their sponsors, have been arrested by U.S. immigration authorities following tips from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) during Trump's second term, according to internal government data reviewed exclusively by Reuters. ▶️ Since January 2025, ORR has shared over 460,000 "leads" with ICE about unaccompanied children, their sponsors, and household members, reversing a historical wall between child welfare care and immigration enforcement rooted in a 2008 law. ▶️ Former ORR deputy director Jen Smyers said safeguards against ICE data-sharing have been "completely reversed," calling it "weaponizing a child welfare program for the purposes of more deportations".

🇺🇸❌🇨🇳🤖❗️ — The Trump administration unveiled new bans targeting imports of new Chinese humanoid and quadruped robots, along with connected power inverters, to protect the U.S. AI supply chain from national security threats. ▶️ The FCC's measures aim to prevent disruption, data theft, and cyberattacks while pushing firms to shift manufacturing to the U.S.

🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦❗️ — President Trump dismissed the importance of the USMCA in a Fox News interview saying he'd rather pursue trade independently. ▶️ "Mexico and Canada need us. We don't need them. The USMCA is important for them, not for us," Trump said, adding "I don't really want to" when asked about updating the pact. ▶️ The comments come after the U.S. rejected a 16-year USMCA extension on June 1 in favor of annual reviews over 10 years, and days after Mexico and the U.S. wrapped a third round of bilateral talks led by Marcelo Ebrard and Jamieson Greer, with a new round set for September in Washington.

🇺🇸🇺🇸❗️ — Florida executed James Aren Duckett, 68, and Dominick Anthony Occhicone, 80, by lethal injection at Florida State Prison yesterday, in the state's first double execution in a single day since 1964. ▶️ Duckett, a former Mascotte police officer, was executed at noon for the 1987 rape and murder of 11-year-old Teresa McAbee; Occhicone followed six hours later for the 1986 killing of his ex-girlfriend's parents, becoming the second-oldest person to be executed in the U.S.

🇵🇪🪖❗️ — Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru's president for the 2026-2031 term, and announced that the armed forces will temporarily lead security operations in areas under a state of emergency.

🇵🇪 — Keiko Fujimori is sworn in as the first woman elected president of Peru, becoming the second member of the Fujimori family to lead the country.

🇺🇸🇺🇲❗️ — The Senate confirmed Jay Clayton Tuesday as director of national intelligence, giving him authority over 18 U.S. intelligence agencies, ending Bill Pulte's controversial interim tenure. ▶️ Clayton, a former SEC chair and U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, was confirmed along party lines after a contentious hearing in which he repeatedly declined to say outright that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, though he called it "certified."

🇺🇸🇺🇸❗️ — Seattle police confirmed at least three suspects were involved in Sunday's shootout at the Bite of Seattle food festival, which killed 3 people, including a 15-year-old detained in juvenile court who was armed with a ghost gun. ▶️ Investigators believe the shooting was gang-related, with two groups firing at each other.

🇺🇸🤝🇫🇷🇬🇧❗️ — The U.S. and UK are planning a high-level conference in London next week to organize an international coalition protecting maritime shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Axios, citing two European diplomats and additional sources. ▶️ Washington wants allies to contribute demining vessels, naval ships, and drones to secure shipping lanes, building on prior UK-France discussions.

🇺🇸🇸🇦❌🇮🇷🇮🇶❗️ — The U.S. military said it intercepted an Iranian missile barrage and worked with Saudi forces to strike PMF militia sites in Iraq used to launch recent attacks a few hours ago, shattering a brief pause in fighting. ▶️ Saudi Arabia said it shot down drones fired by Iran-backed militias in Iraq for a second consecutive day, targeting petroleum facilities in the kingdom's eastern region, while Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi ordered an investigation into the attacks' origins. ▶️ At least one Iran-aligned PMF fighter was killed in the joint U.S.-Saudi strikes.

🇸🇦❌🇾🇪❗️ — The Yemeni Houthis claimed to have shot down a 'Karayel' reconnaissance drone flying over Sadaa province today.

🔥🇲🇲🇰🇭🇱🇦❗️ — 🇺🇳❗️— The UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned of a surge in human trafficking into scam call centers across Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, with as many as 300,000 people forced to work in the compounds, defrauding mostly older victims across the West. ▶️ IOM Director-General said victims from more than 80 countries have been lured through fake job ads targeting English speakers with college degrees, then stripped of documents and coerced under threats and violence.

🇺🇸🇺🇸🚫 — URGENT: American Airlines grounded flights nationwide due to a IT outage.

🇾🇪❌🇸🇦❗️ — Stunning footage of a direct Houthi hit on a Saudi tanker that was heading towards Jeddah.

🇮🇱❌🇵🇸❗️ — An Israeli airstrike targeted and destroyed the Dar Al-Muttaqin Mosque in central Gaza City.

#BREAKING | 🇮🇷 🇺🇦 — Iran is reportedly preparing to launch a ballistic missile attack on Ukraine, according to multiple reports. The Global Eye | Subscribe

🇾🇪❌🇸🇦🚢❗️ — The Houthi rebels attacked another Saudi tanker, the NCC Ghazal, claiming it violated their blockade of Saudi ports. ▶️ It is the third vessel to come under fire by the Houthis this week. The tanker was not sunk, and could turn back after being attacked.

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🇺🇸🤝🇮🇱❗️ — A photo of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with President Trump and V.P. Vance.