@NadavPollak @michaeldweiss 1).
„[Israeli] senior military officials said they recognize that @realDonaldTrump's decision-making is unpredictable and that even if he opts to carry out an attack, he could reverse course at the last moment.”
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„In a May 8 [2019] subpoena to Attorney General Bill Barr, Adam Schiff demanded [1] »all documents and materials, regardless of form or classification«,
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relating to the counterintelligence or foreign intelligence side of the investigation (On May 21, Schiff and the Justice Department reached a tentative deal for Schiff’s committee to access these materials).
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Schiff has also asked for a briefing by @TheJusticeDept officials on the @FBI's counterintelligence probe into @realDonaldTrump-Russia, which began before Mueller’s probe but whose current status is unclear.”
@michaeldweiss 1).
„European officials said that there was no written document and that no real details on Greenland’s future had been negotiated between @SecGenNATO and @realDonaldTrump.
@michaeldweiss @SecGenNATO @realDonaldTrump 2).
Another European official briefed on the talks said the meeting with Rutte provided Trump with a face-saving opportunity for a de-escalation that had become necessary given the global backlash and the reaction of financial markets.”
@Shayan86 1).
„[...] Nekima Levy Armstrong appeared in federal court on Thurs., but was processed and released after a judge found that there is not enough evidence to keep her in custody.
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@Shayan86 2).
Activists targeted the church after identifying its pastor, David Easterwood, as the acting field director of the local @ICEgov office in St. Paul, NewsNation has confirmed.
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@Shayan86 @ICEgov 3)
The @WhiteHouse posted an apparently-doctored photo of Armstrong’s arrest on X that showed her crying as she was led towards the camera by an officer. However, @Sec_Noem (@KristiNoem) posted a different version of the photo which did not show Armstrong crying.”
@michaeldweiss 1).
„U.S. intelligence assessments have painted a grim picture of the island’s economy, plagued by chronic shortages of basic goods, medicines and frequent blackouts, according to people familiar with the analysis.
@michaeldweiss 2).
Cuba’s fate has long been entwined with Venezuela: subsidized Venezuelan oil has been a mainstay of its economy since shortly after Hugo Chávez took power in Venezuela in 1999.
@michaeldweiss 3).
Washington intends to weaken the regime by choking off that oil, which has kept Cuba’s lights on, senior U.S. officials said. Cuba could run out of oil within weeks, bringing the economy to a grinding halt, according to economists.
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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its strike group, which includes destroyers, F-35s and other jet fighters and electronic-jamming aircraft, were spotted by maritime-traffic trackers sailing west from the South China Sea toward the Persian Gulf.
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Additional air defenses will be brought to the region, U.S. officials said, including more Patriot and Thaad antimissile systems, which would be essential for fending off any Iranian counter blows.”
@justinmassie1 1).
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„The Canadian Armed Forces have modelled a hypothetical U.S. military invasion of Canada and the country’s potential response, which includes tactics similar to those employed against Russia and later U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, two senior government officials say.
@justinmassie1 2).
It is believed to be the first time in a century that the Canadian Armed Forces have created a model of an American assault on this country, a founding member of the @NATO and a partner with the U.S. in continental air defence.”