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Musk intends to finance J.D. Vance's presidential campaign
The prestigious Wall Street Journal reports that billionaire Elon Musk has postponed his plans to create a third party in the United States, not to damage relations with influential Republicans.

We sell weapons to the Europeans, and they sell them to the Ukrainians. Bessent
The United States is supplying weapons to Ukraine at a 10% surcharge, which is paid by European countries, US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said on August 19 in an interview with Fox News.

Trump said Crimea is like Texas
US President Donald Trump has said that if Russia had annexed Ukraine's Crimea during his administration, the media would have been talking about it for the next 20 years. Still, it happened during Barack Obama's presidency, so no one is talking about it.

Israel does not agree to peace with Hamas. BBC
"Now everything has changed. The Prime Minister has presented a plan for the future of Gaza," noted Mencer.
Dozens of security officers have been deprived of access to classified information
37 current and former national security officials have been stripped of their right to access classified information.