🇺🇸⚡️ — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has authorized an expansion of National Guard operations in Washington, D.C., allowing troops to deploy boats, several dozen marked police vehicles, Humvees and light medium tactical vehicles to support law enforcement activities, according to an October 29 memorandum obtained by POLITICO.
The expanded deployment, scheduled to continue through the end of the year, is part of President Trump's crackdown on what he has described as a "crime emergency" in the capital.
National Guard personnel will assist police during drug enforcement operations using military vehicles, although they remain prohibited from pursuing suspects or making arrests.
Guard-operated boats will also provide "perimeter security" during operations targeting suspected gang leaders and drug traffickers in Anacostia, southeastern Washington.
The memorandum specifies that the boats will not conduct surveillance on American citizens and that federal law enforcement officers "must always be on board" to carry out arrests, including when suspects attempt to escape into the river.
🇸🇦❌🇾🇪 — Ansarallah announces over the past 24 hours, Royal Saudi Air Force F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets conducted 61 airstrikes against Sana'a city and Ansarallah-controlled Al-Jawf, Ta'izz, Sa'adah, Ma'rib, Lahij, Ad-Dhale, Ibb, Al-Hudaydah, and Hajjah governorates.
🇾🇪❌🇸🇦🇾🇪 — Ansarallah has announced several operations against Saudi Arabia and PLC forces reportedly operating under Saudi command over the past 24 hours.
Forces under Saudi command were targeted with ballistic missiles in Hajjah and Al-Jawf governorates, PLC-controlled Yemen. Ansarallah also announced targeting a radar in Al-Qahmah, southwestern KSA with a UAV and a military camp in Najran Province, southwestern KSA & a border guard command and control center in Jazan Province, southwestern KSA with one ballistic missile each.
Ansarallah also announced targeting King Khalid Int'l Airport, Riyadh with a ballistic missile.
🇺🇸⚡️ — Harmeet Dhillon resigned Thursday as the U.S. Justice Department's assistant attorney general for civil rights, according to Fox News.
Dhillon, who took office in April 2025 and oversaw the department's Civil Rights Division, stepped down following Republicans' midterm election defeats, though no reason has been disclosed.
🇾🇪❌🇸🇦 — Ansarallah announces targeting King Fahd Int'l Airport, Dammam, eastern KSA with a UAV.
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🇺🇸⚡️ — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is planning to resign from President Trump's administration to pursue the 2028 Republican presidential nomination, following the party's major midterm election losses and loss of control of both chambers of Congress, The Independent reports.
Sources in Washington and the British government say Rubio may seek to distance himself from controversial administration policies, particularly the war with Iran, to strengthen his position against potential rival Vice President JD Vance.
Both the White House and State Department have strongly denied the reports, dismissing claims of Rubio's impending departure as baseless.
🇮🇷🇺🇸🇶🇦⚡️ — Iran is examining new proposals submitted by mediators concerning the future of its nuclear program, potentially marking a breakthrough in stalled negotiations aimed at ending the war with the U.S., according to NYT, citing five officials familiar with the talks.
Tehran's renewed willingness to engage in nuclear negotiations after weeks of resistance suggests that Qatar-led mediation efforts to prevent a return to full-scale hostilities may be gaining traction.
Officials described the terms under consideration as "concrete proposals" but provided no further details.
🇺🇦🇺🇸⚡️ — The Ukrainian delegation presented First Lady Melania Trump with the Order of Princess Olga, First Class.
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — First Lady Melania Trump wrote "personal letters" to both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky and handed them to senior officials from both countries for delivery.
The ceasefire in Oleshky would not have been possible without President Putin and President Zelensky.
Their cooperation establishes a meaningful precedent for advancing peace throughout the region.
🇷🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡️ — Russian Envoy Kirill Dmitriev:
Let us build a future of peace, partnership, and prosperity for the benefit of our families, our children, and future generations.
Dear Melania, you saved and touched so many lives.
🇷🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡️ — Russian Envoy Kirill Dmitriev gave First Lady Melania Trump a painting from 11-year-old Lydia from Oleshky, who moved to Tuapse, Russia, and wrote "I love Melania."
🇷🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡️ — Russian Envoy Kirill Dmitriev:
On behalf of President Putin, on behalf of the people of the Russian Federation, we would like to thank First Lady Melania Trump for her distinguished humanitarian role in resolving the Oleshky situation and resolving this humanitarian issue.
She played a crucial leadership role in coordinating humanitarian operations in Oleshky and reunifying Russian and Ukrainian families.
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — First Lady Melania Trump on Russia-Ukraine:
Russia and Ukraine honor our relationship and agreed to work with me in the capacity of exclusive intermediary to establish a ceasefire in Oleshky and the surrounding Kherson region.
Our shared objective was to deliver critical humanitarian aid to Oleshky residents and establish a safe evacuation route for civilians.
My role as exclusive intermediary was memorialized in written agreements drafted and signed by both Russia and Ukraine.
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — First Lady Melania Trump on Russia-Ukraine:
Now we must use the courage we brought to Oleshky to find common ground through a shared concern for the suffering of innocent people.
Together we can create something more enduring than a temporary ceasefire.
Let us see Oleshky as a spark in a world of darkness, capable of illuminating the best in humanity, build a powerful flame of peace visible to the world, ignite hope, foster cooperation, and brighten a path toward lasting peace.
🇸🇦⚡️ — Alerts lifted in Sharurah Governorate, southern Saudi Arabia.
🇾🇪❌🇸🇦 — Alerts in Sharurah Governorate, southern Saudi Arabia.
🇺🇸⚡️ — Tucker Carlson:
So if you're a Republican, you're probably not as mad at JD Vance as you were at Donald Trump. You're probably pretty mad because, like, why didn't he speak up? Fair. Totally fair.
This is not in any way an attempt to resurrect JD Vance or argue that he should be the nominee in 2028.
🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️ — Tucker Carlson:
Donald Trump chose a foreign country, Israel, its interests over his own country's interests.
And there's no debating that. Exit polling shows it. I mean, there's really no other interpretation of it. That's just factually true.
🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️ — Tucker Carlson:
It's wrong for a leader to choose another country over you, just like it would be wrong for a kid to take the neighbor's kids to Disney World while his own kids starved.
It's exactly what Trump did. He chose Israel over the United States. People lie about it, but everyone can see it. Super, super obvious. And that's just wrong.
🇺🇸⚡️ — Tucker Carlson:
No matter what happens outside the country or within it, this is the end of an era. You could sort of mark it on your calendar.
Trumpism gone.
