🚨🇺🇸 Nothing focuses a Republican’s mind like nearly losing: Thomas Massie says GOP members are now open to impeaching Hegseth Guys who used to win by 15,000 votes just survived by 500, and suddenly the Iran war doesn’t look like such a great campaign slogan. His advice to them is simple: “They need to start putting themselves further from this administration, so that when they are on the ballot in two years, they’ve got a chance of surviving.” Turns out a near death experience at the ballot box does more than any antiwar speech ever could😅 Writers: Daniel, Sol

With anti-war party Yabloko's exclusion, the Kremlin ensures there's no chance of dissent in next month's Russian parliamentary elections, writes Eastern Europe Reporter Liam Nolan

In a hearing frequently disrupted by anti-war protesters, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent backed President Trump's plan to send out $5,000 checks if Republicans win in midterms and said he'll meet his Chinese counterpart before President Xi's state visit

🇯🇵 | Japanese police violently remove anti-war protesters during the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Anti-government protests in Japan are growing against the Takaichi administration's remilitarization agenda.