Starting Tuesday, August 12, approximately 800 Soldiers from the District of Columbia National Guard will be activated and deployed across Washington, D.C., under orders from President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. According to directives from the Office of the Commanding General, these troops will serve as rapid-response units to protect federal property and operations, while also assisting both federal and local law enforcement. The deployment will run from August 11 to September 25, 2025, under “Title 32 Orders,” allowing Guardsmen to perform certain law enforcement duties without being fully federalized. While Title 32 typically places Guardsmen under the authority of their state’s governor, the President serves as Commander-in-Chief of the D.C. National Guard.

Ukrainian attack drones struck the JSC Monocrystal plant in Stavropol, Russia, tonight. The facility, which produces synthetic glass for missile seekers and other IR imagers, experienced a fire following the attack.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has signed an Executive Order granting an additional 90-day extension for implementing snapback tariffs on Chinese goods, as trade talks between Washington and Beijing continue.

Trump: "I'm going in to speak to Vladimir Putin, and I'm going to be telling him, 'You gotta end this war — you gotta end it.'"

Trump: "Russia has occupied some prime territory, we will try to get some of that territory back for Ukraine."

Trump: “Then I will look at New York in a little while… If we need to we'll do the same thing in Chicago. We have an incompetent Governor there. Pritzker is incompetent. His family threw him out of the business”

Qatar’s Foreign Ministry welcomed announcements from Australia and New Zealand that they plan to, or are considering, recognizing a Palestinian state during the U.N. General Assembly in September.

At a White House press conference, U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced he will invoke the 1973 Home Rule Act, placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal authority and deploying the National Guard across Washington, D.C.

N12 reports that Iran has published a list of top Israeli political and security figures it claims are targeted for assassination.

Rutte affirmed that NATO will continue supplying arms to Ukraine regardless of Friday’s summit, vowing full support to sustain Ukraine’s fight and prepare it for eventual peace negotiations.