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John Ratcliffe

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency since 2025

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    Trump declares Iran deal to reopen Strait, but text undisclosed and Tehran's story differs

    President Trump announced a preliminary agreement with Iran on Sunday that he says will permanently reopen the Strait of Hormuz and eliminate Iran's nuclear threat. But the text remains secret, Tehran offers a conflicting account of concessions, and U.S. intelligence assessments doubt Iranian intentions.

  • May 28

    Former CIA Official Arrested After FBI Finds $40 Million in Gold Bars at His Virginia Home

    David Rush, a former senior CIA official with top-secret clearance, was arrested after investigators discovered more than 300 gold bars, $2 million in cash, and dozens of luxury watches at his home.

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Hormuz opens, Kyiv burns

Trump gambles on Iran truce as Russia pounds Kyiv and Britain bans teen scrolling

The past half-day brought relief in one waterway and fire in one capital. Markets cheered a tentative US-Iran framework, while Ukraine absorbed another heavy Russian barrage and governments pushed harder into the private lives of technology users.

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  • Trump claims Iran deal signed

    Trump announces a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but Iranian officials dispute the claim and the text remains undisclosed in Washington.

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The war in Ukraine and its limits

New reporting details Ukraine's expanding use of AI-enabled drones and UGVs in its layered strike doctrine, alongside Russia's intensified complex air attacks and European debates over Patriot transfers, indicating an escalation in technological warfare and air defense challenges.

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