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Trump signs EO to classify illicit fentanyl as weapon of mass destruction

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President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday.

By Kit Maher, CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday classifying “illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals” as weapons of mass destruction.

“Today I’m taking one more step to protect Americans from the scourge of deadly fentanyl flooding into our country with this historic executive order,” he said in​ the Oval Office, adding, “No bomb does what this is doing.”

His announcement came as he was honoring US service members with medals “for their central role in the protection of our border.”

The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to “immediately pursue investigations and prosecutions into fentanyl trafficking” and directs Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to “pursue appropriate actions against relevant assets and financial institutions in accordance with applicable law for those involved in or supporting the manufacture, distribution, and sale of illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals.”

Weapons of mass destruction include weaponry with the potential to “cause death or serious injury of people through toxic or poisonous chemicals,” according to the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, as well as to “produce in a single moment an enormous destructive effect capable to kill millions of civilians, jeopardize the natural environment, and fundamentally alter the lives of future generations through their catastrophic effects.”

Drug overdose deaths in the United States last year made an unprecedented drop to the lowest in five years, according to a federal government estimate released in May. Synthetic opioids – primarily fentanyl – continued to be involved in most overdose deaths, the data showed.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Monday’s White House event also revived the “Mexican Border Service” medals, which the administration learned were first established by Congress in 1918.

“Our men and women will be wearing that very same medal as Americans 100 years before who were asked to defend the sovereignty of our country,” Hegseth said.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB scheduled for early Tuesday

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VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit has been scheduled from Vandenberg SFB between 7:24 a.m. and 11:24 a.m Tuesday.

A live webcast of the launch will begin about five minutes before liftoff that you can watch here or on SpaceX's X/Twitter account.

Following first-stage separation, the booster assigned to this mission will return to Earth to land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship awaiting in the Pacific Ocean.

A depiction of that launch sequence is shown in the image below courtesy of SpaceX.

There is the possibility that one or more sonic booms may be heard during the launch, but how far the sound travels will depend on weather and other conditions at the time.

This will be the 30th flight for the Falcon 9 on this mission which previously launched the following missions: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, NROL-113, NROL-167, NROL-149, NAOS, and 20 prior Starlink launches.

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Disappearing glaciers, Brian Walshe convicted, reviving ‘Tar-zhay’: Catch up on the day’s stories

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By Daniel Wine, Jordan D. Brown, CNN

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After about six hours of deliberations, a Massachusetts jury convicted him of first-degree murder in the 2023 killing of his wife Ana. He left the courthouse in handcuffs and shackles and is expected to be sentenced Wednesday.

3⃣ From boom to bust

Donald Trump’s return to the White House set off a gold rush on Wall Street and in the crypto world as companies and projects linked to the president and his family exploded in value. Now some have fizzled out.

4⃣ Reviving ‘Tar-zhay’

Target has been struggling, and the retail giant hopes to spark a turnaround by recapturing its cultural cachet. It’s turning to a fashion-forward New York neighborhood to get started.

5⃣ Never-before-seen images

New photos of Rosa Parks from the Civil Rights Movement were made public for the first time in seven decades. They illustrate aspects of her legacy that are often overlooked.

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Ucrania asegura que atacó un submarino ruso en un puerto del mar Negro

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El Servicio de Seguridad Nacional de Ucrania, el SBU, afirmó este lunes que atacó un submarino ruso en el puerto de Novorossiysk, en el mar Negro, causándole daños considerables y dejándolo fuera de combate.

En un comunicado, la SBU afirmó que la operación, en la que se utilizaron drones submarinos “Sub Sea Baby”, fue el primer ataque de este tipo. El video compartido por la SBU mostraba una gran explosión en un puerto.

“Como resultado de la explosión, el submarino sufrió daños considerables y quedó fuera de combate”, afirmó la SBU. CNN no pudo verificar de forma independiente esta afirmación.

Por su parte, Rusia reconoció el ataque ucraniano, pero afirmó que había fracasado y que ningún barco ni submarino había resultado averiado.

“El intento del enemigo de llevar a cabo un sabotaje utilizando un vehículo submarino no tripulado no logró sus objetivos”, según declaraciones de Alexei Rulev, jefe del servicio de prensa de la Flota del mar Negro, recogidas por los medios de comunicación estatales. Rulev desmintió las informaciones ucranianas que afirmaban que un submarino había sido destruido en la base naval de Novorossiysk, según informaron los medios de comunicación rusos.

El submarino de la clase-Kilo se utiliza para lanzar misiles de crucero Kalibr, disparando hasta cuatro a la vez, según la declaración de la SBU. Rusia ha utilizado los misiles durante toda la guerra para atacar Ucrania.

La agencia añadió que el submarino es conocido como “Black Hole” debido a la capacidad del casco para absorber el sonido y permanecer indetectable por el sonar. De acuerdo a la agencia, este tipo de submarino cuesta alrededor de US$ 400 millones. Debido a las sanciones internacionales, que han dificultado el acceso de Rusia a componentes tecnológicos, la construcción de un submarino similar podría costar ahora hasta US$ 500 millones según la SBU.

El SBU aseguró que el buque se había visto obligado a permanecer en el puerto de Novorossiysk debido al éxito de las operaciones con drones marinos ejecutadas por Ucrania, que obligaron a Moscú a trasladar muchos de sus barcos y submarinos desde la bahía de Sebastopol, en la península ocupada de Crimea.

El ataque de este lunes se produjo en medio de una intensa actividad diplomática para poner fin a la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania. Se anunció poco después de la conclusión de la segunda jornada de conversaciones entre los delegados estadounidenses y ucranianos en Berlín.

En una conferencia de prensa celebrada este lunes en Berlín, el presidente de Ucrania Volodymyr Zelensky afirmó que Kyiv debe estar “absolutamente seguro” de cómo sus aliados garantizarán su seguridad antes de tomar cualquier decisión sobre la línea del frente en un posible acuerdo de paz con Rusia.

En declaraciones junto al canciller de Alemania Friedrich Merz, Zelensky afirmó que cualquier garantía de seguridad debería incluir la supervisión del alto el fuego.

“Esa es realmente la base de las garantías de seguridad, porque la pregunta es: ¿quién llevará a cabo la supervisión? ¿Qué sanciones se aplicarán si se interrumpen las misiones de supervisión?”, dijo Zelensky.

Aunque Zelensky dijo que estas preguntas aún no han sido respondidas, Merz afirmó que Estados Unidos ofreció a Ucrania garantías “significativas” en las conversaciones mantenidas en Berlín.

“Lo que Estados Unidos ha ofrecido aquí en términos de garantías materiales y legales es realmente significativo”, afirmó Merz, sin dar más detalles.

Tras recibir a los líderes europeos a última hora de la tarde, Merz se mostró optimista ante la perspectiva de paz y publicó en la red social X: “Por primera v

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