Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla carries with him the wishes, hopes, and aspirations of 1.4 billion Indians, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the Indian astronaut lifted off for the space station from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center this afternoon.

A text exchange between former Congress Representative Matt Gaetz and his mother about US President Donald Trump’s actions on national security has been leaked.

President Trump asserted that US strikes have significantly crippled Iran’s nuclear capabilities, setting them back decades and preventing bomb construction. He likened the strikes’ impact to the end of World War II, while also claiming a ceasefire brokered between Iran and Israel is progressing well. Trump dismissed reports suggesting the strikes were ineffective, labeling them as “fake news.”