Trump says he is considering seizing Iran’s Kharg Island, but deal could be made ‘very quickly’  BBC Donald Trump says US could ‘take the oil in Iran’  Financial Times Trump weighing all options on Iran’s Kharg island  NPR Iran war live: Trump says wants to take Iran’s oil; Kuwait power site hit  Al Jazeera Pentagon prepares for weeks of…

House GOP welcomes $200B Pentagon request to jump-start reconciliation 2.0  Axios Cracks emerge in GOP over Iran war cost as administration floats more than $200B request to Congress  CNN Hegseth says potential $200 billion Iran war spending request could shift: ‘Takes money to kill bad guys’  CNBC Republicans balk at going it alone on Iran war funding  Politico Pentagon…

China says ‘thorough preparations’ needed as Trump-Xi meeting hangs in the balance amid Iran war  CNBC China warns ‘flames of war’ spreading and calls on US to help manage differences ahead of Xi-Trump meeting  CNN China Eyes ‘Landmark’ Year for US Ties, Urges End to Iran War  Bloomberg.com China hopes 2026 will be a ‘landmark year’ for relationship…

Strong earthquake hits off Japan’s coast, tsunami warning issued  CNN Tsunami alert issued after powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan coast  10TV Major 7.5-magnitude quake hits off Japan, triggers tsunami warnings  Reuters Train Shakes and Comes to a Stop as Earthquake Hits Japan  Yahoo Japan tsunami alert issued following powerful earthquake off northern coast – follow latest  The Guardian Powered…

Intel report warns large-scale war ‘unlikely’ to oust Iran’s regime  The Washington Post Recent U.S. Assessment Found an Attack on Iran Unlikely to Result in Regime Change  The New York Times Shrinking weapon stockpiles and regime-change uncertainty: doubts shadow US-Israel war on Iran  The Guardian Report: US intelligence report week before war found large-scale assault on Iran unlikely…