Poland and NATO forces shot down more than a dozen Russian drones that "repeatedly" violated the Polish airspace late Tuesday and early Wednesday, Polish officials said.
Why it matters: European and NATO leaders condemned the incident as one of the most serious escalations by Moscow since its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
The Trump administration launched an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdown on Chicago Monday, which the city's mayor, Brandon Johnson, said he'd "received no notice" of.
The big picture: The launch of "Operation Midway Blitz" follows weeks of threats from President Trump to tackle crime in Chicago and other Democrat-run cities by expanding ICE's presence and possibly deploying National Guard troops as part of his agenda against undocumented immigrants despite opposition from Democratic leaders.
On Tuesday morning, the U.S. military spotted Israeli jets flying east toward the Gulf. The U.S. sought clarification, but by the time Israel provided it missiles were already in the air, three U.S. officials say.
Behind the scenes: The news stunned the White House and infuriated some of Trump's top advisers because it came as the U.S. was waiting for Hamas to respond to President Trump's new proposal for peace in Gaza.
TelevisaUnivision, one of two major Spanish-language broadcasters in the U.S., has unveiled a new consumer ad campaign warning customers that YouTube parent Google plans to remove Univision from YouTube's core offering and move it to a Spanish-language package at an extra cost.
Why it matters: TelevisaUnivision is framing the move as a "Hispanic Tax" that makes Google look "evil."
AI tools are helping Russia scale up its disinformation campaign against Ukraine, according new PeakMetrics data shared first with Axios.
Why it matters: Security experts have warned that we're only at the tip of the iceberg in terms of how AI is improving foreign adversaries' disinformation campaigns.
Israel conducted an air strike on Tuesday to try and assassinate Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar.
Why it matters: The assassination attempt in the Qatari capital comes amid a renewed U.S. effort to reach a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. This was the first time Israel has ever struck inside Qatar, which is more than 1,000 miles away.
A top South Korean official warned Tuesday that key elements of the country's trade deal with the U.S. are at risk, amid a dispute over how to deploy a $350 billion investment fund.
Why it matters: Tensions between the two allies could boil over quickly, as the trade dispute compounds with the fallout from last week's ICE raid at a Hyundai-linked battery plant in Georgia.
