Trump’s spy chiefs say new intel shows Iran’s nuclear facilities were destroyed CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard joined the chorus of administration officials batting away an early intel assessment that U.S. strikes had limited impact.
https://www.politico.com/news/....2025/06/25/new-intel

Europe managed to keep Trump in NATO. Now what? National leaders now need to find the money and buy weapons to deter Russia while facing a potential reduction of U.S. troops on the continent.
https://www.politico.eu/articl....e/europe-keep-donald

Von der Leyen can’t go far with the far right Socialists and liberals are rebelling against the Commission president, but she has no easy fix in working with parties further to the right.
https://www.politico.eu/articl....e/ursula-von-der-ley

UK government fumes at ‘ludicrous’ £125M ‘bat tunnel’ The 'bat mitigation tunnel' is designed to protect wildlife from Britain's High Speed Rail 2 project — but it's enraging ministers as cost projections climb.
https://www.politico.eu/articl....e/uk-government-brit

NATO survives another day Behind all the backslapping and bonhomie, it’s impossible to ignore the real concerns and fears that now fully penetrate the alliance.
https://www.politico.eu/articl....e/nato-survives-anot