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New poll shows strong support for TCAVA; North Korean ballistic drills demonstrate ‘huge destructive power’; and President Trump calls on Ukraine to stop bombing Russian oil refineries. 

1.      , even as those same respondents remain sharply divided over one of the bill's most controversial provisions. The new Mission Roll Call survey, shared exclusively with Military.com ahead of its public release, found 70.5% of respondents supported the Take Care of America's Veterans Act, or , after receiving additional information about the legislation. That's up sharply from 55.3% before respondents reviewed information about the bill. Meanwhile, the percentage saying they needed more information fell from 27.1% to 12.7%. The findings offer a new look at what veterans and their families think about one of the most consequential, and contentious, pieces of veterans legislation before Congress.

2.      The test included firing different types of weapons simultaneously, most likely aiming at developing the ability to overwhelm South Korean and U.S. air defenses. Experts say North Korea is not slowing its testing activities even after U.S. President Donald Trump recently scaled back a military exercise with South Korea in an apparent effort to revive diplomacy with leader Kim Jong Un. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said Saturday’s drill was meant to practice the operations of an integrated weapons control system. South Korea’s military earlier said it detected short-range ballistic missile launches from North Korea’s eastern coastal Wonsan area on Saturday morning.

3.      The mission involved about 90 U.S. troops on the ground inside Iran, hundreds more in the air and thousands of personnel in supporting roles as American forces raced to recover two downed Air Force officers in one of the largest combat rescue operations in U.S. military history. When the missile struck, it felt like “getting hit by a freight train,” the Air Force weapons systems officer, identified only by his mission call sign, Bravo, said during the interview. The aircraft was attacking industrial facilities associated with Iran’s missile and drone programs, Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, said on the program. It was brought down by a shoulder-fired missile, according to Bravo.

4.      , saying the attacks are causing a global shortage. He spoke after diesel prices in the U.S. hit a record on Friday, soaring past $6 a gallon on average. Ukraine has for months been targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry with long-range strikes, prompting fuel rationing across the country and causing Moscow to ban diesel exports in July, removing supplies from the already tight global market. But the global crunch also came after the war on Iran curtailed oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump was asked by a reporter if he had spoken with Zelenskyy following his recent conversation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. He responded by calling on Zelenskyy to halt strikes against Russia.

5.      While speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump was asked about a Wall Street Journal report that Chinese entities allegedly supplied Iran with high-resolution satellite imagery of Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan before Tehran's July 17 missile attack. "They basically do what we do," Trump said. Asked whether he planned to raise the issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping when he visits the U.S., Trump said Xi has "behaved reasonably well," and that "we behave reasonably well. You know what they say? That China spies on us. I say you're right, and we spy on them, too," Trump said.