This is bad news for Ukraine, US taxpayers, and anyone hoping the war ends soon, and bad for Trump's image as critics say his family is cashing in on conflict.

• Companies tied to the Trump family are landing big no-bid government deals — a Balkans gas pipeline, a $24 million robot-soldier Pentagon contract linked to Eric Trump, and minerals loans tied to Donald Trump Jr.
• Critics say this looks like the same corruption MAGA attacked Hunter Biden for, just much bigger, and that profiting from war gives an incentive to keep wars going.
• Russia hit Kyiv with close to 800 drones and missiles overnight, its biggest strike on the capital since the war began, targeting military sites.
• The warning is that strikes alone don't win wars — Russia would need a big ground push toward Kyiv and Odessa to actually end it, and that hasn't happened.
• A leaked call has Trump cursing out Netanyahu over strikes in Lebanon, but it's seen as theater since US support and the killing continue.

Outlook: With peace talks stalled and US oil reserves running low, expect rising gas prices, high inflation, and an angrier American public heading into the fall.