Good Evening! End your Wednesday informed with SOFREP’s Evening Brief, featuring the top stories in defense and global affairs for June 4, 2025: The FBI seized 35 weapons, explosives, and Nazi gear from a white nationalist-linked home in Washington tied to stolen military items. Separately, two Chinese nationals were charged with smuggling a dangerous crop fungus into the US, raising agroterrorism alarms. Human Rights Watch accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of executing civilians in eastern Congo. Zelenskyy rejected Russia’s ceasefire offer and pushed for direct talks with Putin, mediated by the US. Thailand chose the Swedish Gripen jets over US F-16s in a $500 million deal, while the Philippines ordered 12 more FA-50 jets from South Korea for $700 million.

—FBI Seize Machine Gun, Explosiv

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