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Iran launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to U.S. airstrikes, threatening a 'complete halt' to peace negotiations. The escalating strikes from both sides jeopardize the fragile 11-day-old ceasefire agreement signed just over a week earlier.
Trump threatened to 'annihilate' Iran and resume the war to 'complete the job' on social media as the U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes over the Strait of Hormuz. Both sides blamed the other for endangering the memorandum of understanding, with mounting evidence that the agreement was too broadly worded on key issues including Lebanon's ceasefire and strait operations.
The U.S. and Iran agreed to halt strikes and meet Tuesday in Qatar to resolve disputes over the Strait of Hormuz, according to a U.S. official, as diplomatic efforts continue to stabilize the fragile ceasefire despite escalating tensions.
Four days of intensive negotiations between Israeli and Lebanese governments resulted in a deal propelled by shared interest in weakening Hezbollah and Iranian influence in Lebanon, according to U.S., Israeli, and Lebanese sources.
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy accused President Trump of treating Congress as 'merely an appendage' in a rare rebuke from a GOP politician over Trump's conduct of the Iran war without proper congressional authorization.
Vice President JD Vance claimed the U.S. holds all the cards in the Iran conflict, emphasizing that 'America wins either way' even as escalating strikes threaten the ceasefire agreement.
The Trump administration's gutting of USAID following the overthrow of Venezuela's President Maduro in January is now hampering disaster response efforts to Venezuelan earthquakes, forcing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to scramble for effective humanitarian coordination.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the Trump administration to strip temporary protected status (TPS) from over 350,000 people, primarily from Haiti and Syria. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the decision, telling migrants to seek permanent residence status or leave, while some Republican governors raised concerns about the impact.
Former President Biden delivered a scathing speech calling Trump 'a loser' and portraying him as incompetent, corrupt, and vain, invoking Trump's vanity projects and 'brazen, blatant corruption' as central campaign themes.
An investigation revealed that Trump cut a billion-dollar mining deal with Kazakhstan that gives American investors with ties to the president and Commerce Secretary Lutnick access to one of the world's largest untapped tungsten reserves, with Trump's sons positioned to profit from the arrangement.