Vice President JD Vance and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine both raised concerns about escalating the war in Iran as President Donald Trump weighed the possibility during a White House meeting on Friday, a source familiar with the matter and a US official told CNN. On Friday night, the US appeared to pause its bombing campaign on Iran after nearly two weeks of consecutive nights of strikes. Operations are "on a hold," a Department of Defense source told CNN on Saturday. On Friday, Caine specifically raised concerns about the US munitions stockpile and other potential negative implications, according to the sources.
The "crystal-like substance" the FBI found inside the van of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo -- the 52-year-old who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Houston earlier this month -- was not an illicit drug ... read more
The Trump administration's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has dropped its controversial demand that the University of Pennsylvania provide records related to all Jewish faculty and staff ... read more
Brazil has reportedly rejected visa applications from two officials associated with the Trump administration, who had intended to travel to the South American nation with the stated aim of casting doubt on the integrity of its electoral system. Two Brazilian officials with direct knowledge of the matter informed Reuters on Saturday. These officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity given the delicate nature of the situation, indicated that the US initiative was perceived as an attempt to influence Brazil's forthcoming October presidential election.
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Vance Boelter to two life sentences plus 40 years with no parole in the killings of former Minnesota DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and the attacks on DFL state Sen. John Hoffman, his wife Yvette and their daughter Hope. read more
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