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Israel won't launch Iran strike unless US negotiations fail - Axios

One official told Axios that Israel made it clear to the US that they wouldn't surprise the Trump administration with any attacks on Iran without informing the US first. 

 L to R: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of Iranian flag (illustration).
Illustrative image of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

White House slams BBC for taking Hamas's word as 'total truth,' BBC denies claim

 The Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters

Gaza hostage survivors, family members meet Witkoff, Leavitt at White House

Former US President Joe Biden (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) seen at the forefront of a wall of hostage posters seen in the background (illustrative)

Hamas praises former Biden official's statement accusing Israel of war crimes


Trump administration report on US child health cited nonexistent studies, media report says

It said processed food, chemicals, stress and overprescription of medications and vaccines may be factors behind chronic illness in American children, citing some 500 research studies as evidence.

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, April 10, 2025

US probes effort to impersonate White House Chief of Staff, WSJ reports

The report said Wiles had told associates that some of her cellphone contacts had been hacked, allowing the impersonator to access private phone numbers.

 President-elect Trump brings Susie Wiles to the podium at an election night

Without Musk, DOGE likely to fizzle out, says ex-staffer

“So much of the appeal and allure was Elon.” He said he expected DOGE staffers to “just stop showing up to work," a former DOGE employee said.

 Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk pauses during an in-conversation event with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Britain, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.

White House National Security Council slashes staff in dramatic restructuring, sources say

The staffers who are cut from the agency will be moved to other positions in government, two of the sources told Reuters.

 US President Donald Trump gestures, while he boards Air Force One, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2025.

Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa

"These are all white farmers that are being buried," said Trump, holding up a print-out of an article accompanied by the picture during a contentious Oval Office meeting with South African President.

 US President Donald Trump shows a copy of an article that he said is about white South Africans who had been killed, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., US, May 21, 2025.

Trump announces design for Golden Dome defense system based on Israel's Iron Dome

Trump said on Tuesday that Canada wanted to be part of his Golden Dome missile defense system and that the United States would help Canada.

 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks as he makes an announcement with US President Donald Trump (not pictured) regarding the Golden Dome missile defense shield, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 20, 2025.

Trump: US taking ‘unprecedented steps’ to combat antisemitism

The US president vowed to protect Jewish Americans from rising hate for Jews on campuses.

 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Trump participates in a "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America Event" in Washington

Early exposer of Qatari influence, calls Trump taking plane gift ‘an insult to democracy’

Charles Small: It’s very problematic that Qatar is able to buy influence now in the White House, in the Senate, in Congress, in our most sacred institutions.

 The motorcade of US President Donald Trump is parked next to a 12-year old Qatari-owned Boeing 747-8 that Trump was touring in West Palm Beach, Florida, February 15, 2025.

Mike Huckabee speaks out on Iran, US diplomacy, and his Israeli vision - opinion

"Israel doesn’t have to ask our permission. They’re a sovereign nation. Israel doesn’t have to ask the United States 'Hey, can we defend ourselves?'"

The writer interviews US Ambassador Mike Huckabee.

Some Republicans voice concern over Trump's plan to accept Qatari plane

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to block all of Trump's nominees to the Justice Department until the agency reports what it knows about the Qatari offer.

 The motorcade of US President Donald Trump is parked next to a 12-year old Qatari-owned Boeing 747-8 that Trump was touring in West Palm Beach, Florida, February 15, 2025.

Israel should form cyber defense pact against Iran, outgoing cyber chief tells 'Post' - exclusive

Outgoing Israel cyber chief Gaby Portnoy talks to JPost in his first exit interview about Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, US, Russia, China, and Arab allies.

 An Iranian flag is seen on a computer's CPU (illustrative)