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As Vance gives interviews on every possible network to promote the memorandum of understanding with Tehran, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has disappeared from the public diplomacy campaign. This dynamic exposes a fierce battle inside the Republican Party: between those who believe war with Iran is necessary, and the isolationist current of the MAGA movement, which accuses the Israeli lobby of dragging America into unnecessary conflicts.

The US president is considering firing senior officials who opposed the nuclear agreement with Iran, among them War Secretary Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe. And who is making sure to preserve the president’s honor and, for now, avoiding danger?

A senior White House official said in a briefing that the chances of signing an agreement in the coming days stand at 80%-85%. According to the official, Iran will be required to destroy its stockpile of enriched uranium, dismantle parts of its nuclear program and commit not to developing nuclear weapons. In return, it will receive only phased economic relief, based on its compliance with its commitments. 

The Washington Post reported that State Department officials warned Bogotá that a joint event with the New York mayor would violate Petro's visa terms and could get him arrested; hours later, speaking from the Security Council chair, he invoked the Nazi era.

Pictures from the meeting showed Braslavski speaking with the president and posing for photos with him in the Oval Office. It was the former hostage’s first visit to the White House, after he did not join the delegation of released hostages who visited in November 2025 because of his mental state following his release.

As Jewish donors pull funding from elite US universities whose campuses had become breeding grounds for the anti-Israel narrative, a cohort of Harvard's Kennedy School fellows is bringing the Israeli voice to America's most storied campus, emphasizing this is not the time "to give up a seat at the table."

Suspect, the son of the victim's partner, taken into custody and held on $2 million bail.