Optimism and confusion were intermingled on Friday as President Trump suggested an end to the conflict in Iran was within reach, even as many of his claims were met with silence or murmurs of dissent from Tehran.
The war is at an inflection point, seven weeks after it was launched by the United States and Israel. But its new trajectory is shrouded in doubt. No actual peace deal exists and the key points of contention are far from resolved. The Memo is a reported column by Niall Stanage.
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick blasted Canada’s trade strategy, stating “they suck,” during Semafor’s World Economy Summit on Friday.
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Iran announced Friday morning that the Strait of Hormuz is “completely” open amid the temporary ceasefire reached between Israel and Lebanon.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday that the Trump administration is looking into whether there may be a link among nearly a dozen American scientists who have reportedly died or gone missing in the past almost three years. Read more. |
Former President Obama is ramping up pressure in Virginia to have voters support the state’s redistricting measure and give Democratic candidates a stronger chance in the November midterm elections, telling Virginians, “we’re counting on you.” Read more. |
The Senate on Friday passed a 10-day extension of the nation’s warrantless spy powers, approving a House plan hatched on the floor after a chaotic rejection of a package negotiated with skeptics.
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After being held in a U.S. immigration detention facility for the past 16 days, an elderly French woman returned home to France on Friday.
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Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) grilled Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about President Trump’s mental fitness Friday, pressing him about some of Trump’s recent social media posts.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Friday that he was “furious” that he did not know former Labour Party minister Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting before becoming the United Kingdom’s top diplomat in Washington.
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