The State Department said Friday it had provided “information and support” to over 25,000 people in Israel, the West Bank or Iran seeking guidance on what to do and how to get out.When pressed on the matter during a State Department briefing Friday afternoon, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce declined to go into further detail about how many of those 25,000 people are American citizens or any other breakdown of the number.

Several provisions in the Senate GOP’s version of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” have run afoul of Senate rules and must be stripped if Republicans want to pass the package without the help of Democrats.The bill is undergoing what’s called a “Byrd Bath,” when the parliamentarian meticulously combs through each section of the mammoth bill to determine whether policies comport with the Senate’s Byrd Rule.

Governor Gavin Newsom said in an official statement that he is disappointed in the Ninth Circuit Court’s decision to allow President Trump to retain control of the California National Guard, but is touting one aspect of the court ruling as a victory. Writing on X early Friday morning, the Democratic governor proclaimed that Trump is “not a king and not above the law.

In a unanimous ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, President Donald Trump was allowed to keep control of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles.The ruling stays the lower court order that ordered command of the troops back to California Gov. Gavin Newsom.A president hasn’t made a decision about the deployment of a National Guard without the permission of the state’s governor since 1965.

President Donald Trump is contemplating whether to order U.S. strikes on Iran and will make a decision within two weeks, White House officials said Thursday, capping days of intense speculation about the president’s plan in the region – and touching off new fears of escalation, retaliation, and long-term engagement in another foreign conflict.Trump spent much of the week musing publicly about the prospect of involving the U.S.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s office said Thursday that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) hate crime unit is investigating a car bomb threat made against him, despite not owning a car.”After multiple death threats and racist messages, Assembly Mamdani’s office is participating in an ongoing investigation by the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force,” a statement from the mayoral candidate’s office read.

After a week of intense speculation about whether President Donald Trump will launch a strike on Iran in support of Israel’s efforts to eliminate the country’s nuclear weapons program, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced there is a “substantial chance” for renewed negotiations.This comes as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is reportedly scheduled to meet with European leaders in Geneva Friday.