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Trump to make decision on getting US involved in Israel-Iran conflict, White House says

Citing a message from Trump, White House Press Secretary told reporters: "Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran."

 L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.
 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump arrives to attend a G7 summit on Sunday at the Rocky Mountain resort town of Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. What Trump says is often meant to distract attention from what he’s actually doing, according to the writer.

Trump's truths: What you hear ain’t what you get - opinion

 Home Front Command soldiers operate and assist at the scenes of an Iranian missile attack across Israel, June 15, 2025.

Israel, Iran conflict to last 'weeks, not days' CNN reports

 US President Donald Trump speaks as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves following a meeting in the White House, in Washington, U.S., April 7, 2025.

Trump holds phone call with Netanyahu on Iran, trying to 'avoid death and destruction'


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).

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

"The claim the BBC took down a story after reviewing footage is completely wrong," the British state broadcaster said in response to Leavitt.

Illustrative image of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

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

Hostage families met with US officials at the White House to push for the release of loved ones. Officials also condemned the recent terror attack in Colorado.

 The Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters

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

Hamas described Matthew Miller’s comments as a “significant admission that condemns the occupation and exposes its crimes.”

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)

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