Secretary of State Marco Rubio told G7 foreign ministers on Friday that the war with Iran will continue for another two to four weeks, three sources with direct knowledge tell Axios. Why it matters: Rubio also claimed during Friday's meeting in France that the U.S. was close to holding serious negotiations with Iran. At the same time, thousands more troops are heading to the region and the administration is considering escalatory options that would involve ground forces. - Rubio stressed that the U.S. is determined to achieve all of its objectives in the war. Inside the room: Rubio told his G7 counterparts that the U.S. is still communicating with Iran through mediators, rather than directly, the three sources said. - He said there is…
Representative Sam Graves, the chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said he would leave Congress after nearly three decades, the latest sign that the G.O.P. is bracing for big losses.
Hardline House conservatives are threatening to sink a Senate-passed DHS funding bill , escalating a standoff that's already kept the agency shut down for more than five weeks. Why it matters: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is staring down a messy path to funding the Department of Homeland Security with no easy off-ramp. - "It is absolutely offensive to the people that we represent that the Senate would send over a bill that doesn't fund Border Patrol and the four core components of ICE," Freedom Caucus member Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said Friday morning. - "Could the Senate be any more lazy than to send to us a bill that doesn't do the job and then leave town?" Roy added. - GOP leadership has not yet said how they plan to proceed,…
The FX show, which dramatizes the relationship between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, has inspired a legion of younger viewers to dig into the couple’s past and 1990s New York City.
The Trump administration is weighing declaring Brazil’s two largest drug gangs terrorist groups, after lobbying by the sons of jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro.