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Trump says Israel and Lebanon’s leaders will speak on Thursday  Al Jazeera Trump says Israel and Lebanon leaders to hold talks after first high-level meeting in decades  CNBC Trump says Israeli and Lebanese leaders will speak on Thursday  The Times of Israel Hopes

President Trump’s attack on Pope Leo has touched off an argument about a framework for determining when war is justified.

Trump says he’ll fire Powell next month if he stays in his role at the Fed  CNN

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is appearing before the House Ways and Means Committee to testify about his agency’s priorities Thursday.

A large fire has broken out at one of Australia’s two operating oil refineries – prompting fears over the country’s petrol supplies amid global disruption caused by the Middle East conflict.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has delivered a sustained attack on her conservative colleagues’ use of emergency orders to benefit the Trump administration, calling the orders “scratch-paper musings” that can “seem oblivious and thus ring hollow.”

Live updates: Iran threatens shipping in Gulf and Red Sea  NBC News

Pakistan’s army chief met Wednesday in Tehran with Iran’s foreign minister in the latest diplomatic move to ease tensions in the Middle East and arrange a second round of negotiations between the United States and Iran after almost seven weeks of war.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters at a White House briefing Wednesday that the U.S. plans to ramp up economic pain on Iran, and said the new moves will be the “financial equivalent” of a bombing campaign.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters at a White House briefing Wednesday that the U.S. plans to ramp up economic pain on Iran, and said the new moves will be the “financial equivalent” of a bombing campaign.