Trump said, “Let them take out Los Angeles.” The White House says he was misunderstood.

Trump said, “Let them take out Los Angeles.” The White House says he was misunderstood.

India’s finance minister says trade talks with Washington may have hit a plateau. A sanctions law Trump signed has a date attached.

French police have held 5,060 people in the school protests. 87 percent were minors.

Pakistan and Türkiye will send forces to Saudi Arabia. A US Marine is in Japanese custody on suspicion of robbing and killing a woman.

Israel’s Golani Brigade has left southern Lebanon. Spain is going to the polls. Every crossing into the West Bank and Gaza is shut.


Four hundred French high schools shut down on Friday, but Paris is NOT on fire.
The G7 released 100 million barrels of diesel reserves, Washington included, after Trump’s export-ban threat was rejected outright and American inventories hit a multi-year low of their own.
