
President Donald Trump said he held a “very good” call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, discussing the Ukraine war and the escalating conflict in the Middle East as the United States continues military operations against Iran. ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned recent attacks by Iran and Iran-aligned militia groups in Iraq during calls with Iraqi and German leaders, the State Department said. ...

US Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon Monday said foreign visitors in the United States — including students on college campuses — must obey American laws or risk losing the right to remain in the country. ...

US President Donald Trump centred his latest warning to Iran on the Strait of Hormuz, saying any attempt to block or disrupt the vital oil route would trigger overwhelming American retaliation. ...

The United States designated Afghanistan as a “State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention,” with Secretary of State Marco Rubio accusing the Taliban of detaining Americans and other foreign nationals to extract concessions. ...

US lawmakers sharply split over President Donald Trump’s decision to launch military action against Iran, with senior Republicans defending the move as necessary for national security while Democrats warned it was an unauthorised war that could drive up economic costs and deepen instability in the Middle East. ...

Democratic lawmakers in the United States sharply criticised President Donald Trump’s war with Iran as gasoline prices surge nationwide, urging the White House to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ease pressure on American families. ...

A group of senior Democratic lawmakers has called for a full investigation into an apparent strike on an Iranian girls’ school that reportedly killed at least 175 people, most of them children. ...

US Vice President JD Vance shared a deeply personal story about firefighters helping his family during his childhood, telling a gathering of firefighters in the nation's capital that emergency responders once saved his mother’s life during her struggle with opioid addiction. ...

US President Donald Trump used a closed-door address to House Republicans in Florida to mix wartime rhetoric with election-year politics, praising US military action against Iran and pressing lawmakers to rally behind what he called the “Save America Act”. ...