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President Donald Trump met Monday with top national security officials to discuss potential next steps in the U.S. war against Iran, according to three U.S. officials.

The United States and Iran have maintained a ceasefire since early April, though Trump called it "unbelievably weak" as both nations continue exchanging attacks.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing for a high-stakes summit this week.

Despite the event being viewed as a potential turning point for ending the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, reports Axios, Trump arrives without a negotiated agreement after months of failed diplomatic efforts.

Journalist Alisa Valdes-Rodríguez alleged President Donald Trump needed Jeffrey Epstein dead, granting William Barr's Department of Justice the ability to create the conditions enabling the disgraced financier's death in 2019.

Valdes-Rodríguez published her latest reporting on her Substack.

President Donald Trump attacked two of his own Supreme Court appointees in a Truth Social post, after Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett joined a 6-3 majority striking down his tariff agenda as unconstitutional.

Trump wrote, he "loves" Gorsuch but criticized his vote as "devastating" and "hurtful to our Country," while expressing similar frustration with Barrett, emphasizing they "have hurt our Country so badly."

The Washington Post's editorial board accused Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of "using the coercive power of government to substitute his judgment," for that of doctors and patients regarding hospital meal planning.

RFK Jr.'s team is threatening to cut off federal funding for hospitals serving items with excessive added sugar, including Jell-O, fruit juice, Cheerios, and Ensure protein shakes.

A 19-year-old New York man said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, or ICE agents, beat him on a Bronx street on Wednesday before admitting they had targeted the wrong person.

Jeury Concepción required stitches and suffered a concussion following the encounter.

Jeffrey Epstein's brother, Mark Epstein, disputed the authenticity of an alleged suicide note released Wednesday after being sealed for nearly seven years.

Mark Epstein told the National Enquirer that if his brother intended to end his life, "he would've written it 'to somebody,' not just a blanket statement saying goodbye."

Virginia's Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on Friday that the state's Democratic-led legislature violated procedural requirements when placing a constitutional amendment on the ballot authorizing mid-decade redistricting.

Justice D. Arthur Kelsey wrote, “This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders it null and void,” striking down the narrowly approved measure enacted two weeks earlier in response to gerrymandering in GOP-led states.

Emmy award-winning "60 Minutes" correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi has hired high-profile litigator Bryan Freedman before her contract with CBS News expires at the end of the month, with little chance of renewal.

The departure follows a public clash with newly appointed CBS News head Bari Weiss, who killed Alfonsi's "Inside CECOT" investigation hours before airing. The segment examined controversial deportations to an El Salvador prison.

Former Homeland Security Chief of Staff Miles Taylor warned Friday that President Donald Trump may invoke a secret "Doomsday Book" containing pre-drafted executive orders hidden in a secure White House location.

Created under the Eisenhower administration to maintain government continuity following a nuclear attack, the book grants presidential powers to censor the press, detain civilians, suspend communications, and enact martial law.

Emmanuel Saez, the UC Berkeley economist who designed California's proposed billionaire wealth tax, accused the Washington Post and owner Jeff Bezos of publishing "misinformation" about the measure.

Saez criticized a Post editorial board piece arguing the tax would cost California billions in lost revenue due to a billionaire exodus, claiming the analysis contains "glaring falsehoods" and omits key details.

President Donald Trump responded angrily to ABC News senior correspondent Rachel Scott's question about his focus on renovation projects in Washington, D.C., during an ongoing war in Iran and rising gas prices.

Scott asked, "Why focus on all these projects as gas prices soar?" Trump defended the work, stating, "I want to keep our country beautiful and safe."

Republicans in Iowa are moving to restrict the governor's emergency powers, signaling concern that Democratic state auditor Rob Sand could become the state's first Democratic governor in two decades.

Sand is campaigning on economic struggles, population decline, and health crises, arguing Republican leadership has failed Iowans, according to The New York Times.