The U.S. on Wednesday vetoed a draft UN security council resolution demanding "an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza."
Why it matters: This was the first time the U.S. used its veto power to blocks UN security council resolutions on the war in Gaza during the second Trump administration.
President Trump said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him he will "have to respond" to the massive Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's strategic air bases.
Why it matters: Trump has been pushing Russia and Ukraine to end the war for four months, but after the call with Putin he admitted that "it was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace."
Muslims from around the world travel to participate in the Hajj each year, an annual sacred pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
The big picture: The deeply spiritual journey, which every able-bodied and financially capable Muslim is expected to undertakeat least once, is one of the five pillars of Islam
During a trip to Poland, Attorney General Pam Bondi helped ensure the expulsion of a suspect charged Wednesday in a deadly car bomb attack on a California fertility clinic, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: The May 18 car-bombing of the clinic, which killed the chief suspect, was one of the highest-profile attacks yet by what authorities say is a rising movement of people opposed to in-vitro fertilization clinics.
President Trump accused Iran of "slow-walking their decision" in nuclear negotiations on Wednesday hours after Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei criticized the U.S. proposal for a deal.
Why it matters: Khamenei's speech foreshadowed the official Iranian response to the U.S. proposal, which American officials expect will be negative.
Ukraine on Sunday targeted Russian air bases as far from the front lines as Siberia using cheap, explosive drones sprung from semi-trucks.
If you didn't already appreciate the utility and consequence of small unmanned aerial vehicles, you should now.
The big picture: Just as theadoption of the Minié ball made the Civil War far deadlier, the proliferation of inexpensive drones is making military assets everywhere, including in the U.S., more vulnerable.
American manufacturers are having pandemic flashbacks: some say tariff disruptions are starting to stack up to the COVID era, with nearly as much difficulty securing critical inputs.
Why it matters: Tariffs were supposed to spur a manufacturing renaissance, not bring the manufacturing economy to a grinding halt.
President Trump formally asked Congress on Tuesday to rescind $9.4 billion in already approved funding for foreign aid and the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funds NPR and PBS.
Why it matters: The rescissions package is an attempt to codify DOGE-driven cuts amid a wider push from the Trump administration to target news organizations perceived to be biased against Republicans.
Wildfires in Canada have forced thousands of residents to evacuate in three provinces, impacting air quality in the U.S. — and smoke from the deadly fires has even blown across the Atlantic and reached parts of Europe.
The big picture: The fires that killed two people in Manitoba have been hitting air quality across the country and into the U.S. for days, with the latest alerts affecting Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and parts of Michigan on Tuesday.
