Tony Blair and Jared Kushner participated in a meeting on Gaza at the White House on Wednesday and presented President Trump with ideas for a post-war plan, two sources with knowledge tell Axios.
The meeting also included a discussion of how to increase aid flows into Gaza, which is facing a famine.
Why it matters: A "day-after" plan for Gaza will be a key component of any diplomatic initiative to end a war that has killed more than 62,000 Palestinians over two years of fighting.
Denmark's foreign minister summoned a top U.S. diplomat on Wednesday following reports that Americans linked to President Trump allegedly carried out covert influence operations in Greenland, multipleoutletsreported.
Why it matters: Trump has been insistent about his desire to take control of the Danish territory, and has not ruled out military force to seize the world's largest island from one of the U.S.'s longtime allies.
President Trump's 50% tariffs on India took effect on Wednesday amid Indian officials urging citizens to buy more products made in the country.
Why it matters: The long-standing U.S. ally now faces some of the highest tariffs that Trump has imposed anywhere in the world, and the highest in Asia, over India's purchases of Russian oil.
MAGA is outraged over President Trump's announcement that he'll allow 600,000 Chinese students to attend U.S. universities, which touches on several of the movement's most potent third rails.
Why it matters: Trump's base is perpetually wary of Beijing's influence in the U.S., obsessed with protecting American jobs from foreigners, and hostile toward what it sees as "woke" ideology in higher education.
A Chinese trade official is due to visit the U.S. in coming days, but that will not be a prelude to future negotiations or a meeting of the countries' leaders, a source familiar with the negotiations tells Axios.
Why it matters: Talks between the world's two largest economies are in a delicate state. A tariff truce is holding, but pressure is increasing on both sides over issues ranging from tech to agriculture.
Top editors from Reuters and the Associated Press on Tuesday sent a joint letter to Israeli officials demanding a "clear explanation" for airstrikes on a Gaza hospital that killed five journalists on Monday.
Why it matters: The deaths underscore growing fears that Israel's Gaza campaign is endangering journalists at unprecedented levels, threatening global press freedom.
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran on Tuesday of orchestrating at least two antisemitic attacks on the country and said he's expelling the Iranian ambassador to Canberra as a result.
The big picture: Albanese said at a briefing that officials from Australia's spy agency had "credible intelligence" that Tehran likely directed more attacks in addition to the one in Sydney and the one in Melbourne last year.
