On Tuesday morning, the U.S. military spotted Israeli jets flying east toward the Gulf. The U.S. sought clarification, but by the time Israel provided it missiles were already in the air, three U.S. officials say.
Behind the scenes: The news stunned the White House and infuriated some of Trump's top advisers because it came as the U.S. was waiting for Hamas to respond to President Trump's new proposal for peace in Gaza.
TelevisaUnivision, one of two major Spanish-language broadcasters in the U.S., has unveiled a new consumer ad campaign warning customers that YouTube parent Google plans to remove Univision from YouTube's core offering and move it to a Spanish-language package at an extra cost.
Why it matters: TelevisaUnivision is framing the move as a "Hispanic Tax" that makes Google look "evil."
AI tools are helping Russia scale up its disinformation campaign against Ukraine, according new PeakMetrics data shared first with Axios.
Why it matters: Security experts have warned that we're only at the tip of the iceberg in terms of how AI is improving foreign adversaries' disinformation campaigns.
Israel conducted an air strike on Tuesday to try and assassinate Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar.
Why it matters: The assassination attempt in the Qatari capital comes amid a renewed U.S. effort to reach a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. This was the first time Israel has ever struck inside Qatar, which is more than 1,000 miles away.
A top South Korean official warned Tuesday that key elements of the country's trade deal with the U.S. are at risk, amid a dispute over how to deploy a $350 billion investment fund.
Why it matters: Tensions between the two allies could boil over quickly, as the trade dispute compounds with the fallout from last week's ICE raid at a Hyundai-linked battery plant in Georgia.
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a federal judge's order requiring the Trump administration to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests without probable cause in Los Angeles.
Why it matters: The temporary restraining order allowing for sweeping ICE raids that critics say is "blatant racial profiling" to continue is a win for the administration as President Trump plans to escalate immigration enforcement in other Democrat-run cities, including Chicago and Boston.
Suspected Chinese hackers impersonated the chair of the House China Select Committee in emails to people involved in ongoing U.S.-China trade policy negotiations as part of a spying campaign, a House panel said Monday.
Why it matters: The fraudulent emails were sent to a wide range of individuals, including those at U.S. government agencies, business groups, D.C. law firms and think tanks and at least one foreign government.
In a sign of his growing influence on Middle East policy, Jared Kushner joined White House envoy Steve Witkoff for a meeting on Monday in Miami with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's top adviser Ron Dermer, according to a U.S. official and a source with knowledge.
Why it matters: The meeting was to discuss a new U.S. proposal for ending the war and for what will come after peace is achieved. The White House is trying to reach a deal before Israel launches a massive planned offensive to occupy Gaza City.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow it to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid funding frozen, a lawyer for the plaintiffs confirmed to Axios.
The big picture: The emergency filing follows a federal judge's recentorder that the administration release the billions approved by Congress.
Fiscal jitters have driven the French government to collapse for the second time in less than a year.
Why it matters: What happens in Paris might be a warning to the rest of the world about investors' new aversion to large deficits — and the political crises that come with trying to address it.
A surge of recent licensing deals for Chinese drugs is sending new signals that the U.S. could be toppled as the world's biotech leader.
Why it matters: A decade-long national strategy to develop its biopharmaceutical industry has left China in a position to deliver medical products faster and cheaper.
