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Harmeet Dhillon, the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, resigned Thursday, the first senior official to step down after Democrats’ midterm sweep.
President Trump signed a proclamation Thursday designating the Oval Office and Cabinet Room as national monuments, a move he says will prevent future administrations from undoing his renovations.
The United States reportedly carried out limited strikes on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first publicly known attack on Iranian territory in weeks, as President Trump signalled progress toward a negotiated end to the eight-month war.
President Trump said the war with Iran will end ‘soon’ and that the United States is not ‘in that much of a hurry’ to sign a deal, as Washington and Gulf states opened a renewed diplomatic push.
A federal judge in Miami threw out President Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch, ruling he had not proved actual malice.
Russia released Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired American teacher jailed on mercenary charges, as President Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff opened talks with Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg.
