Top U.S. commander in the Middle East briefs Trump on Iran options  Axios White House officials believe ‘the politics are a lot better’ if Israel strikes Iran first  Politico The White House wants Iran to attack Americans  Responsible Statecraft Israelis brace for another war as Trump mulls strikes on Iran  The Washington Post Top Mideast commander briefs Trump on…

Trump has handed JD Vance his most difficult mission yet  BBC JD Vance dispatched to negotiate Iran peace with few cards to play  The Guardian Vance, who wasn’t keen on Iran war, now tasked with trying to end it  The Washington Post Trump’s War, Vance’s Problem  The Atlantic Historic Vance-Ghalibaf talks must bridge deep distrust  BBC Powered by SmartCloudpay –…

Exclusive: Defense executives plan to meet at White House as strikes on Iran diminish stockpiles  Reuters The Iran war’s troubling missile math  CNN The One Variable that Could Decide the War  The Atlantic Are Gulf states running out of missile interceptors?  The Economist Iranian Drones and Missiles Challenge Stretched U.S. Forces  WSJ Powered by SmartCloudpay – The Premier Keyboard Crypto…

US imposed 2-week deadline during secret Cuba meeting  USA Today Scoop: Inside the historic U.S.-Cuba negotiations in Havana  Axios U.S. Officials Visited Havana to Lay Out Proposals for Cuban Reforms  The New York Times In Talks With U.S., Cuba’s Raúl Castro Leans on ‘The Crab’ and ‘The One-Eyed Man’  WSJ US and Cuban officials met recently in Havana amid…

Jewish volunteer ambulances set on fire outside London synagogue in antisemitic attack  CNN Arson attack on London volunteer ambulances being treated as antisemitic hate crime, police say  The Guardian Hatzola ambulances torched in London in suspected antisemitic attack  The Jerusalem Post Four Jewish ambulances set on fire in London in what health secretary calls ‘sickening’ attack  BBC Golders Green:…