Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales resigned from Congress Tuesday, moments before their House colleagues were prepared to set in motion their removal.

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Pope Leo XIV strongly pushed back against criticism from US President Donald Trump, defending his position of seeking peace and rejecting violence amid the Iran war.

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The Artemis II crew landed safely back on earth after traveling farther from earth than anyone in human history. Plus, a former staffer of Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, says that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated and left her bruised and bleeding, an allegation Swalwell strongly denies. 

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President Trump warned Iran against charging tolls to oil tankers in the key shipping lane. Abu Dhabi’s oil chief said the strait is “not open” as few vessels make it through the waterway.

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed shipping through the critical Strait of Hormuz stopped following what it said was an Israeli ceasefire violation in Lebanon. The White House previously said the ceasefire would continue if the strait stays open.

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Missile attacks were reported across the Gulf region and Israel shortly after President Donald Trump announced he’d agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran. An official says that the US military has paused strikes on Iran, but Israel is still carrying out strikes, an Israeli military spokesperson said.

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President Donald Trump said Iran could be “taken out in one night,” which “might” be Tuesday — a deadline he set for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. He wouldn’t say whether the war is winding down, calling it a “critical period” that depends on Iran’s actions.

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The status of a US service member remains unknown after an F-15 fighter jet was shot down over Iran. The jet’s other crew member was rescued, US sources told CNN. Iran also struck a second US military plane Friday, forcing the pilot to eject outside Iranian territory, according to a US official.

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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who President Donald Trump tapped Thursday to ⁠serve as the interim head of the Justice Department⁠, managed the day-to-day operations of the department over the past year, often taking a more public-facing role when Pam Bondi was in hot water with White House officials.

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A fully loaded Kuwaiti tanker in Dubai waters was hit by a drone attack, triggering fears of an oil spill, as Trump again threatened to blow up Iran’s energy sources if the Hormuz Strait isn’t reopened fully. Meanwhile, least two people were killed in a US-Israeli strike on an orphanage in Iran, state media reported.

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