Iran launched a large-scale retaliatory drone attack against Israel on Saturday, an unprecedented move that ramps up fears of a broader war in the Middle East as tensions in the region escalate. The Israeli Defense Force said that the "vast majority" of Iranian missiles were intercepted with the help of Israeli allies, including the U.S. President Joe Biden is in contact with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and has pledged America's full support.
Despite Donald Trump's repeated, unsuccessful attempts to delay the proceedings, the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president is set to begin tomorrow with jury selection, which could prove crucial to the historic case. The presumptive GOP nominee has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Likely witnesses in the case include Stormy Daniels, Hope Hicks and Michael Cohen, according to a list obtained by NBC News. While criminal trial preparations were underway, former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg was sentenced Wednesday to five months in prison after pleading guilty to committing perjury in the Trump civil fraud case.
On Tuesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene released a furious five-page letter in which she doubled down on her threat to oust Mike Johnson from his position as House speaker, a move that could cause unprecedented levels of chaos for Republicans during an election year. With his speakership at risk, Johnson joined Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago on Friday to deliver remarks about "election integrity." During the event, the two men found common ground by peddling demonstrably false claims about non-citizens voting.
Arizona's Supreme Court decision this week to reinstate an 1864 law that bans almost all abortions in the state sparked outrage and confusion, and could have potentially harmful political consequences for Republicans in the fall. Vice President Kamala Harris visited the state on Friday to deliver a fiery speech directly calling out "the architect" of the nation's reproductive health crisis: Donald Trump.
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