Overview
- Trump said talks with Tehran will continue and indicated a deal would be his preference, following his discussion with Netanyahu.
- Reported by the Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon has told a second aircraft carrier strike group to prepare for possible deployment to the Middle East to join the USS Abraham Lincoln.
- Netanyahu’s office said he pressed Israel’s security needs in the context of the negotiations and that close coordination with Washington will continue.
- A bipartisan group of 23 senators introduced a resolution condemning Iran’s crackdown on protesters and efforts to cut off internet access.
- Religious Liberty Commissioner Carrie Prejean Boller was removed after a contentious antisemitism hearing where she declared herself anti‑Zionist, according to commission chair Dan Patrick.