U.S. troop posture
Pentagon to withdraw 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany
The drawdown is expected over six to 12 months and comes as Trump clashes with Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other NATO allies over the war with Iran
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- U.S.-Iran standoff Why Trump’s Iran blockade may not break Tehran’s oil industry this week Analysts say Iran has enough storage to avoid the immediate field damage Trump warned about, even as the blockade squeezes revenue and drives up oil prices
- Iran policy State Department rebukes Wendy Sherman after Trump Iran criticism The former Obama Iran negotiator said Trump lacks a strategy; a department spokesperson answered that she has “no credibility” on Tehran
- Iran war Trump warns Iran to make a deal as Pentagon puts war cost at $25 billion The standoff over Iranian ports and the Strait of Hormuz is drawing sharper public threats from Washington and Tehran, while lawmakers press the Pentagon for answers on cost, duration and strategy
EPA science
NYT: Trump Administration Is Dismantling EPA Research Office
The report says a prestigious EPA science office that operated for decades with insulation from political pressure is now being taken apart
Peru Politics
Disputed Jet Deal Shakes Peru’s Government After U.S. Pressure
Pressure from Washington helped push the agreement forward, triggering resignations and renewed questions over Peru’s sovereignty
Middle East diplomacy
U.S.-Iran diplomacy stalls after Trump cancels Islamabad envoy trip
Witkoff and Kushner had been expected in Pakistan for talks, but Trump said negotiations can happen by phone as Iran’s foreign minister continued a regional tour
Immigration
Only one Trump ‘gold card’ visa approved so far, Lutnick says
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told lawmakers hundreds of applicants are waiting after the administration opened the $1 million residency program in December
Federal death penalty
Justice Department moves to add firing squads to federal executions
A DOJ memo directs the Bureau of Prisons to broaden death-penalty protocols with pentobarbital injections and firing squads as the Trump administration seeks to restart federal capital punishment