Many Democrats had already questioned Platner's fitness for office before Politico reported on Monday that a woman accused him of forcing her to have sex with him nearly ⁠five years ago.

In January, US President Donald Trump told the Iranian people that help was coming; six months later, they deserve more than silence, bargaining, and regret.

Emanuel, most recently the US ambassador to Japan, is considering a presidential run in 2028. He is a former US congressman from Illinois as well as a former Chicago Mayor.

His remarks followed David Zini's comments, in which he explained why he accepted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offer to serve as head of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency).

Emanuel's argument has been made before and sits at the crossroads of which policy works best in the US-Israel relationship: whether Israel needs more “tough love" or unconditional love.

Kuwait said its armed forces had engaged with a cruise missile, three ballistic missiles and 10 drones in its airspace, and that one person had been injured from falling shrapnel.

Bassam Hussein, a project management professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, made the comments during an April 21 lecture.

In its report, COGAT stated that the amount of food and other humanitarian supplies entering the Gaza Strip between October 2025 and June 2026 had "significantly exceeded" amounts set by the UN.