Trump Counts 13 Dead in 'Operation Epic Fury' in Memorial Day Address
The presidential proclamation named the Iran war operation and counted American dead in a White House document for the first time — institutional naming, not just senatorial.
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Cornyn-Paxton Runoff Goes to Voters Tuesday Before Senate's Iran Vote
Memorial Day quiet on the Senate war-authorization clock met a Texas runoff Tuesday whose result decides which incumbent is around to face the June 1 vote.
Trump Posts on Iran Saturday, Says Nothing on Russia's Kyiv Strike
Trump posted 'largely negotiated' Saturday evening on Iran; produced no Truth Social on Sunday morning's Kyiv attack; the asymmetry is the policy.
Cornyn-Paxton Runoff Tuesday Heads Into Senate's Second Iran Vote
Memorial Day is the holiday between Trump's Texas endorsement and the Republican primary that decides whether a sitting senator survives to vote on Iran a week later.
Blanche Marks Six Weeks as Acting Attorney General; No Cannon Nominee
Memorial Day Monday is fifty-three days into the 210-day clock — no nominee, no withdrawal, no Senate paperwork, and a docket that keeps getting fuller.
Vance's May 19 Comment Is White House's Only Word Before A.I. Encyclical
The full Vance quote — 'some influence' plus 'pro-innovation' plus he hasn't read it — is the entire Trump administration record on the encyclical as the text publishes.