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President Donald Trump has denied any U.S. involvement in a strike that resulted in the death of 175 people at a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran, instead placing blame on the Iranian government for the attack. In a separate development, a Pakistani man has been convicted by a jury of plotting to kill President Trump and other prominent U.S. politicians in an Iran-backed plot on American soil.

President Trump, along with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and First Lady Melania Trump attended the dignified transfer for the six U.S. soldiers who were killed in Kuwait. In international affairs, President Trump delivered remarks at the inaugural “Shield of the Americas” summit, where he unveiled a historic military coalition while vowing to use “lethal military force” to dismantle cartels he called a “cancer” on the Western Hemisphere.

On Capitol Hill, the House passed a bill on Thursday to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through September. The House Committee on Appropriations issued a statement asserting that the passage demonstrates “bipartisan support for protecting the nation” while blaming the standoff on a “Senate Democrat-instigated shutdown.”

In domestic politics, the aging “pillars” of the Democratic establishment gathered at the “House of Hope” to bid farewell to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., turning a “Celebration of Hope” into a high-profile reunion of political figures who have defined the party for the last thirty years.

Briefing Provided by: The Operation Freedom Press Corps