President Donald Trump is expected to declare during his upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia that the United States will begin using alternative names for the Persian Gulf — either “Arabian Gulf” or “Gulf of Arabia” — according to two American officials who spoke with The Associated Press.
This decision aligns with long-standing efforts by Arab nations to have the name of the waterway, which borders southern Iran, reflect their regional identity. Iran, on the other hand, continues to insist on the traditional name that highlights its historical significance.

Columbia University revealed on Tuesday that nearly 180 employees will lose their jobs, following the Trump administration’s move to freeze $400 million in federal funding, according to The Associated Press.
The decision to suspend the funding came in March, after the federal government raised concerns over how Columbia responded to campus protests targeting Israel.
In a statement released to the public, the university explained that the affected jobs amount to about 20% of positions previously funded through the halted federal grants.

Iran was behind US President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement on Tuesday that the US military is halting its military operations against the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen after the terror group indicated it will end its attacks against US ships. According to two Iranian officials quoted by The New York Times, Iran pressured the Houthis to halt their attacks as part of the Islamic Republic’s current efforts to reach a nuclear deal with the US. Following Trump’s announcement, Oman, which is mediating the US-Iranian talks, said that it mediated the ceasefire deal between the Houthis and the US. The Houthis’ attacks on Israel were not addressed in the deal, and the terror group said that it will continue its attacks on “Israeli” ships.

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Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Tuesday voiced strong support for Israel’s right to take decisive steps in response to Houthi aggression, urging the Jewish state to act firmly in its self-defense.
His remarks followed President Donald Trump’s announcement that an understanding had been reached with the Houthis in which they would cease attacks on American ships, and in return, the United States would suspend its military operations targeting the group.
Shortly afterward, the Houthis clarified that while they would halt attacks on U.S. interests, they had no intention of ceasing their strikes against Israel.

New federal statistics show a steep decrease in the number of times the FBI searched a vast foreign intelligence repository for information about Americans and others in the United States last year. The number of “U.S. person queries” plunged from 57,094 in 2023 to 5,518 in 2024, according to the report published Monday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The report details the use of a surveillance program, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, that allows the U.S. government to collect without a warrant the communications of targeted foreigners located in other countries — including when they are in contact with Americans or other people inside the U.S.