Author: Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY

Jared Kushner,Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday even as Israel faced an unprecedented political stalemate.

The new weapons sales– worth $8.1 billion – has sparked a fierce backlash from lawmakers who say it’s an ‘end-run’ around Congress.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Tuesday briefed members of the House and Senate behind closed doors.

An Iranian military leader told proxy militias: “We are getting ready to have a proxy war and target Americans,” a top GOP lawmaker said Friday.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the Kremlin’s election interference as well as new friction over Iran, Venezuela and arms control.

Trump administration plans range of U.S. military options in Venezuela after the country’s U.S.-backed opposition leader failed to oust the president.

Pompeo met with Iraq’s defense andintelligence chiefs, as well as the country’s foreign minister and several other officials.

The measurewould have ended U.S. intelligence and targeting assistance to the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

Juan Guaido’s surprise move could be a make-or-break moment in the long-simmering struggle for power in Venezuela.

Baghdadi praisedthe Sri Lanka attackers and called those deadly bombings revengefor ISIS’ defeat in Syria, according to SITE IntelligenceGroup.