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JD Vance’s key role in Iran talks presents him with a thorny predicament

Pope Leo, is discovering the difficulties of living up to that standard while serving a mercurial political master who is waging a war Vance once cautioned against. “Jesus Christ does not support genocide,” [a heckler

Uncertainty looms as last oil tanker from Middle East arrives in California | First Thing

Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday** following Donald Trump’s repeated [attacks on the first North American pontiff](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/marco-rubio-to-meet-pope-at-the-vatican-after-trump-attacks-on-pontiff). - **A Moscow university is playing a key role in training operatives in Russian

As Meloni’s hold over Italy weakens, a progressive challenger gathers momentum in Genoa

Trump has frayed](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/giorgia-meloni-relations-donald-trump-italy) after the US president publicly scolded her this week for criticising his broadside against Pope Leo and for not supporting the US-Israeli war on Iran. As the drama

Ex-DOJ official goes public with blistering criticism of his former bosses

comment. Gross joined the Justice Department's civil rights division last summer after representing defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Before taking on those cases, the rabbi-turned-lawyer

US-Iran peace talks could resume in next two days, Trump says | First Thing

Leo criticized the White House over the Iran war. Vance also said of the pope: “If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, you’ve got to be careful.” ## **DoJ files for overturning