Trump Administration

"We're extremely proud of everything we've done at the (Energy Department) to advance President Trump's energy agenda," Energy Secretary Chris Wright told reporters in New Orleans.

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie filed an impeachment request against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, with Democrats expected to back the effort in the House.

Baghaei dismissed a US military task force aimed at restricting Iran's land trade as a diversion following President Donald Trump's Republicans' losses in midterm elections.

Until clarity emerges, both US government and private-sector officials may take unilateral action to freeze certain weapons transfers or approvals.

While the measures of impeachment could get sufficient votes to pass the House, it remains unclear whether or not they would pass in the Senate.

Lebanese media reported that the Lebanese Embassy in Washington had received formal notification of the Trump administration's decision.

He stressed that any Iranian regime loyal to the Islamic Revolution "will always have the motivation to restore its capabilities," warning that this would include nuclear weapons if given the chance.

Wiles, who recently recovered from breast cancer, will move to his political operation, while Miller, the Jewish architect of the administration’s hardline immigration policies, takes over.

One of the detainees attempted suicide once he learned he could be deported to Iran, according to the Iranian American Legal Defense Fund’s executive director Yasmine Chubin.

US and South Korean officials see fading chances of a meeting this year, with Washington receiving no response from Pyongyang ahead of a regional summit in China this month where they might have met.