NPR's David Welna reports on the resignation, under pressure, by Trent Lott as the Republican leader in the Senate. Lott, however, said he would stay on as senator from Mississippi.
Rough seas drove two vessels to beach in Israel and two others to anchor on a Gaza beach. Israeli forces are assisting recovery operations near the pier, U.S. officials said. There were no injuries.
President Biden delivered his first commencement speech as commander-in-chief to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. There, he did not shy away from discussing the growing conflict in Europe and the Middle East.