Comment on US to expand Ukraine military training

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan tells CNN's Dana Bash that "innocent people were tragically killed in this operation. The exact number we don't know, but innocent people were killed. And that is heartbreaking. That is tragic."

In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan confirms the United States "did not participate militarily" in the operation to rescue four Israeli hostages.

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan tells CNN's Dana Bash that "what we would much prefer to see is a ceasefire where the hostages come out peacefully. That is available. Israel has said yes to it. Now Hamas needs to say yes to it."

If you were on Twitter or TikTok over the weekend, you might have seen people talking about Project 2025. Led by the right-wing think tank the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 is a presidential transition operation—basically a government-in-waiting if former President Donald Trump returns to office on Jan. 20, 2025. The $22 million effort does not say it is specifically intended for Trump, but that it wants a conservative as the next commander-in-chief. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The project, published in 2023, includes a nearly 1,000-page handbook that detailed a conservative agenda for the next president.

Las Vegas — Former President Donald Trump‘s campaign is hiring extra medics, loading up on fans and water bottles and allowing supporters to carry umbrellas to an outdoor rally Sunday in Las Vegas, where temperatures are expected to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius). Trump is returning to Nevada, one of the top battleground states in the November election, for his second rally since he was found guilty in a hush-money scandal.

New Delhi — Narendra Modi was sworn in Sunday for a rare third consecutive term as India’s prime minister, relying on his coalition partners after his party failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome. Modi and his Cabinet ministers took the oath of office, administered by President Droupadi Murmu, at India’s presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The 73-year-old popular but polarizing leader is only the second Indian prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to retain power for a third five-year term. His Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, which won by landslides in 2014 and 2019, failed to secure a majority to govern on its own in the latest national election.