Live updates: Trump hosts Lebanese president amid Iran conflict escalation

President Trump is scheduled to meet with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday morning, the first time a Lebanese head of state has made a White House visit since 2009.

While the U.S. and Iran have escalated hostilities over the last 10 days, looming over Aoun’s need for Trump to help persuade Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pull back his troops from his nation as it fights Hezbollah. It’s a tricky situation. Read more here.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine, along with Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, will be testifying at 2:30 p.m. EDT in front of the Senate........

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