President Donald Trump stated that the "Golden Dome will protect both countries" during an Oval Office meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on October 7th, 2025. Meanwhile, White House aide Stephen Miller disconnected from a CNN interview this morning when asked about the administration's plan to abide by a court ruling, according to reports from X. Miller indicated that the administration filed an appeal "this morning" regarding the court ruling before abruptly ending the interview. Separately, during a Senate hearing, Senator Alex Padilla questioned Attorney General Pam Bondi about whether government officials are obligated to follow court orders, to which Bondi responded by stating, "I wish you loved your state of California as much as you hate President Trump." Padilla pressed for a "simple yes or no question." In other developments, Charlie Young, nominee for the Army's general counsel, informed Congress that a classified legal opinion from the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) was developed by an interagency working group. This opinion justifies lethal strikes against cartels and suspected drug traffickers beyond those designated as terrorists by the Trump administration, as reported by CNN. Former Iranian diplomat Seyed Hossein Araghchi asserted on X that the U.S. was close to a new Iran nuclear deal on May 23rd, and criticized the idea of an imaginary threat from Iran, stating that "There is NO solution but a negotiated outcome."
