The White House stressed Friday evening that the United States is “not looking for a war with Iran,” saying the retaliatory strikes carried out in Syria and Iraq were designed to “de-escalate” tensions and “put an end” to attacks on U.S. troops in the region. The United States began retaliatory strikes on more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined a request to block the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from using race as a factor in admissions decisions.  The Supreme Court had previously ruled that colleges and universities can no longer use the affirmative action practice, except for the U.S. military academies. The group Students for Fair Admission had previously prevailed earlier at SCOTUS, which struck down affirmative action...