Morning Brief: Zelenskyy says Russia kept striking Ukraine's grid after Trump's "energy ceasefire"; agents search Rep. Omar's home
Also: Riyadh's airport stays shut after Houthi strikes, NATO's warning to Moscow, the new press secretary's first briefing, and a video-privacy case at the Supreme Court.
King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh remains closed for the rest of the week, with more than 2,000 flights canceled or disrupted after Houthi missile and drone attacks, the Washington Examiner reported. Saturday's strike killed 12 people, including an American, and injured more than 300; a Sunday attack killed one and injured 11. Delta Air Lines delayed its planned Atlanta-Riyadh service and now says it looks forward to serving Saudi Arabia in March 2027. President Trump said he is weighing joining the fight against the Iran-backed Houthis and plans to speak with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman first.
U.S. Air Force Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, told the Warsaw Security Forum in Poland on Monday that if an adversary presses an attack, "we will break the warfighting system engaged against us," including "anything and everything that supports, sustains, and controls that force," Fox News reported. He described a strategy of "blocking, blunting and breaking" enemy forces. The warning came after a series of drone incursions and suspected sabotage that European countries have linked to Moscow.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Fox News on Monday that Kyiv did not strike Russian energy sites overnight but that Russia attacked Ukraine's gas and energy infrastructure after President Trump announced an immediate energy ceasefire, adding, "I'm not sure that Putin is ready." Zelenskyy also accused Russia of hitting a power plant in Kyiv and energy facilities in the Kharkiv region, the Washington Examiner reported. Asked about the deal outside the White House, Trump said, "They agreed because I said they agree," while a Kremlin spokesperson said only that "contacts are ongoing." A similar Trump-announced energy ceasefire last month did not materialize.
Homeland Security Investigations agents searched the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., early Monday under a judicially authorized warrant secured by the Justice Department, a DOJ spokesperson told Fox News Digital, describing the investigation as criminal. Two sources told Fox News the search stems from a fraud investigation into Omar's immigration paperwork, filled out by her late father when she was a child. Omar called the raid an attempt by President Trump to "target political enemies" with "baseless lies" and wrote, "I will not be silenced."
Katie Zacharia makes her briefing-room debut Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. ET (8:30 a.m. CT), succeeding Karoline Leavitt, who left the post on Aug. 27 after 19 months, Fox News reported. President Trump announced the pick on Truth Social. Zacharia, an attorney and television commentator, was a senior communications adviser to Trump Media & Technology Group and previously a deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security.
At a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday, President Trump announced that the Department of War selected Cleveland for the new U.S. Submarine Component Repair Center, a 46,000-square-foot facility he said will "manufacture, repair, and maintain key parts for virtually all new and existing submarines," the Washington Examiner reported. The choice follows an August presidential memorandum ordering a site within 90 days. Trump also directed the Energy and Commerce departments to help keep a Youngstown steam-heat utility serving 24 major buildings from shutting down this winter.
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees Catholic pastoral care for the U.S. military, said Monday that Catholics in the Army should request to be excused from the firing squad set to execute Nidal Malik Hasan, Fox News reported. Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 at Fort Hood in 2009, is scheduled to be executed there on Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. CST, which would be the military's first firing-squad execution since 1945. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has proposed livestreaming it as a deterrent; Broglio asked whether exposing the public to it "serve[s] any purpose."
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said on CBS' "Face the Nation" that reports about U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle are "very troubling" and "I'm sure there's gonna be an investigation," naming the State Department and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Fox News reported. A Wall Street Journal report alleged that before her confirmation she pressed a top Trump donor to clear $100,000 in personal credit-card debt. The State Department's inspector general has already opened a probe into earlier alleged misconduct.
On Wednesday the Supreme Court hears Salazar v. Paramount Global, which asks whether and how the Video Privacy Protection Act applies in the internet era, SCOTUSblog reported. Congress passed the law after a 1987 newspaper story listed the videos Judge Robert Bork had rented; it bars a "video tape service provider" from knowingly disclosing a consumer's personally identifiable information. Michael Salazar sued after subscribing in 2022 to an email newsletter from 247Sports.com, a Paramount-owned college sports site.
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