Rich Edson

Fox News has learned that the 82nd Airborne Division has been given prepared-to-deploy orders.

and that its commander and members of headquarters staff have been ordered to deploy to the Middle East as the administration weighs whether to send troops to the region for possible land operations.

The Wall Street Journal reports U.S.

allies in the Gulf are inching towards joining the fight against Iran, and reporters asked President Trump to confirm a New York Times report that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been pushing him to continue this fight until the U.S.

destroys Iran's hardline government.

President Trump says the United States will postpone attacks against Iran's energy infrastructure for five days after his administration held productive discussions with Iran.

Senior Iranian officials deny that.

The Speaker of Iran's parliament posted, quote, no negotiations have been held with the U.S.

and fake news is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets.

and escape the quagmire in which the U.S.

and Israel are trapped.

Confronted with Iran's claims, the president contended the sides are talking.

Iranian leadership is in chaos from U.S.

and Israeli assassination strikes.

Axios reports Egypt, Pakistan, and Turkey passed messages between envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalib.

The California Board of Parole decided to release Funston under the state's elderly parole program, where inmates are eligible for a parole hearing if they're older than 50 and been incarcerated for at least 20 years.

His parole hearing transcripts say Funston told commissioners that he was still attracted to female children

The commissioners found he no longer posed a threat to the community because of his good behavior in prison, his work in therapy and his plan to avoid repeating his crimes.

California Governor Gavin Newsom says the parole board should have reversed their decision, but that he does not have the authority to overrule it.

Last year or so, President Trump and President Petro spent a large chunk of the time tossing insults at one another.