Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Saturday that the U.S. military launched a series of airstrikes on the capital, Sanaa, and the Houthi-held coastal city of Hodeida, less than two days after a U.S. strike wrecked a Red Sea port and killed more than 70 people.

The Houthis’ media office said 13 U.S. airstrikes hit an airport and a port in Hodeida, on the Red Sea. The office also reported U.S strikes in the capital, Sanaa.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

The U.S. military’s Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, said it continues to conduct strikes against the Houthis in Yemen.

Thursday’s strike hit the port of Ras Isa, also in Hodeida province, killing 74 people and wounding 171 others, according to the Houthi-run health ministry. It was the deadliest strike in the U.S. ongoing bombing campaign on the Iranian-backed rebels.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday said he was “gravely concerned” about the attack on Ras Isa, as well as the Houthis missile and drone attacks on Israel and the shipping routes, his spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said Saturday.

Vatican exchanges ‘opinions’ with Vance

U.S. Vice President JD Vance met Saturday with the Vatican’s No. 2 official amid tensions over the U.S. crackdown on migrants, with the Holy See reaffirming good relations but noting “an exchange of opinions” over current international conflicts, migrants and prisoners.

Vance, a Catholic convert, met with the secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, in the Apostolic Palace. There was no indication he met with Pope Francis, who has sharply cut back official duties during his recovery from pneumonia.

Vance’s office said he and Parolin “discussed their shared religious faith, Catholicism in the United States, the plight of persecuted Christian communities around the world, and President Trump’s commitment to restoring world peace.”

The Holy See has responded cautiously to the Trump administration while seeking to continue productive relations in keeping with its tradition of diplomatic neutrality.

It has expressed alarm over the administration’s crackdown on migrants and cuts in international aid while insisting on peaceful resolutions to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Those concerns were reflected in the Vatican statement, which said the talks were cordial and that the Vatican expressed satisfaction with the administration’s commitment to protecting freedom of religion and conscience.

“There was an exchange of opinions on the international situation, especially regarding countries affected by war, political tensions and difficult humanitarian situations, with particular attention to migrants, refugees, and prisoners,” the statement said. “Finally, hope was expressed for serene collaboration between the state and the Catholic Church in the United States, whose valuable service to the most vulnerable people was acknowledged.”

Clinton returns 30 years after OKC bombing

Thirty years after the deadliest homegrown attack in U.S. history, former President Bill Clinton returned to Oklahoma City on Saturday to remember the people who were killed and comfort those affected by the bombing.

Clinton was president on April 19, 1995, when a truck bomb exploded, destroying a nine-story federal building in downtown Oklahoma City. He delivered the keynote address at a remembrance ceremony near the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum.

Clinton, now 78, was widely praised for how he helped the city grapple with its grief in the wake of the bombing, which killed 168 people, including 19 children. He says it was a day in his presidency that he will never forget.

“I still remember as if it were 30 minutes ago, coming here with Hillary to that memorial service and saying: ‘You have lost too much, but you have not lost everything. You have certainly not lost America, and we will be with you for as many tomorrows as it takes,’” Clinton said, recalling his first visit to Oklahoma City just days after the bombing, when he spoke at a memorial service for the for the victims. “I do think we’ve kept that commitment.”

France says firing Powell would hurt U.S.

President Donald Trump would put the credibility of the dollar on the line and destabilize the U.S. economy if he fired Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, French Finance Minister Eric Lombard warned.

“Donald Trump has hurt the credibility of the dollar with his aggressive moves on tariffs — for a long time,” Lombard said in an interview published in the La Tribune Dimanche newspaper. If Powell is pushed out “this credibility will be harmed even more, with developments in the bond market.”

The result would be higher costs to service the debt and “a profound disorganization of the country’s economy,” Lombard said, adding that the consequences would bring the U.S. sooner or later to talks to end the tensions.

Lombard’s comments come after Trump, frustrated with Powell’s caution to cut U.S. interest rates, posted on social media Thursday that Powell’s “termination couldn’t come quickly enough.” It wasn’t clear whether he meant he wanted to fire Powell or was eager for the end of his term, which is May 2026. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Friday Trump was studying whether he could fire him.

President Emmanuel Macron has opposed Trump on a series of issues including Ukraine, trade and even offered refuge in France for U.S.-based scientists whose federal research funding has been cut.

Even so, Lombard’s comments are unusually direct about U.S. domestic matters.

Cops at Jan. 6 rally ask SCOTUS for anonymity

Four current and former Seattle police officers who attended the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to protect their identities as they fight a Washington court decision ordering the release of their names.

Their attorney is asking the justices to stay the execution of a unanimous decision by the Washington Supreme Court issued Feb. 13 finding the officers should be identified by name in court proceedings. The officers had filed a lawsuit, identifying themselves as “John Does 1-4,” challenging the release of their names and details of an investigation into their attendance at the violent “Stop the Steal” political protest rally in Washington, D.C.

The investigation, conducted by the civilian-run office of police accountability, concluded the officers did not violate any laws or Seattle Police Department. Two other officers who attended the protest were fired.

A King County Superior Court judge had ordered the names of the four released, however the Court of Appeals issued an injunction stopping the release. The petitioner, Seattle lawyer Sam Sueoka, appealed to the state Supreme Court, which overturned the Court of Appeals.

The officers’ attorney, Joel Ard, asked for reconsideration from the state Supreme Court’s decision, which was denied April 9, resulting in his petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to court records.

In his petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, filed Tuesday, Ard argues that releasing the officers’ identities would cause irreparable harm and violate their First Amendment rights — a claim rejected by the state justices.

U.S. Rep. visits Ukraine, signs missile to Putin

A Pennsylvania congressman took his support for Ukraine to the country this past week, visiting soldiers on the front lines, meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and signing a missile addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as the role the U.S. could play in any peace negotiations remains nebulous.

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a longtime defender of Ukraine who was stationed in the country as an FBI agent in 2015, has aimed to show his support without directly rebuking Trump, who had an icy meeting with Zelenskyy in February.

While Trump promised on the campaign trail that on “day one” in office he would end the war Russia started with Ukraine, he has repeatedly criticized Ukraine and blamed the country for the war. And his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said Friday that Trump may “move on” from peace talks if there is no progress in the coming days.

“A lot of people talk a big game about supporting Ukraine. I’m here in Kyiv, Ukraine, for one-on-one meetings with President Zelenskyy himself to actually make it happen,” Fitzpatrick wrote on X during his trip.

The physical display of support placed him in stark contrast to Trump, who has often sided with Putin in discussions of the conflict.

— News service reports