Live updates: Blanche faces questions over fund for Trump allies

Key Points:

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Sweden, emphasizing increased defense investment and burden sharing amid concerns over U.S. troop reductions in Europe and the Iran conflict.
• President Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a heated Republican primary runoff against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, intensifying intra-party divisions ahead of the general election.
• The U.S. is ramping up its Ebola response in Central Africa, with Rubio highlighting plans to fund 50 emergency clinics and urging Americans to avoid travel to affected countries amid a WHO-declared international health emergency.
• Adm. Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, defended Pentagon assessments denying Iran’s regained missile capabilities and confirmed that hostilities remain in a fragile ceasefire despite recent attacks.
• Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" to compensate Trump allies who claim wrongful investigations, sparking criticism over politicization of the Justice Department and upcoming congressional scrutiny.