US President Donald Trump announced that he had chosen Sean Curran to be the director of the US Secret Service, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
Curran was part of Trump's security during the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, last July.
“He demonstrated his fearless courage when he risked his own life to help save me from an assassin's bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania“, Trump said in a statement. "I have complete and absolute confidence in Sean to make the United States Secret Service stronger than ever."
Curran will replace Ron Rowe, who has been acting director since July, when Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned after the agency came under intense scrutiny after failing to prevent a would-be assassin from wounding Trump during a campaign rally.
Curran began his career with the Secret Service in 2001. as a special agent in the Newark field office, where he conducts security, intelligence, investigations, recruitment and logistical support for the region.
Meanwhile, Trump declared Yemen's Houthi movement, known officially as "Ansar Allah", a "foreign terrorist organization," the White House said, Reuters reported.
The move imposes tougher sanctions than those the Joe Biden administration had applied to the Iran-linked group in response to its attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and on U.S. warships defending a critical sea corridor.
"The Houthi actions threaten the security of U.S. civilians and personnel in the Middle East, the safety of our closest regional partners, and the stability of global maritime commerce," the White House said in a statement. home.
According to him, the US policy will be to work with regional partners "to eliminate the capabilities of "Ansar Allah", to deprive it of resources and thereby end its attacks on American personnel and civilians, on US partners and on shipping in the Red Sea."
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reaffirm Washington's support for its ally and the two also discussed Iran and the Israeli hostages in Gaza, the State Department said, Reuters reported.
The conversation was Rubio's first with Israel since the administration of Republican President Donald Trump took office on Monday.
Both Trump and his predecessor Joe Biden have been supporters of Israel during its wars in Gaza and Lebanon, it recalls Reuters.
Rubio stressed that "maintaining the position of unwavering U.S. support for Israel is a top priority for Trump," the State Department said in a statement.
Rubio told Netanyahu that Washington would continue to work "tirelessly" to help secure the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza, the State Department added.