World May 16 Putin fails to show at peace talks with Ukraine and Russia. Trump says he will set up a meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to take part in the talks as President Donald Trump pressed for the leaders to find a solution to the war, ongoing since Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. But Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned…
Politics May 15 Trump says U.S. and Iran have ‘sort of’ agreed on nuclear deal terms President Donald Trump, in an exchange with reporters at a business roundtable in Doha, Qatar, described the talks between American envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as “very serious negotiations” for “long-term peace" and were continuing to…
World May 14 WATCH: Trump discusses U.S. actions in the Middle East at Gulf Cooperation Council meeting President Donald Trump told Gulf leaders on Wednesday he urgently wants “to make a deal” with Iran to wind down its nuclear program but Tehran must end its support of proxy groups throughout the region as part of any potential agreement.
World May 14 Trump meets with interim Syrian president, a first between the nations’ leaders in 25 years The meeting, on the sidelines of Trump's get-together with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council, marks a major turn of events for a Syria still adjusting to life after the over 50-year, iron-gripped rule of the Assad family, and for…
World May 13 Trump says he will lift sanctions on Syria, moves to restore relations with new leader "There is a new government that will hopefully succeed," Trump said of Syria, adding, "I say good luck, Syria. Show us something special."…
World May 13 Trump begins 4-day Mideast tour signing agreements with Saudi Arabia Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has already committed to some $600 billion in new investment in the U.S., but Trump teases $1 trillion would be even better.
World May 13 WATCH: Trump urges Iran to take ‘new and a better path’ for nuclear deal in remarks at U.S.-Saudi investment forum President Donald Trump in a speech in Saudi Arabia has urged Iran to take a “new and a better path” as he pushes for a new nuclear deal.
Politics May 07 Trump says he’ll decide what the U.S. will call the Persian Gulf during his Middle East visit Trump told reporters at the White House that he expects his hosts in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will ask him about the U.S. officially calling the waterway the Arabian Gulf or Gulf of Arabia.
Politics May 04 Trump says he doesn’t know if he backs constitutional due process rights in new interview President Donald Trump is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution, saying in a new interview that he does not know whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike deserve that guarantee.
Politics May 01 National security adviser Mike Waltz is tapped for UN in shakeup President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s naming Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting national security adviser to replace Mike Waltz, whom he is nominating for United Nations ambassador.