World Feb 23 State Department orders nonessential U.S. diplomats to leave Lebanon as tensions with Iran rise Lebanon has been the site of numerous Iran-related retaliatory attacks against the U.S. for decades given Tehran's support for and influence with the Hezbollah militant group.
World Feb 19 WATCH: Trump announces pledges for Gaza reconstruction and troop commitments at first Board of Peace meeting President Donald Trump announced Thursday at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting that nine members of the body have agreed to pledge $7 billion toward a Gaza relief package and that five countries have agreed to deploy troops to take…
World Feb 16 Rubio boosts Orbán's bid for another term during Budapest visit Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday enthusiastically endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's bid to serve a fifth straight term after upcoming elections in April.
Politics Feb 14 Rubio tries to reassure skeptical European allies but pushes Trump's vision for reshaped alliance Rubio addressed the conference a year after Vice President JD Vance stunned the same audience with a harsh critique of European values.
World Feb 13 Germany's Merz calls on U.S. and Europe to 'repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together' German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on Friday for the United States and Europe to “repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together,” saying that even the U.S. isn't powerful enough to go it alone in an world whose old order has withered.
Nation Feb 07 Trump to hold first Board of Peace meeting this month in Washington President Donald Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace this month in Washington to raise money for the reconstruction of Gaza.
World Feb 04 WATCH: Vance says U.S. wants to create critical minerals trading bloc to counter China Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the trade war over the past year exposed how dependent most countries are on the critical minerals that China has a stranglehold on.
Politics Feb 02 WATCH: Trump announces plan for rare earth elements strategic reserve The Trump administration plans to deploy nearly $12 billion to create a strategic reserve of rare earth elements, a stockpile that could counter China's ability to use its dominance of these hard to process metals as leverage in trade talks.
Politics Jan 29 AP report: Trump eyes former Institute of Peace building for new Board of Peace headquarters The building is the subject of litigation brought by former employees and executives of the nonprofit think tank after the Republican administration seized the facility last year and fired almost all the institute's staff. The building has since been renamed…
Politics Jan 27 WATCH: Rubio defends Trump policy on Venezuela, downplays fears about Greenland and NATO Secretary of State Marco Rubio has begun his much-anticipated congressional testimony about Venezuela, defending the Trump administration’s military operation to oust and arrest then-President Nicolas Maduro as Republican and Democratic lawmakers offered starkly different readings of the current situation.