• Next stop for Trump is Israel, in pursuit of 'ultimate deal'

    Next stop for Trump is Israel, in pursuit of 'ultimate deal'

    May 21, 2017 05:06 PM EDT

    ... with each other without preconditions and to begin a discussion that would hopefully lead to peace." The last round of peace talks, led by then-President Barack Obama and his secretary of state, John Kerry, fell apart in 2014. READ NEXT: Israeli prime minister calls Kerry speech a ‘deep disappointment ...

  • President Trump's first foreign trip has high stakes at each stop

    President Trump's first foreign trip has high stakes at each stop

    May 19, 2017 12:48 PM EDT

    ... opportunity for the United States to boldly reassert itself on the world stage and resume a leadership role that the administration believes was abdicated by President Barack Obama. Trump's powerful senior adviser, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, led a West Wing team to craft the agenda, laden with ...

  • ‘Are we a red state or a blue state?’ Life in a Pennsylvania swing county 100 days into Trump's presidency

    ‘Are we a red state or a blue state?’ Life in a Pennsylvania swing county 100 days into Trump's presidency

    Apr 29, 2017 03:36 PM EDT

    ... owner in the town of Oxford, which went for Trump, said she was pleased with his executive orders cutting regulations put in place under former President Barack Obama. “I think he has made some progress,” she said. “There’s too much government.” READ MORE: Trump has undone a lot of ...

  • Republicans' narrow win for Kansas seat embolden Democrats

    Republicans' narrow win for Kansas seat embolden Democrats

    Apr 12, 2017 07:50 PM EDT

    ... contacts with Russian officials and contentious town halls in congressional districts. On Monday, Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina, who shouted "You Lie!" at President Barack Obama during a 2009 health care speech, heard chants of the same phrase at a town hall from constituents angry about health care ...

  • Key members of Trump's circle under scrutiny for Russia ties

    Key members of Trump's circle under scrutiny for Russia ties

    Mar 13, 2017 10:20 PM EDT

    ... Russian ambassador, one indication that law enforcement officials were looking into his ties to Russia. Those contacts included a call with Kislyak on the day President Barack Obama's administration announced sanctions on Russia for meddling in the U.S. campaign. The Obama administration was taken aback when Russia, after ...

  • WATCH: UK's Theresa May praises Trump's 'renewal' but differs on torture

    WATCH: UK's Theresa May praises Trump's 'renewal' but differs on torture

    Jan 26, 2017 06:46 PM EDT

    ... they set up the United Nations, NATO and other international organizations the new president has strongly criticized. Throughout the more than half-hour of her speech, May declared sympathy for Trump's world view, then reminded the gathered Republicans — and by extension the president — of the United States' international obligations ...

  • Senate to vote on CIA director Monday evening

    Senate to vote on CIA director Monday evening

    Jan 23, 2017 07:18 PM EDT

    ... the campaign. One of Trump's first stops as president was at the CIA's headquarters in Northern Virginia on Saturday where he made a speech that focused more on falsely accusing the media of lying about how many people attended his inauguration than on the role the CIA plays ...

  • Why 100 days is a benchmark for presidential performance

    Why 100 days is a benchmark for presidential performance

    Jan 15, 2017 08:29 PM EDT

    ... 2016: What follows is my 100 day action plan to make America great again. JEFF GREENFIELD: Why 100 days? Because Trump, like every newly elected President for eight decades, has come to power in the shadow of this President’s first 100 days. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, INAUGURATION DAY, MARCH 4 ...

  • What's on Obama's to-do list in the closing stretch of his presidency?

    What's on Obama's to-do list in the closing stretch of his presidency?

    Jan 02, 2017 04:57 PM EDT

    Obama's final days in office will include a bid to protect his endangered health care law, a major farewell speech and the ongoing handover of power to Donald Trump.

  • Iran president: Trump won't be able to harm the nuclear deal

    Iran president: Trump won't be able to harm the nuclear deal

    Dec 06, 2016 01:07 PM EDT

    TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president said on Tuesday that his country will not allow incoming U.S. President Donald Trump to "tear up" Iran's landmark nuclear deal with world powers and also warned Tehran will react to any extension of American sanctions.