May 09 Who are the three Americans just released by North Korea? By Larisa Epatko President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was bringing home three Americans, who had been imprisoned in North Korea for "hostile acts."… Continue reading
May 09 Leaders of Japan, China, South Korea agree to cooperate on North Korea By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Leaders from the three countries held their first three-way summit in more than two years, demonstrating a spirit of cooperation. Continue reading
May 08 Watch 3:27 News Wrap: Quitting Iran deal won’t jeopardize Kim Jong Un meeting, says Trump In our news wrap Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo headed for North Korea to finalize a planned summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. He's also expected to push Pyongyang to release three Americans. Also, the president's nominee… Continue watching
May 08 Watch 5:48 Reimposing sanctions will help U.S. get more out of Iran, says State official American allies, and even Defense Secretary James Mattis, suggested President Trump not pull the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear agreement. Why didn’t he heed their urging? “We all agree on” the problems of Iran, says Deputy Assistant Secretary of… Continue watching
May 08 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is en route to North Korea ahead of summit, Trump says By Associated Press President Donald Trump said Tuesday afternoon that Pompeo will be arriving in the country shortly and has meetings scheduled. Continue reading
May 08 North Korea’s Kim meets China’s president ahead of Trump summit By Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a northern Chinese port city and pledged his continuing commitment to denuclearization ahead of his expected summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, state media said Tuesday. Continue reading
May 05 Trump says time, place set for planned U.S.-North Korea summit By Matthew Pennington, Zeke Miller, Associated Press "We now have a date and we have a location. We'll be announcing it soon," Trump told reporters Friday from the White House South Lawn before departing for Dallas. Continue reading
May 04 WATCH: ‘Being weak gets you nuclear war,’ Trump says at NRA convention By Associated Press President Donald Trump is touting his administration's tough approaches to North Korea and Iran. Continue reading
May 03 Mike Pence postpones trip to Brazil ahead of North Korea meeting By Ken Thomas, Associated Press The vice president had been expected to visit Brazil in late May. But Pence's office says the trip is being postponed to avoid pulling national security resources away from Trump's planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Continue reading
May 02 Watch 5:27 News Wrap: ‘Time to solve’ North Korea nuclear threat, says Pompeo In our news wrap Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed the need to solve the North Korea nuclear problem once and for all in remarks he gave at his formal swearing-in. Meanwhile, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in… Continue watching