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 6:12 Trump’s Iran deal announcement leaves ‘America alone,’ Sen. Kaine says President Trump's announcement that the U.S. is leaving the Iran nuclear deal is going to raise the risk of unnecessary war in the Middle East, says Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. A member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kaine also… 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 Watch 9:20 Ehud Barak: Iran nuclear deal is bad, but Trump’s withdrawal not ‘optimal’ By William Brangham Ehud Barak, former prime minister of Israel, says the fact that the U.S. pulled out doesn’t cancel the Iran nuclear deal, and that it would have been better for President Trump to work with allies to pressure Iran on various… Continue watching
May 08 Facing threat of tariffs, China buyers cancel orders for U.S. soybeans By Christopher Rugaber, Dake Kang, Associated Press With the threat of tariffs and counter-tariffs between Washington and Beijing looming, Chinese buyers are canceling orders for U.S. soybeans, a trend that could deal a blow to American farmers if it continues. Farmers in China are being encouraged to… Continue reading
May 08 U.S. calls for Venezuelan President Maduro to step down By Luis Alonso Lugo, Associated Press The Venezuelan government has refused aid and denies there is a humanitarian crisis. Continue reading
May 08 WATCH: Netanyahu praises Trump for withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal By Associated Press Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Trump's decision Tuesday a "historic move." He says leaving the Iran deal unchanged would be "a recipe for disaster, a disaster for our region, a disaster for the peace of the world."… Continue reading
May 08 Iran says there’s a ‘short time’ to negotiate with countries remaining in nuclear deal after U.S. withdraws By Associated Press Iran's president Hassan Rouhani warned his country could start enriching uranium more than ever in the coming weeks. Continue reading
May 08 France, Britain, Germany ‘regret’ Trump’s decision to leave Iran nuclear agreement By Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted that the "nuclear non-proliferation regime is at stake" because of Trump's announcement Tuesday. Here's how other European nations are reacting. Continue reading
May 08 U.S. will exit nuclear agreement with Iran, Trump says By Josh Lederman, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press "Iran's bloody ambitions have only gotten more brazen," President Donald Trump said Tuesday as he announced the U.S. was exiting the Iran nuclear agreement. Continue reading