U.S. President Donald Trump

February 13, 2026 3:30 PM

Rubio strikes warmer tone as Trump’s upheaval of Atlantic ties looms over Munich meet

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned transatlantic ties faced a "defining moment" in a rapidly changing world but struck a warmer tone ahead of the Munich Security Conference on Friday after a year of unprecedented upheaval. At the same gathering of top security officials last year, Vice President JD Vance had attacked European allies, triggering a series of confrontations, with the U.S. seemingly set on dismantling much of the international order it helped to build. In response, Washing...

February 12, 2026 2:34 PM

Israel has joined Trump’s ‘Board of Peace,’ Netanyahu says

Israel has joined U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" initiative, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday during his visit to Washington where he met Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Visuals released earlier on Wednesday after the Netanyahu-Rubio meeting showed them holding a document with Netanyahu's signature on Israel joining the board. Netanyahu said on X he "signed Israel's accession as a member of the "Board of Peace."" He later discussed Iran with Trump. ...

February 6, 2026 12:42 PM

Trump unveils TrumpRx discounted drugs website

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled TrumpRx.gov, a website meant to offer consumers access to discounted prescription medicines and a central pillar of his efforts to lower drug prices in the United States. Trump announced the new website was live at a White House event alongside Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and National Design Studio Director and Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia. "People are going to save a lot of money and be healthy," Tru...

February 6, 2026 1:22 PM

Trump rejects Putin offer of one-year extension of New START deployment limits

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected an offer from his Russian counterpart to voluntarily extend the caps on strategic nuclear weapons deployments after the treaty that held them in check for more than two decades expired. "Rather than extend "New START ... we should have our Nuclear Experts work on a new, improved and modernized Treaty that can last long into the future," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform. Arms control advocates warn that the expiration of the tre...

February 6, 2026 10:16 AM

Trump offered to unfreeze funding for NYC tunnel if Dulles airport, train station renamed for him, source says

U.S. President Donald Trump offered last month to drop his hold on funding for a key $16 billion New York Hudson River tunnel project in exchange for Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer supporting the renaming of Washington Dulles Airport and New York Penn Station after Trump, a source told Reuters Thursday. Punchbowl News first reported the offer citing four sources that was swiftly rejected by Schumer, who told the White House he did not have the power the rename the landmarks, a source confirme...

February 3, 2026 10:16 AM

PM Modi Thanks Trump After U.S. Reduces Tariffs on Indian Goods

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday and thanked him for reducing tariffs on Indian products to 18%, calling the move a step that will strengthen economic ties between the two countries. During the call, the two leaders discussed bilateral cooperation and trade relations. They emphasised that closer collaboration between the world’s two largest democracies can create opportunities in trade, investment and technology that benefit their citizens. PM Mod...

January 30, 2026 12:37 PM

Barring last-minute nuclear deal, US and Russia teeter on brink of new arms race

The United States and Russia could embark on an unrestrained nuclear arms race for the first time since the Cold War, unless they reach an eleventh-hour deal before their last remaining arms control treaty expires in less than a week. The New START treaty is set to end on February 5. Without it, there would be no constraints on long-range nuclear arsenals for the first time since Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed two historic agreements in 1972 on the first-ever trip by a U...

January 30, 2026 9:59 AM

Trump threatens tariffs on any nation supplying Cuba with oil

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on Thursday on countries supplying oil to Cuba, escalating a pressure campaign against the Communist-run island and long-time foe of the United States. The move, authorized by an executive order under a national emergency declaration, stopped short of specifying tariff rates or singling out any countries whose products could face U.S. tariffs. Cuba's state-run media shot back shortly after Trump's announcement, warning that the order threatene...

January 29, 2026 10:00 AM

Trump warns Iran to make nuclear deal or next attack will be ‘far worse’

U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iran on Wednesday to come to the table and make a deal on nuclear weapons or the next U.S. attack would be far worse. Tehran responded with a threat to strike back against the United States, Israel and those who support them. "Hopefully Iran will quickly 'Come to the Table' and negotiate a fair and equitable deal - NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS - one that is good for all parties. Time is running out, it is truly of the essence!" Trump wrote on social media. Amid a buildu...

January 22, 2026 4:17 PM

Trump launches Board of Peace that some fear rivals UN

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday launched his Board of Peace, originally intended to help end the Gaza war but which he now sees having a wider role that Europe and some others fear will rival or undermine the United Nations. Trump appeared to touch on those concerns in his opening remarks at a signing ceremony for the board, saying the new board would work with the U.N. as he listed other major diplomatic issues around the region and worldwide. "Well, this is a very exciting day, long ...