Trump Presses Syria to Take on Hezbollah, Raising Alarm in Lebanon and Israel
BEIRUT (AP) — As the White House has soured on Israel’s war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, U.S. President Donald Trump has shocked many in the region by pushing an alternative: Let Syria fight the Iran-backed militant group instead. He has suggested that the battle-hardened and Islamist-led insurgents who overthrew Syria’s autocratic President Bashar Assad a […]
President Donald Trump Unveils the New Air Force One, a Converted Qatari Jet
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday showed off the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet that has been converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft. The new aircraft eschews the Kennedy-era robin’s egg blue exterior of the old plane for a bolder look, with the underbelly of […]
Trump Says US Military Strike Killed Leader of Tren de Aragua Gang with Help from Venezuela
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that a “swift and lethal kinetic” U.S. strike has killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called “the infamous leader” of the Tren de Aragua gang. Tren de Aragua has been labeled by the United States as a terrorist organization. Guerrero Flores was charged in a New […]
Trump Is Raising Expectations that This Time He Really Will Close Deal with Iran to Wind Down War
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has long been looking for this weekend to be a big one for his presidency. The World Cup returns to the U.S. on Friday for the first time in 32 years after Trump threw himself into winning the bid to co-host the soccer tourney during his first term. He’ll […]
Trump Plans to Nominate US Attorney Jay Clayton to Be National Intelligence Director
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national intelligence. Trump announced the nomination on social media amid pressure from Congress to name a permanent replacement for […]
Trump Says Pilots Are Fine After US Helicopter Crashes near Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed early Tuesday near the Strait of Hormuz, but President Donald Trump said the two crew members aboard were not injured in the incident near the strategic waterway that Iran has effectively closed during the war. What caused the crash remains unclear in […]
Trump Dismisses Idea That Iran Betrays His 'No New Wars' Campaign Message
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump is dismissing the idea that launching the war with Iran this year betrayed his refrain of “No new wars” that he made repeatedly as he campaigned again for the White House. Trump, in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said he “didn’t guarantee” there […]
Trump to Headline Controversial 'Freedom 250' Fair After Artists Pull Out
President Donald Trump will headline the opening ceremony for the Great American State Fair after several artists pulled out of the National Mall event. Freedom 250, the organization behind the 16-day celebration tied to America’s 250th birthday, told ABC News on Saturday that Trump will personally kick off the event June 24 in Washington, D.C., […]
Ivanka Trump, an Alleged Iran-Linked Assassination Plot, & Broader Violence
The latest Iranian-linked alleged assassination plot targeting Ivanka Trump, combined with yet another purported attempt to harm the president, displays how rising levels of political violence have become more routine. Federal authorities on Friday accused an Iraqi national with alleged ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of plotting to assassinate the president’s daughter as […]
Trump Says Islamic State Group Leader was Killed in a Joint US-Nigerian Mission
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said. Trump announced the joint operation in Africa’s most populous country in a late-night social media post that offered few details. He said Abu Bakr al-Mainuki was second-in-command […]