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In this image provided by Sepahnews, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s official website, wreckage is shown at what Iran’s state TV claimed was the site of a downed American transport plane and two helicopters involved in a rescue operation, in Isfahan province, Iran, April, 2026. (Sepahnews via AP)

President Donald Trump issues an expletive-filled threat against Iran as details of US aviator’s rescue emerge

April 6, 2026 at 6:13 a.m.

President Donald Trump on Sunday made expletive-filled threats against Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday deadline.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a working lunch at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

State Department slashes fee to renounce US citizenship by 80% to $450

March 13, 2026 at 7:08 p.m.

After years of legal battles with several groups representing Americans wanting to give up their citizenship, the department on Friday published a final rule in the Federal Register that reduces...

President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Sunday, March 1, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

President Trump goes to war despite professed aversion to foreign entanglements, particularly in the Mideast

March 1, 2026 at 4:13 p.m.

President Donald Trump has taken the United States into war with Iran despite decades of self-professed aversion to foreign entanglements, particularly in the Middle East.

President Donald Trump holds up a fist after disembarking Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Iran suggests it’s open to US talks, White House official says, and President Trump is ‘eventually’ willing

March 1, 2026 at 1:12 p.m.

A senior White House official said Sunday that Iran’s “new potential leadership” has suggested it is open to talks with the United States after American and Israeli forces launched a...

FILE – U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee poses for a photo during an interview in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

President Trump says he is ‘not happy’ with Iran nuclear talks but indicates he’ll give them more time

February 27, 2026 at 9:59 p.m.

The president spoke a day after U.S. envoys held another inconclusive round of indirect talks with Iran in Geneva.

President Donald Trumpl listens during a Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Trump secures pledges for Gaza reconstruction and troop commitments at inaugural Board of Peace talks

February 19, 2026 at 4:43 p.m.

President Donald Trump has announced at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting that nine members have agreed to pledge $7 billion toward a Gaza relief package.

President Donald Trump speaks during a session on his Board of Peace initiative at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Donald Trump aims to hold the first meeting of his new Board of Peace in Washington this month

February 7, 2026 at 1:15 p.m.

President Donald Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace this month in Washington to raise money for the reconstruction of Gaza.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts during the funeral of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili, whose remains were brought back to Israel, in the southern town of Meitar on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026.(Chaim Goldberg/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump administration approves new arms sales to Israel worth $6.67 billion

January 30, 2026 at 5:45 p.m.

The Trump administration has approved a massive new series of arms sales to Israel totaling $6.67 billion, including 30 Apache attack helicopters and related equipment and weapons as well as...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to explain President Donald Trump’s policy toward Venezuela following the U.S. military raid that ousted then-President Nicolas Maduro, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio defends Trump on Venezuela while trying to allay fears about Greenland and NATO

January 28, 2026 at 12:09 p.m.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a full-throated defense Wednesday of President Donald Trump’s military operation to oust and arrest then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, while also using his wide-ranging congressional...

FILE – US envoy Steve Witkoff, left, and US businessman Jared Kushner attend a press conference after the signing of the declaration on deploying post-ceasefire force in Ukraine during the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ summit on security guarantees for Ukraine, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026. (Ludovic Marin, Pool photo via AP, File)

Board of Peace for Gaza is forming with ambitions for a wider mandate of other conflicts

January 17, 2026 at 2:14 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” which was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, is taking shape with ambitions to have a far...

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