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El presidente Donald Trump saluda al presidente argentino Javier Milei en la Casa Blanca, el 14 de octubre de 2025, en Washington. (Foto AP/Alex Brandon, Archivo)
Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
View image in fullscreenTyre, LebanonDisplaced children queue to receive toys at a shelter in Tyre. On Thursday, Donald Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon to be followed by a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese leaders next week, in a deal that it is hoped will bring progress toward a parallel peace agre…
Slowly, the issue of the state of Donald Trump's mind is becoming the subject of serious discussion. (Reuters: Jessica Koscielniak)
The short-term fix comes after a Trump-backed bid to secure a longer-term extension failed in the House
The short-term fix comes after a Trump-backed bid to secure a longer-term extension failed in the House
Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump has posted a series of rapid-fire messages on the US-Israeli war with Iran, claiming that his government secured major concessions ahead of a possible next round of ceasefire talks.
The United States is considering releasing $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets as part of a first phase in a potential deal to end the war with Iran if certain conditions are met, a source familiar with discussions exclusively told The Post on Friday — with the potential to ultimately release a total of $20 billion.
A 10-day truce appeared to be holding in Lebanon early Friday, promising a pause in fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and possibly clearing one major obstacle to a deal between Iran and the United States and Israel to end weeks of devastating war.
US President Donald Trump told Reuters on Friday that the US will work with Iran to recover its enriched uranium and bring it back to the United States.
Talks between the US and Iran are expected to resume soon as a fragile ceasefire holds, but American officials involved in previous nuclear deal negotiations with Tehran have some advice for President Donald Trump's administration.
US President Donald Trump told AFP on Friday there were "no sticking points" left for a peace deal with Iran, which he said was "very close" as Tehran declared the Strait of Hormuz open to commercial shipping.
Trump, meanwhile, says he received a Nato offer to help secure the key waterway but told the alliance to ‘STAY AWAY’
Trump, meanwhile, says he received a Nato offer to help secure the key waterway but told the alliance to ‘STAY AWAY’
PARIS — European leaders pledged to rapidly ramp up a multinational effort to secure the Strait of Hormuz after Iran said it would reopen the vital waterway to maritime traffic, even if Donald Trump doesn't want their help.
Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,
WASHINGTON, April 17 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump has said he expects the United States and Iran to reach a peace deal "in the next day or two," noting that a new round of negotiations between the two sides may take place this weekend, according to a report.
Believers slept overnight on mats to hear the address from the pontiff, who has drawn Trump’s ire with his anti-war comments
Believers slept overnight on mats to hear the address from the pontiff, who has drawn Trump’s ire with his anti-war comments
El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, habla durante una conferencia de prensa en la embajada colombiana en Washington, el 3 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/José Luis Magaña, Archivo)
Trump repeatedly demanded that Republicans unify to pass a longer extension of the Fisa warrantless spying law
El primer ministro británico Keir Starmer, izquierda, y el presidente francés Emmanuel Macron copresiden una reunión multinacional virtual en el palacio presidencial de los Elíseos, en París, el viernes 17 de abril de 2026. (Tom Nicholson/Pool Foto vía AP)
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was reportedly set to meet Friday with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, in the wake of a bitter feud in which the Pentagon blacklisted the AI giant and the exec lashed out at the Trump administration.
US President Donald Trump told Reuters on Friday that the US will work with Iran to recover its enriched uranium.
(ATTN: RECASTS para 2; UPDATES with more info, details in paras 6-8, 10-16)By Song Sang-ho
THE account of how successful United States President Donald Trump’s war on Iran was, which has been made by Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, in a recent press conference, makes one wonder whether the US should have demanded unconditional surrender from I…
US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has said President Donald Trump's "brilliant" blockade strategy in the Strait of Hormuz put Washington in a “very strong position", while also crediting the role of Gulf states in that success.
This image from video provided by U.S. South Command, shows a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean shortly before it was destroyed by the U.S. military, killing two and injuring one, on Jan. 23, 2026. (U.S. Southern Command via AP, File)
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is meeting with Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, on Friday to discuss the company's powerful new Mythos model that was announced earlier this month, CNBC confirmed, a thaw in the standoff between the government and leading AI company.
LAS VEGAS — US President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran had agreed to never again shut the Strait of Hormuz, during a string of social media posts indicating a peace deal with Tehran was near.
Israel is prohibited from “bombing Lebanon any longer,” said US President Donald Trump in a Truth Social post on Friday.
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives unanimously approved a 10-day renewal of the federal government’s foreign spying authority in the early hours of Friday morning, after more than a dozen privacy-minded Republicans voted to kill a measure extending the powers for years more.
After being deported from the United States, around 15 people touched down in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, early Friday.
Late-night hosts reacted to Trump’s plans for a triumphal arch, high gas prices and RFK Jr’s odd interest in roadkill
Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy discuss the opposition leader, Angus Taylor’s, new immigration policy and why Tony sees it as a strategy to come second. They also look at Donald Trump’s stoush with the pope, Anthony Albanese’s cautiousness when it comes to taking on gambling advertising and why this years budget will …
Taylor painted a grim picture of migration that fits more with his tenuous political position than the state of the country
As the president’s second term has wrought new horrors, comedians reflect on whether humor can still ‘deflate the strongman’s image’
President Trump had stern words for Israel as he made clear the US is in the driver’s seat for the 10-day cease-fire between the Jewish home state and Lebanon.
Authored by Jonathan Turley,
Measure passed 50-49 to overturn a 20-year ban on mining near renowned Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Islamabad, Pakistan – Standing on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding his helicopter for Las Vegas on Thursday, United States President Donald Trump offered his most optimistic assessment yet of the war with Iran.
Brent crude drops and gas prices slide amid hopes Donald Trump will succeed in reaching deal with Tehran
The US House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) - which was notoriously abused so spy on the 2016 Trump campaign, and has been used for "backdoor searches" targeting Americans. Friday's vote - via unanimous consent after a longer five-…
El primer ministro británico Keir Starmer habla en un evento con líderes de la industria de las redes sociales para hablar sobre la seguridad infantil en línea, el jueves 16 de abril de 2026, en Londres. (Leon Neal/Pool Foto vía AP)
After hosting the Grammy Awards for the sixth time, Trevor Noah flew from Los Angeles to Boston, landing to find his phone blowing up with texts and notifications, alerting him to the fact that President Donald J. Trump had attacked Noah over his jokes and his performance. What would you do in that situation? Noah t…
The Cuban government attempted to open a direct back-channel with US President Donald Trump last week, tapping a private businessman to hand-deliver a sealed letter to the White House, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing sources.
US President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social that “the Strait of Hormuz is completely open and ready for business and full passage, but the naval blockade will remain in full force as it pertains to Iran, only,” until the US’ “transaction with with Iran is 100% complete.”
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WASHINGTON, April 17 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday thanked Iran for opening the crucial Strait of Hormuz but said the United States' naval blockade of Iranian ports will remain "in full force" until the two sides agree to a deal.