Three powerful businessmen—two Americans and a Russian—hunched over a laptop in Miami Beach last month, ostensibly to draw up a plan to end Russia’s long and deadly war…
Read more Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in UkraineU.S. adversaries are using President Trump’s eagerness to strike deals as a chance to drive a wedge between the U.S. and its allies and undermine the Washington-led security…
Read more Where Trump Sees Deals, Russia and China See a Chance to Disrupt U.S. AlliancesThe White House is defending special envoy Steve Witkoff over a reportedly leaked conversation in which he told a Russian official that praising President Trump would help smooth…
Read more White House Defends Witkoff After Leak of Conversation With Russian OfficialArmy Secretary Dan Driscoll met with a Russian delegation in Abu Dhabi on Monday and Tuesday, a sign that talks to end the war in Ukraine have hit…
Read more Top Army Official Meets Russians in U.A.E., Signaling New Phase in Peace TalksWASHINGTON—It started with an October order from President Trump to his national security team: Come up with a plan to end the Ukraine war just as they had…
Read more Exclusive | How the U.S. Drafted a Russia-Friendly Peace Plan for UkraineThe White House is giving Ukraine less than a week to sign on to a plan requiring major concessions. Michael R. Gordon Source link
Read more Trump Uses Gaza Peace Playbook in UkraineEuropean officials pushed back against a U.S. proposal for ending the Ukraine war, saying that Kyiv must approve any plan and that the conflict must not end with…
Read more White House’s Ukraine Peace Plan Draws PushbackPresident Trump dispatched a high-level Pentagon delegation to Kyiv for talks Wednesday in the administration’s latest attempt to revive negotiations on halting Russia’s war with Ukraine, according to…
Read more Trump Sends Pentagon Officials to Ukraine in Effort to Restart Peace TalksThe announcement underscored the rehabilitation of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ahead of a White House meeting Tuesday with the president. Michael R. Gordon Source link
Read more Trump Says U.S. Intends to Sell F-35 Jet Fighters to Saudi ArabiaDick Cheney, who served four Republican presidents and whose role as an architect of the post-9/11 war on terror made him one of the most powerful—and controversial—U.S. vice…
Read more Dick Cheney, Powerful Former Vice President Who Served Four Republican Presidents, Dies at 84The White House is set to announce that the Dutch semiconductor company that paused shipments weeks ago and risked upending global car production will resume sending chips under…
Read more Exclusive | White House to Announce Resumption of Auto Chip Shipments From ChinaBUSAN, South Korea—President Trump wrapped up his six-day swing through Asia by touting trade deals and new investments in the U.S. But as he arrives back in Washington,…
Read more Trump Pivots Second Term Toward Foreign PolicyCanadian officials were just starting to get their hopes up. Negotiators from Ottawa and Washington had spent weeks hashing out a potential deal to reduce punishing 50% tariffs…
Read more How One Ad Sent U.S.-Canada Trade Talks Into a TailspinWASHINGTON—President Trump is betting that one more round of personal diplomacy will deliver a breakthrough in the more than three-year-long war in Ukraine after months of failed peace…
Read more Trump Bets Personal Diplomacy Will Break Ukraine War LogjamPresident Trump said he hoped Ukraine wouldn’t need the U.S. to provide it with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles as he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the…
Read more Trump Says He’d Rather End War Than Send Tomahawks to UkraineGURUGRAM, India—When the Trump Organization in April announced another luxury real-estate project in India, Eric Trump gave a shout out to his local partners for helping accelerate the…
Read more Trump Organization Expands in India, Where Many of Its Partners Face AccusationsWASHINGTON—President Trump said Thursday he plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest for talks on ending the war in Ukraine, reviving a diplomatic effort after…
Read more Trump Says He Will Meet With Putin in Budapest to Discuss End to Ukraine WarWASHINGTON—The Tomahawk cruise missile that President Trump is considering for Ukraine has been the weapon of choice for decades for U.S. presidents seeking decisive military solutions. A highly…
Read more Ukraine Wants Tomahawks. Trump Has to Decide if They Would Help End the War.President Trump directly tied the $20 billion lifeline the U.S. is extending to Argentina to President Javier Milei’s success in the upcoming midterm elections. “If he loses, we…
Read more Trump Says Argentina Bailout Depends on Milei’s Party Winning Upcoming ElectionsThe man who had sworn off any formal role in President Trump’s second term has been at the center of every decision leading up to the breakthrough agreement…
Read more Jared Kushner Is Back, and His Imprint Is All Over the Gaza Deal