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President Donald Trump speaks before Pam Bondi is sworn in as Attorney General by Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

With Gaza rehab plan and other foreign policy ideas, President Trump goes from America First to America Everywhere

February 5, 2025 at 9:15 p.m.

The rhetorical shift from America First to America Everywhere is leaving even some of his allies slack-jawed — and wondering if he’s really serious.

FILE- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and President Donald Trump stand as they prepare to depart after the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump won’t rule out deploying US troops to support rebuilding Gaza, sees ‘long-term’ US ownership

February 5, 2025 at 8:25 a.m.

President Donald Trump suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanently resettled outside the war-torn territory and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” in redeveloping the area into “the Riviera of...

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he’s given advisers instructions for Iran to be ‘obliterated’ if it assassinates him

February 4, 2025 at 3:54 p.m.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s given his advisers instructions to obliterate Iran if it assassinates him.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US military conducts airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia

February 1, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump says he and Vladimir Putin could do something ‘significant’ toward ending Russia’s war in Ukraine

January 31, 2025 at 5:39 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration has already had “very serious” discussions with Russia about its war in Ukraine and that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin could...

President Donald Trump listens to a question as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House says Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China will come Saturday. No word on exemptions

January 31, 2025 at 1:06 p.m.

President Donald Trump will put in place 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on goods from China effective on Saturday, the White House said, but...

Loyalty tests and MAGA checks: Inside the Trump White House’s intense screening of job-seekers

January 25, 2025 at 1:27 p.m.

Job-seekers hoping to join the new Trump administration are facing a series of intense loyalty tests, with White House screening teams fanning out to government agencies to check for “Make...

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

160 national security staffers are sent home as the White House aligns its team to Trump’s agenda

January 22, 2025 at 5:11 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on Wednesday sidelined about 160 National Security Council aides, sending them home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s...

This family photo shows Ryan Corbett holding rabbits with his daughter Miriam and son Caleb in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2020. (Anna Corbett via AP)

Donald Trump White House celebrates release of two Americans freed in a swap with Taliban brokered by Joe Biden

January 21, 2025 at 11:15 a.m.

A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan’s Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges,...

FILE – President Joe Biden details a three-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war at the White House on May 31, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump and Joe Biden both claim credit for Gaza ceasefire deal

January 15, 2025 at 1:19 p.m.

President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump are both claiming credit for Israel and Hamas agreeing to a ceasefire deal in Gaza after the White House brought Trump’s Middle East...

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