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President Donald Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Trump’s tough-talk foreign policy is hitting a wall with Iran as it grips Strait of Hormuz

May 19, 2026 at 8:14 a.m.

President Donald Trump has considered himself an effective dealmaker above all else, but he appears to have hit a wall with Iran as his tough talk, threats and even military...

President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino talk during a FIFA task force meeting in the East Room of the White House on May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Foreigners with World Cup tickets won’t have to pay bonds to enter US, Trump administration tells AP

May 13, 2026 at 1:04 p.m.

The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that foreign visitors from certain countries pay as much as $15,000 in bonds if they are confirmed World Cup ticket holders.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Sources say US isn’t looking at imminent military action in Cuba despite President Trump’s threats

May 7, 2026 at 4:44 p.m.

Officials say the U.S. isn't looking at imminent military action against Havana despite President Donald Trump’s threats that “Cuba is next.”

FILE – U.S. passports are arranged for a photograph in Tigard, Ore., Dec. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns

May 7, 2026 at 2:49 p.m.

The U.S. State Department will begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support.

Pope Leo XIV exchanges gifts with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, as they meet in the pope’s private library at the Vatican, May 7, 2026. (Vatican Media)

Marco Rubio makes fence-mending visit to the Vatican after Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo

May 7, 2026 at 8:26 a.m.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a fence-mending visit to the Vatican on Thursday to underscore strong bilateral ties, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV...

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump administration sows confusion as it tries to reopen Strait of Hormuz

May 6, 2026 at 4:54 p.m.

The Trump administration’s approach to the Iran war over the past 24 hours has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding and military operations were over to new...

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Trump again assails Pope Leo, potentially complicating Marco Rubio’s visit to the Vatican this week

May 5, 2026 at 3:40 p.m.

President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of Pope Leo XIV, potentially complicating a fence-mending visit that Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to make this week to the Vatican.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the West Wing of White House in Washington, Thursday April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to visit the Vatican this week as tensions between Trump and the pope rise

May 4, 2026 at 10:06 a.m.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Rome and Vatican City this week in a bid to ease rising tensions between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV over...

President Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, and Vice President JD Vance listen in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Trump says Lebanon and Israel agree to extend Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire

April 23, 2026 at 10:23 p.m.

Lebanon and Israel were set to begin a second session of direct talks in Washington on Thursday to discuss the possibility of extending a truce between Israel and the Hezbollah group and...

Police officers stand guard at a checkpoint ahead of the second round of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Trump says the US will extend its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request

April 21, 2026 at 3:56 p.m.

Last-minute ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran looked uncertain Tuesday as a two-week truce was set to expire and both countries warned that, without a deal, they were...

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