Donald Trump

Kremlin welcomes end to ‘direct threat’ label in US strategy, TASS reports

The Trump administration revised its national security strategy, stopping calling Russia a "direct threat."

Russian President Vladimir Putin, presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev and foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov attend a meeting with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025; illustrative.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, US, December 6, 2025.

Hegseth says he would have ordered second strike on Caribbean vessel

President Isaac Herzog hosts the President's Decoration Award Ceremony at the president house in Jerusalem. October 22, 2025.

Herzog : 'I respect Trump’s Netanyahu pardon request, but Israel is a sovereign state' - Politico

US President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, US, December 2, 2025.

What does Trump’s National Security Strategy mean for Israel, Iran, and Gaza? - analysis


Turkey warns blocking Trump’s Gaza plan would be ‘huge failure’ for US, world - interview

Fidan said a credible Palestinian civil administration and a vetted, trained police force needed to be in place to allow Hamas to disarm.

Hamas terrorists in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip December 3, 2025.

Trump policy doc. says Europe risks 'civilizational erasure', aims to avoid Mideast 'forever wars'

The document rarely mentions Israel, and mentions that one of the US administration's main goals in the Middle East is avoiding "forever wars."

US President Donald Trump speaks with members of the media following a call with military service members, on Thanksgiving, in Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 27, 2025.

Trump’s new White House ballroom architect is a Jewish immigrant who has advocated for refugees

The White House confirmed on Friday that it had chosen his firm, Shalom Baranes Associates, to continue the East Wing project, centered around the ballroom that Trump wishes to construct.

An excavator works to clear rubble after the East Wing of the White House was demolished on Oct. 23, 2025. Shalom Baranes, inset, has been chosen to lead the reconstruction.

US, Ukraine report progress in peace talks after Witkoff meets officials in Miami

“Yesterday’s meeting between American and Ukrainian representatives in Miami was productive, and progress was made."- stated a White House official.

Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council Rustem Umerov attends a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and US, President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner in Hallandale Beach, Florida, US, November 30, 2025.

Supreme Court to decide legality of Trump move to limit birthright citizenship

The 14th Amendment has long been interpreted as guaranteeing citizenship for babies born in the United States.

US President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement of new fuel economy standards, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, December 3, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Trump's Muslim Brotherhood designation

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

ALI AKBAR VELAYATI (2nd L), top Iranian adviser on international affairs, attends a World Federation of Resistance Scholars conference on ‘resistance to liberate, terrorism to destroy,’ in Beirut, 2016.

Trump’s ideology vacuum is hurting Israel - opinion

KNOW COMMENT: Trump’s non-ideological approach to global affairs is creating new risks for Israel at an important moment.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani meet in the Oval Office last month. ‘The buddy-buddy-like meeting upsets me terribly,’ says the writer.

Trump, trial, and troops: Inside the perfect political storm that triggered Netanyahu's pardon push

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: A sympathetic White House, a punishing courtroom schedule, and a looming coalition crisis over haredi conscription explain the prime minister’s sudden pardon request.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dealing with a US president who is personally, emotionally, and politically invested in his fate. Trump has never hidden his view that Netanyahu should be pardoned. Here, the two stand together in the Knesset, during Trump’s October visit.

Honduras presidential candidate Nasralla says Trump interference damaged election - interview

Honduran presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla claimed that US President Donald Trump's surprise endorsement of the conservative candidate, Nasry Asfura, had flipped the race.

Honduran centrist candidate Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party speaks during an interview with Reuters after alleging fraud in the highly contested vote count of the country's presidential election, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras December 4, 2025.

Appeals court allows Trump National Guard deployment in Washington to continue

A US appeals court paused a ruling ordering National Guard troops out of Washington, allowing President Trump to continue a deployment at the center of a legal fight over policing powers.

National Guardsmen patrol in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Capitol Hill in Washington, December 2, 2025.

Somalis arrested in Minneapolis immigration operation, federal officials say

Also on Thursday, federal officials said they had arrested dozens of people in New Orleans, another Democratic-run city.

Minneapolis City Council Member Jamal Osman speaks alongside other elected officials at a press conference to address reported federal operation targeting Somali immigrants, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US December 3, 2025.