Ulan Bator, the Mongolian capital, has been also floated as a possible location of the summit. North Korea is hoping to hold the planned summit between its leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump in Pyongyang, CNN reported, citing … Read More
WASHINGTON — President Trump vowed friendship with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Sunday despite their trade differences, as the U.S. president and his aides sought to tamp down market fears of a trade war between between the two economic giants. “President Xi and … Read More
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’ll send as many as 4,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border until Congress relents on his demands for a massive border wall. “Anywhere from 2,000 to 4,000,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One … Read More
President Trump on Tuesday said that the U.S. will secure the southern border with the military until a wall can be built, calling the move a “big step.” Trump made the remarks during a meeting with Baltic leaders, where he … Read More
The Russian president was invited when US President Donald Trump telephoned to congratulate him on his election victory in March. The time and place of the encounter have yet to be agreed. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed … Read More
A member of the Afghan Special Forces is seen through a night-vision goggle during a training exercise with American Special Forces at Camp Shorab in Helmand Province in September. CreditAndrew Renneisen/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Once described as an ill-equipped band of … Read More
Gov. Jerry Brown of California pardoned five ex-convicts, including two whose families had fled the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia decades ago. President Trump criticized the move on Twitter on Saturday.CreditRich Pedroncelli/Associated Press Gov. Jerry Brown of California on Friday … Read More
Noor Salman ORLANDO, Fla. — The acquittal by a federal jury of Noor Salman, the widow of the man who gunned down dozens of people at the Pulse nightclub two years ago, handed federal prosecutors on Friday the rarest of … Read More
President Trump at the White House on Sunday. He has been criticized for not being firm enough with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. CreditAl Drago for The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered the expulsion of 60 Russians … Read More