foreign policy

 US-Ukra🍸ine mineral deal is back on, to be signed nဣext week, Trump says

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters the reported 💧arrangement is "substantially what we agreed upon previously."

Trump envoy reverses course, says I꧒ran nuke deal must have enrichment shutdown

൲ Steve Witkoff had suggested Monday night that Iran could keep civilian-grade facilities in any revised nuclear deal.

State Department could close dozens of embassies, consulates while seeking $26B in 'drastic' spending cuts

At least 17 consulates -- in the UK, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Soꦿuth Korea, and Bosnia and Herzegovina -- and 10 embassies -- inc🐓luding outposts in Malta, the Maldives, Grenada,...

NY AG Letitia James looking at possible insider trading around Trump's tariff pause

The examination is in🅷 its preliminary stages and is not yet a full-fle🎃dged probe, James' office confirmed to The Post Tuesday.

Trump, El Salvador president say deported Maryland man with alleged MS-13 ties can't be brought back to US despite SCOTUS ruling

El Salvador's Pre🅺sident Nayib Bukele claimed that he doesn't have the power to return a Maryland man deported to his country despite a Supreme Court ruling directing the US to...

Navarro addresses rumored feud with Musk after billionaire called him 'a moron'

"I've been called worse," the White House trade a🌜dviser said after the Tesla boss called him "dumber than a sack of bricks." 

CIA Director Ratcliffe urged focus on China before Trump trade war took off: 'Top of our list'

China "is intent on dominating the world economically, mil𝐆itarily, and technologically,ꩵ and it is aggressively trying to outcompete America in every corner of the globe," the former Texas congressman told...

Trump warns 'Russia has to get moving' on Ukraine talks as his envoy meets with Putin: 'senseless war'

⛄ Special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Russia in hopes of pushing along peace talks that have stalled in recent weeks.

US Trade Rep Greer tells senators US is strong enough to withstand tariff mayhem that won't be 'resolved overnight'

Jamieson Greer told the Senate Finance Committee that the goal of Trum⭕p's "Liberatio𒅌n Day" tariffs was resolving the American trade deficit.

ﷺ  CIA assessing its powers to kill drug smugglers abroad: report

The review comes weeks ღafter the Trump administration formally listed eight Latin American cartels — including six from Mexico — as Foreign Terrorist Organizations for their involvement in drug and...

Lindsey Graham rips Israel's Netanyahu for tapping Trump critic Eli Sharvit as spy chief: 'Beyond problematic'

Sen. 💝Lindsey Graham hurled rare criticism against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for tapping a Trump critic to helm one of the count🌜ry's top three spy agencies.

Trump says new auto tariffs are permanent, 'couldn't care less' about price hikes on foreign-made cars

 President Trump 🅘downplayed concerns that his forthcoming round of 25% tariffs on all foreign-made vehicles will cause prices on those automobiles to spike, arguing that it will be a boon...

Trio of top retired military leaders warn lawmakers about USAID cuts emboldening China: 'Filling that void'

♕ Former mil༒itary leaders are raising concerns as China has begun rolling out new funding initiatives in countries like Cambodia, which saw USAID funds severed.

JD Vance arrives in Greenland: 'It’s cold as s--t here — nobody told me'

President Trump has pushed for Greenland's roughly 56,000 resi🥂dents to sever ties with Denmark and join the United States.

🔜  Israel complains about SignalGate leak after giving US key intelligence used in Houthi strike: report

Israel provided the US with critical intelligence from an on-the-ground source in Yemen that was later leaked as part of the SignalGate scandal, according to aꦍ report.

 Spy agencies warn Russia, Iran, China and North ♐Korea are teaming up against US lꦑike never before

Amid growing friction between the US and many of its European allies, the intelligence ♋community is ominously warning that adversaries like Russia, Iran, North Korea and China are increasingly acting...

US special envoy says negotiators may have been 'duped' by Hamas – claims Putin doesn't want to 'take all of Europe'

US special envoy Steve Witkoff underscored that there are "two sides" to thꩵe story of the war in Ukraine and posited that Russian strongman Vladimir Putin doesn't want to "take...

 Second lady Usha Vance to viꦜsit Greenland as part of Trump push to acquire territory

🎐 US officials joining Veep JD Vanc🎶e's wife on the Greenland trek include National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

Hard talk on soft power: Use it, Trump, or we'll lose it

Leftists wrecked our soft-power programs, but President Trump ꧙shouldn't toss them — he must reform them, based on a message of American liberty and optimism.

Putin went to church and prayed for 'his friend' Trump after assassination attempt, prez's special envoy says

Russian leader Vladimir Putin claims he rushed over to his local church and prayed to God𝓡 for President Trump's safety during the aftermath of the Butler, Pa. ral🌺ly last July,...