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• Trump says the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela

  December 10, 2025 6:04 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Using U.S. forces to take control of a merchant ship is incredibly unusual and marks the Trump... more »

• US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military firepower

  October 24, 2025 5:15 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, the Pentagon announced Friday, in the latest escalation of military firepower in a region where the Trump administration has unleashed more rapid strikes in recent days against boats it accuses of carrying drugs.... more »

• Putin emerges from the Alaska summit with increased stature and Trump echoing a Kremlin position

  August 16, 2025 11:46 AM

  In Alaska, President Vladimir Putin walked on a red carpet, shook hands and exchanged smiles with his American counterpart. Donald Trump ended summit praising their relationship and calling Russia "a big power ... No. 2 in the world," albeit admitting they didn't reach a deal on ending the war in... more »

• Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after US-Russia summit secured no halt to fighting

  August 16, 2025 11:44 AM

  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet Monday in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has shifted to saying an overall peace agreement — and not a ceasefire — is the next step in ending the 3 1/2-year-old war. Trump's abrupt reversal, aligning himself with... more »

• Trump says it may be better to let Ukraine, Russia 'fight for a while' as Merz blames Putin for war

  June 5, 2025 6:17 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia "fight for a while" before pulling them apart and pursuing peace, even as Germany's new chancellor appealed to him as the "key person in the world" who could halt the bloodshed by... more »

• US hits International Criminal Court judges with sanctions over investigation into Israel

  June 5, 2025 5:55 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is slapping sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court over the tribunal's investigation into alleged war crimes by Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza and in the West Bank. The State Department said Thursday that it would freeze any... more »