State Department approves a potential $24 billion sale of 48 F-35s to Saudi Arabia over lawmakers’ warnings China could obtain the jet’s technology.
US Institute of Peace and its ousted board ask appeals court to block Trump from carving his name into their building, a contractor already chosen.
UN-commissioned rights panel finds “reasonable grounds” the US committed war crimes in two Iran strikes that killed at least 178 civilians.
Trump warns the European Union that making Canada an associate member could be a “hostile act” and threatens “very heavy tariffs” on Europe in response.
Trump tells a North Carolina rally “hopefully we’re toward the end” of the Iran war, a week after saying it ends “immediately after” the midterms.
Trump administration readies $2.8 billion sale of 40,000 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, mostly paid with US aid, the class Biden held back over Gaza civilian deaths.
Air Force Secretary Meink makes first public confirmation of US “space control weapons” in orbit, declining to say what they are or whether they’ve been tested.
Trump nominates Kimberly Greenwood, wife of his walk-on singer and Bible business partner Lee Greenwood, as ambassador to Barbados and six Eastern Caribbean nations.
Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, a Putin ally under Ukrainian sanctions, secretly paid hundreds of thousands toward Donald Trump Jr.’s May Bahamas wedding, ProPublica reports.
Pentagon watchdog tallies $33.4 billion Iran war cost through June and finds the $22.3 billion in munitions fired left US stockpiles short, as oil holds above $100.
Trump promises to lift the tariff on Irish whiskey while at his Doonbeg resort, five days after banning Canadian whisky and most other Canadian alcohol.
Trump tells Ukraine to stop striking Russian diesel refineries, blaming Kyiv for a global shortage experts tie to the Iran war and closed Strait of Hormuz.
Trump won’t say whether the US struck an Iranian cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, an attack Iran says killed one and wounded four.
Trump says a united Ireland “may as well happen now,” breaking White House neutrality, during a visit centered on his Doonbeg golf resort.
Trump calls Iran “probably” responsible for attacks that shut Saudi Arabia’s Hormuz-bypass pipeline, saying the Houthis “would much prefer not having us involved.”
Trump says the Iran war ends “very soon” after his Ireland trip, 3 days after saying it ends “immediately after the election.”
Trump declines Saudi crown prince’s request to strike Yemen’s Houthis, offering targeting help, as Saudi Arabia shuts its 750-mile Hormuz-bypass pipeline after drone attacks, CBS reports.
Iran-backed Houthis take Yemen’s Red Sea port of Mokha near the strait Saudi oil exports rely on, the same day Defense Secretary Hegseth calls Iran’s military devastation “historic.”
Trump says the Iran war will end “immediately after the election” and rules out talks before then, as Iranian strikes damage about 9 US warplanes in Jordan.
Iceland summons US Ambassador Billy Long over Trump’s flag-covered map, 8 months after he apologized for joking Iceland would be the “52nd state” with him as governor.
Trump bans Canadian dairy, most alcohol and motorcycles and bars Canadian goods from long-term federal contracts, hours after Canada’s $20 billion counter-tariffs take effect.
US destroys 5 more Iranian oil tankers over missile attacks on a warship, and Iran answers with 20 missiles at US targets in Jordan.
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion in US goods take effect, matching Trump’s 50% tariff, a day after he vowed “No more selling Bombardier” in the US.
Iran plans to stop ships beyond the Strait of Hormuz as Houthi rebels hit Saudi oil facilities and push toward the Red Sea route Saudi exports rely on.
Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner make their first Kyiv visit, arriving under a 3-day ceasefire Putin declared for their safety, and leave both capitals without a breakthrough.
Energy Secretary Wright says the US is “strangling” Iran’s economy for a policy change “or a new regime” and a nuclear deal “may await a next administration.”
US ends $45 million a year in HIV support for Namibia after the country refuses to hand over health data and biological specimens, the 5th African nation to reject at those terms.
US forces sink 3 Ecuadorian boats they call fuel stations for drug speedboats, as relatives of the detained crew say the men were fishing and no drugs were found.
US casts the only vote against a 164-1 UN resolution urging replacement of the Mercator map, which shows Greenland about the size of Africa, a continent 14 times larger.
Trump’s business partner Witkoff and son-in-law Kushner meet Putin in Moscow for the 8th time, as Russia says it remains “confident” of seizing the rest of eastern Ukraine.
US Ambassador to Israel Huckabee tells Palestinian Americans in the West Bank that Israeli settler attacks are “an act of terror,” a label US envoys normally reserve for Palestinians.
US destroys 1 Iranian oil tanker and disables 2 more after Revolutionary Guard fires ballistic missiles at an aircraft carrier, one day after Trump called the war “small potatoes.”
Justice Department antitrust official orders a “Pause on Canada” in cooperation during the tariff fight, then calls it a mistake after The Wall Street Journal reports it.
Trump threatens to stop trading with countries running trade surpluses unless the Federal Reserve cuts rates, hours after a stronger-than-expected 162,000-job August report.
Trump says the US has “essentially taken over Iran” while holding no Iranian territory, and calls the war “small potatoes” and a “military conflict.”
Trump’s store starts selling $55 “Lake America” hats the same day he signs the order renaming Lake Ontario, as Gulf of America hats sit discounted to $37.50.
Vance says “I wouldn’t call it a war” and there is “no active shooting” in Iran, as US strikes resume and Israel’s Netanyahu calls toppling the regime “within reach.”
Trump floats renaming the Strait of Hormuz “TRUMP STRAIT,” claiming US control of a waterway shared by Iran and Oman, weeks after vowing to declare it US territory.
Captured Venezuelan leader Maduro asks a Manhattan judge to toss his drug indictment on head-of-state immunity, arguing no US court has ever tried a sitting foreign leader.
Chevron commits $7 billion to more than double Venezuela oil output by 2031, 8 months after US forces seized Maduro and took over the country’s oil exports.
Trump says US hit Iran “very hard” and can strike again “anytime,” as Pentagon confirms troops were told to stop saying “Operation Epic Fury,” declared over May 5.
Iran says a US airstrike hit a wedding in a home, killing or wounding over 50, as Trump urges Iranians to “rise up and fight.”
Treasury Secretary Bessent mocks Canada’s military as “two submarines from the Edmonton mall” and blames Prime Minister Carney for the trade war after Trump’s 50% tariffs took effect.
Trump personally asks Apple to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” on its maps, Interior Secretary Burgum says, days after Google complied and MapQuest refused.
Trump calls the Iran war “relatively little” and weighs new strikes, after the Washington Post reported military leaders warned Hegseth prolonged operations weaken US defenses elsewhere.
Treasury Department denies credentials to New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg reporters for the G20 finance meeting it hosts in North Carolina, offering no explanation.
Google Maps switches to “Lake America” 2 days after Trump’s order, splitting from Apple and MapQuest, as the name starts showing on Canadian government websites using Google.
US strikes 2 Iranian launchers on Larak Island, the first attack in a month, as Revolutionary Guard forces readied sea mines for the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump’s Truth Social post labels Micronesia and the Marshall Islands “U.S. Territories,” 2 sovereign nations the US administered until 1979 and 1990, with no White House explanation.
Trump says the US struck a deal with unnamed private partners for majority control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil, 8 months after capturing Maduro.
