Former Homeland Security Secretary Noem’s Western Hemisphere envoy title expired last month, but she now advises Deputy Secretary of State Landau on the same portfolio.
State Department ousts envoy Zampolli, the friend who introduced Trump to Melania, hours after Politico revealed his email war with Deputy Secretary Landau.
Canadian Prime Minister Carney says US is trying to break Canada to “own us” as Alberta votes Monday on starting toward a separation referendum.
White House and Pentagon ready plans to hit Iran with “mother of all bombs,” a week after Trump promised no attack before the midterms.
Watchdog sues to remove Trump son-in-law Kushner as envoy in Iran, Ukraine and Gaza talks, citing no Senate confirmation or financial disclosures.
Attacks on ships near Strait of Hormuz hit wartime high of at least 10 since Sunday, after traffic recovered to 80% of prewar levels.
Trump forces out Ambassador to Greece Guilfoyle a day after leaving her fate open, saying “we didn’t like what we were reading.”
State Department bars US government employees from Saudi airports without special approval, as Saudi-led coalition strikes Houthi oil sites across western Yemen.
Trump says he is “looking at” firing Ambassador to Greece Guilfoyle, as Senate GOP Whip Barrasso calls reports she sought a donor’s $100,000 “concerning.”
Iran-backed Houthis threaten “swift and painful” response if US joins Saudi strikes, after a week of Riyadh airport attacks killed at least 20.
US takes custody of fugitive Alvaro Pulido, accused of bribing Maduro officials for $2 billion-plus in contracts, a month after partner Alex Saab pleaded guilty.
Trump announces a Russia-Ukraine “energy ceasefire” that Ukrainian President Zelenskyy calls “news for me,” as Russia strikes a Kharkiv power plant hours later.
Seven senators, four of them Republicans, demand Trump reverse his Russian diesel deal, saying it defies the 2022 law banning Russian energy imports.
Iran-backed Houthis strike Riyadh’s airport again and Dammam’s a day after killing an American, as Democratic Sen. Murphy warns the war is “spiraling out of control.”
Ambassador to Greece Guilfoyle boasted Greek tycoons paid for her private jet trips and luxury stays, a WSJ-reviewed recording shows, as Trump weighs her removal.
Trump floats renaming the Atlantic or Pacific “Trump Ocean” or “Ocean of the Americas” after rebranding the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.
Trump says Ukraine should get “a new leader” after Ukrainian President Zelensky calls easing sanctions on Russian diesel a “gift to Putin.”
Trump says US “may” join Saudi Arabia’s fight against Iran-backed Houthis after a Riyadh airport strike kills 12, including an American.
Rubio bars US business with the International Criminal Court to cripple its operations, and the EU vows “any necessary measures” to defend it.
Trump temporarily lifts sanctions on Russian diesel after a Putin call to ease $6.28-a-gallon prices, and Ukrainian President Zelensky calls it a “weak decision.”
Trump tells New York rally Iran must “give us everything” or won’t “exist any longer,” a day after promising no attacks before the midterms.
US Ambassador to Israel Huckabee’s senior aide blocked an embassy memo criticizing Israel’s settlement approvals before Congress could see it, US officials tell The New York Times.
Federal prosecutors charge captured former Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife with torture conspiracy, alleging electrocution, beatings and simulated drowning of political opponents.
Trump promises no attacks on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterms as a congressional report counts 81 US military aircraft lost or damaged in the war.
Ambassador to Greece Guilfoyle pushed a Trump donor to wire $100,000 to her Amex days before her confirmation hearing, messages the WSJ reviewed show.
Vance says Iran must cut nuclear enrichment in a “meaningful” way to end the war, though Trump demanded “no enrichment” the day before it began.
US military confines Okinawa troops to base for 48 hours and imposes a monthlong curfew after a Marine’s arrest in a Japanese woman’s killing.
Federal court abruptly cancels hearing for mistakenly deported Kilmar Ábrego Garcia over sending him to Liberia, though Costa Rica agreed to take him.
US official says Iran-linked plot targeting Britain’s RAF Fairford aimed to kill as many American troops as possible, and UK police arrest a seventh suspect.
Trump offers Russia help after Siberian plague institute worker’s death, saying microbes got “stronger and smarter,” as State Department calls plague treatable with common antibiotics.
US kills four in a Caribbean boat strike, the first since a UN expert found grounds to call the campaign a crime against humanity.
US rushes B-1 bombers out of Britain’s RAF Fairford, some leaving while refueling tankers were still scrambling, a week after terror arrests nearby.
Trump envoys Kushner and Witkoff help negotiate a Russian oil sale that would free Lukoil assets from sanctions for buyers tied to their families’ businesses.
Defense Secretary Hegseth calls the US Hormuz blockade “ironclad” after two vessels crossing the strait are struck in two days.
Former Florida Rep. Rivera gets 10 years for secretly lobbying for Maduro’s Venezuela, hired through Delcy Rodríguez, now acting president and Trump’s partner.
G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels of emergency oil over four months, focused on diesel, after Trump threatened to ban US diesel exports.
US sends the Theodore Roosevelt carrier group and an amphibious group to the Middle East, which could put three carrier groups and 20,000 forces there.
Trump says the US will win the Iran war “right after the election,” when strikes could resume, as a third carrier heads to the region.
Pentagon excludes Britain, France and the Baltic states, all big defense spenders, from a NATO planning meeting in Poland.
State Department ends health aid to Zimbabwe, where the US funded over 40% of HIV spending, after Zimbabwe’s government rejected a deal demanding health data.
Trump says South Korea will invest $54 billion in an Alaska natural gas pipeline Seoul says it’s still reviewing for commercial viability.
Trump says “we blow them up or make a deal” as Iran weighs a US counterproposal to its seven-day ceasefire and Hormuz reopening plan.
State Department inspector general finds gutting Voice of America hurt US interests and cost taxpayers over $100 million to keep court-protected journalists on leave.
Trump nominates the State Department official who runs its “Office of Remigration” for third-country deportations as ambassador to Cameroon, which takes deportees under the deals.
Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi expects a formal US reply to Tehran’s seven-day ceasefire and Hormuz reopening plan Trump has publicly rejected.
Satirical group behind the Trump-Epstein statue installs arcade games mocking Trump’s Greenland deal at DC War Memorial and online, shipping one to Greenland’s capital.
State Department revokes visas of 27 Latin American officials, mostly Bolivian prosecutors and judges, citing corruption, as Trump-friendly leaders say the targets hindered their crackdowns.
Trump administration denies plans to sell weapons to China, a day after US Ambassador Perdue said Trump asked President Xi if he’d buy some.
Trump denies offering Iran sanctions relief and frozen funds, though a US official tells CBS News he’s willing to grant both for nuclear progress.
British police arrest five men suspected of preparing a terrorist act near RAF Fairford, the base US bombers use to strike Iran, evacuating 85 homes.