Trump announces 100% tariff on all Chinese imports starting November 1, over and above existing tariffs, in retaliation for China’s new export controls on rare earths minerals.
Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility in Idaho under 2017 $12 billion arms deal, hosting F-15s and pilots for training.
Treasury buys Argentine pesos and finalizes $20 billion swap to boost Milei ahead of October 26 elections during U.S. government shutdown over Democratic objections.
Israel and Hamas agree to first Gaza ceasefire after two-year war, with Trump brokering deal following Netanyahu’s failed attempt to kill Hamas negotiators in Qatar last month.
Colombian president says U.S. strike killed Colombian citizens as Trump and Hegseth refuse to disclose nationalities or details of at least 21 people killed in unauthorized Caribbean military operations.
UN forced to cut 25% of peacekeepers globally as Trump canceled $800 million in appropriated funding and U.S. arrears on mandatory payments reach $2.8 billion.
Senate Republicans block war powers resolution to stop Trump’s unauthorized strikes on alleged drug boats near Venezuela that killed at least 21 people without trial or evidence.
Trump announces Israel-Hamas ceasefire releasing hostages Monday but leaves Hamas disarmament and Gaza governance unresolved after two-year war that killed over 67,000 Palestinians.
Senate Republicans use month-old rule allowing group confirmations to approve more than 100 Trump nominees at once, including former football star Herschel Walker as ambassador to the Bahamas.
Eswatini accepts 10 US deportees day before court case challenging $5.1 million deal to take up to 160 without parliamentary consent as constitution requires.
Trump tells Navy sailors not to worry about paychecks held by government shutdown, promising back pay while blaming Democrats for funding standoff.
Trump plans soybean farmer aid package as soon as Tuesday using tariff revenue after China halted bean purchases in May to retaliate against his trade war tariffs.
Trump pressures Netanyahu to halt Gaza strikes ahead of Monday peace negotiations, telling him ‘this is your chance for victory’ after war that killed over 67,000 Palestinians.
US strikes fourth boat off Venezuela, bringing death toll to 21 people Hegseth calls narco-terrorists, after Trump designated cartel officials as unlawful combatants in armed conflict.
Hegseth imposes new rules requiring IG complaints be processed in 7 days and meet higher evidence bar as report on his Signal leak of Yemen strikes looms, with former IG warning changes will discourage whistleblowers and critics calling it effort to avoid oversight.
US revokes Colombian president’s visa after pro-Palestinian protest, threatens to end UN peace mission monitoring 2016 accord while criticizing support for Indigenous groups as “excessive” and disputing Petro’s claim boat strikes killed poor youth not narco-terrorists.
Israel and Hamas agree to advance Trump’s Gaza peace plan before Sunday deadline, though Hamas sidesteps disarmament demand and Israel doesn’t address Trump’s call to halt bombing.
Administration informs Congress Trump has determined U.S. is in armed conflict with drug cartels, authorizing military to kill members as unlawful combatants after three strikes killed 17 people.
Trump signs executive order declaring attacks on Qatar threats to U.S. security, 20 days after Israel bombed the Gulf state that hosts America’s largest Middle East military base.
New report reveals Trump-appointed Ambassador Ronald Johnson dismissed U.S. embassy contractor in 2020 at request of El Salvador’s Bukele after contractor helped FBI investigate secret pact between president’s aides and MS-13 gang.
U.S. removes 120 Iranians in rare deal with Tehran despite UN warning of execution surge, including some with valid residency permits who agreed to leave amid Trump deportation crackdown.
FBI director gifts at least five New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns that violate the country’s firearms laws and must be destroyed after safety authority finds them potentially operable.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale registers as foreign agent for Israel under $6 million deal to create pro-Israel content targeting Gen Z Americans and influence AI models like ChatGPT.
Trump releases 20-point Gaza peace plan and will personally chair international board overseeing Gaza’s governance, promising Israel full U.S. backing to finish the war if Hamas rejects it.
State Department revokes Colombian President Petro’s visa after he urges U.S. soldiers at New York Gaza protest to disobey Trump’s orders.
Abu Dhabi royal fund and ByteDance will hold over one-third of TikTok US despite Trump’s claim of “American control.”
Supreme Court allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid despite GAO ruling the move illegal.
Trump signs executive order approving $14 billion TikTok deal giving Oracle and investors control while ByteDance retains less than 20%.
Days before meeting with Netanyahu, Trump privately promised Arab leaders at the UN he would not allow Israel to annex the West Bank.
The Trump administration offers a $20 billion financial aid package to boost Argentina’s President Javier Milei one month before a key election.
Trump escalates his UN complaint to a “sabotage” claim and directs a Secret Service probe, even as the UN blames a U.S. videographer for an escalator failure.
Trump urged NATO allies to shoot down Russian planes violating their airspace and then immediately equivocated on a U.S. commitment to back them up.
U.N. officials countered Trump’s claims of operational failures by revealing his own team caused the escalator and teleprompter malfunctions during his speech.
Trump reversed his position on the Ukraine war one month after peace talks with Putin and endorsed Ukraine’s effort to reclaim all Russian-held territory.
Trump denounced the United Nations and multilateralism in a speech calling climate change a con job before privately pledging his 100% support to its leader.
The Trump administration approves a TikTok sale to a U.S. venture but will not take a government stake, unlike its recent Intel deal.
Trump threatened “bad things” against Afghanistan and did not rule out sending troops to retake Bagram air base a day after the Taliban rejected the idea.
The Trump administration used its “golden share” power for the first time to block a U.S. Steel plant closure three months after the company’s foreign takeover.
The Trump administration plans to collect a multibillion-dollar fee from US investors as its price for approving the TikTok takeover.
The Senate confirms former NSA Michael Waltz as UN ambassador after a deal to release foreign aid secured Democratic support.
Brazil files a UN protest against the US for restricting its health minister’s travel one week after Trump imposed sanctions over the Bolsonaro verdict.
Trump seeks to retake Bagram Air Base from the Taliban, reversing the full military withdrawal mandated by his own 2020 deal.
A Trump-appointed judge blocks the deportation of 600 Guatemalan children, ruling the administration’s family reunification claim lacks evidence.
Senate Republicans use a newly-created ‘nuclear option’ to confirm 48 Trump nominees, including Kimberly Guilfoyle, in a single party-line vote.
King Charles hosts a state banquet for Trump as Prime Minister Starmer faces backlash over both leaders’ ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Eleven West Africans deported from the U.S. claim they are still detained in Ghana, directly contradicting Ghanaian officials’ recent statements.
British police arrested four protesters for projecting images of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle during the president’s state visit.
South Korea is probing the U.S. for human rights violations after an ICE raid on a Georgia factory detained 300 Korean workers for a week.
Trump announced U.S. forces sank a previously undisclosed third boat off Venezuela, escalating a naval campaign that raises war crime concerns.
Colombia’s president accused the U.S. of seeking a ‘puppet’ leader one day after the Trump administration decertified the nation’s drug war efforts.
