Carol E. Lee
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President Trump Greets Indian Prime Minister Modi at the White House
President Donald Trump welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House on Monday, as the two leaders work to establish a rapport during their first meeting. → Read More
Trump Blasts Obama’s Handling of Alleged Russian Meddling
President Donald Trump lashed out on Monday at his predecessor over his handling of Russia’s alleged meddling in the U.S. election and denied any collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow. → Read More
Jared Kushner to Travel to Middle East in Effort to Advance U.S. Peace Efforts
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner, plans to travel to the Middle East this week to try to advance U.S. efforts to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, a White House official said Sunday. → Read More
Trump on Iran Attacks: Countries That Sponsor Terrorism ‘Risk Falling Victim’ to It
President Trump linked the attacks in Iran to Tehran’s support for terrorism in a sharply worded statement. → Read More
White House Won’t Say How Much Confidence Trump Has in Attorney General Sessions
White House press secretary Sean Spicer declined to say Tuesday how much confidence President Donald Trump has in Attorney General Jeff Sessions, after Mr. Trump expressed frustration about the legal fight over his travel ban. → Read More
Trump to Make Call on Climate Accord Next Week
President Donald Trump has set next week as his deadline for deciding whether the U.S. will remain part of an international climate-change agreement, withdraw or modify its commitments. → Read More
Trump Likely to Maintain Obama’s Sanctions Against Russia
President Donald Trump is leaning toward maintaining sanctions against Russia that were adopted by the Obama administration in response to Moscow’s alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election, a senior administration official said Thursday. → Read More
Trump Says He Didn’t Mention Israel in Meeting With Russian Officials
President Donald Trump said Monday that he never mentioned Israel in his meeting with Russian officials earlier this month at the White House. → Read More
How Donald Trump’s Riyadh Speech Compares With Barack Obama’s 2009 Cairo Address
President Donald Trump’s first major speech to the Muslim world differed dramatically from Barack Obama’s 2009 Cairo speech in both substance and style, but their goals were essentially the same. → Read More
Saudi Arabia, U.A.E. Pledge $100 Million to World Bank’s Women Entrepreneurs Fund
The World Bank fund, proposed by Ivanka Trump, aims to help women run successful businesses by easing their access to finance, markets and networks. → Read More
Trump's First Foreign Trip: Live Coverage
President Donald Trump travels to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Vatican, EU and NATO → Read More
Trump Administration to Announce New Sanctions On Iran
The Trump administration plans to announce on Wednesday new sanctions against Iran aimed at its ballistic missile program, according to senior U.S. officials. → Read More
U.S. Nears Deal on Arms Coveted by Saudis
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia are working on a package of arms deals and financial investments aimed at elevating economic and security cooperation between Washington and Riyadh after several years of strained relations over the U.S. diplomatic outreach to Iran. → Read More
Condoleezza Rice on Russia, North Korea’s Threat and Freedom
Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice says the U.S. can’t give up on encouraging democracy despite setbacks: ‘We have responsibilities.’ → Read More
Trump to Visit Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican
President Donald Trump plans to visit Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican later this month as part of his first trip outside the U.S. since taking office. → Read More
Trump Meets Abbas, Says of Peace: ‘We’ll Get It Done’
President Donald Trump met with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, saying the U.S. would take part in the pursuit of peace between Israelis and Palestinians and vowing, “We’ll get it done.” → Read More
Trump, Putin to Speak on Tuesday, White House Says
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak on the phone at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time, amid U.S.-Russia tensions over Syria and Ukraine and rising U.S. concerns about North Korea. → Read More
White House Spokesman Argues Assad’s Chemical Weapons Atrocities Were Worse Than Hitler’s
The White House’s top spokesman on Tuesday argued that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has committed atrocities worse than Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, saying even the man whose genocidal regime instigated a world war and killed millions of people didn’t use chemical weapons. → Read More
Trump Issues New Warning to North Korea
President Donald Trump said he would take unilateral action to blunt the threat of North Korea if China doesn’t take steps to do so, a new warning that comes as a U.S. aircraft carrier makes its way toward the western Pacific. → Read More
White House Plays Down Rifts Among Top Staff
The White House on Monday sought to play down rifts among senior staff that led President Donald Trump to consider a major shake-up of his team. → Read More