Carol E. Lee

European powers are examining how to their bolster nuclear arsenals to guard against Russia amid questions about America’s commitment to NATO.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is privately ramping up his focus on another target in the Western Hemisphere, increasingly complaining to aides in recent weeks about Canada’s vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic, according to two U.S. officials, a senior administration official and three former senior U.S. officials familiar with the discussions

The bilateral meeting with the Israeli prime minister at Mar-a-Lago comes as Trump seeks to advance the Gaza ceasefire deal that he brokered.

How the divide between Rubio and Witkoff plays out could determine how the war in Ukraine ends and how the U.S. is perceived by its allies and adversaries.

WASHINGTON — Israeli officials have grown increasingly concerned that Iran is expanding production of its ballistic missile program, which was damaged by Israeli military strikes earlier this year, and are preparing to brief President Donald Trump about options for attacking it again, according to a person with direct knowledge of the plans and four former U.S. officials briefed on the plans

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Navy Adm. Frank M. Bradley ordered the subsequent strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s directive to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War could cost as much as $2 billion, according to six people with knowledge of the potential cost

President Donald Trump said Thursday after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping that he was lowering tariffs in exchange for a crackdown on fentanyl and that he would visit China in April.

Some of President Donald Trump’s aides have advised him against shifting the U.S. position on Taiwan to favor China with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.

A recent U.S. intelligence assessment warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is more determined than ever to carry on the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump arrived in Southeast Asia on Sunday for his first visit to the continent since returning to office, a three-nation tour through Malaysia, Japan and South Korea that is expected to culminate in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as tensions between the world’s two biggest economies tick higher.