President Trump on Wednesday told Gulf leaders he urgently wants “to make a deal” with Iran to wind down its nuclear program but said Tehran must end its support of proxy groups throughout the region as part of any potential agreement. Iran “must stop sponsoring terror, halt its bloody proxy wars and permanently and verifiably
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday defended President Trump’s possible move to accept a Qatari-offered jet for the president’s use, saying “the problem is really with Boeing.” “Boeing had a responsibility to provide a new Air Force One now. They didn’t do the job,” McCarthy said on “CBS Mornings Plus.” Mr. Trump arrived Wednesday
As a Republican-backed bill moves ahead in the House, proposed tax cuts under the measure include some new and surprising changes that could impact the wallets of millions of Americans. On Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee voted in favor of the bill, which would make Mr. Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent while also
A 2-year-old girl separated from her parents by deportation arrived on Wednesday in Venezuela, where her mother was deported from the United States — a move that the South American country has repeatedly denounced as a kidnapping. Maikelys Espinoza arrived at an airport outside the capital, Caracas, along with more than 220 deported migrants. Footage
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The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some “forever chemicals” in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones. The Biden administration set the first federal drinking water limits for PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, finding they increased the risk of cardiovascular
President Trump met Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, highlighting the stunning reversal in fortunes for a former Islamist militant with ties to al Qaeda who spent years with a U.S. government bounty on his head. Al-Sharaa’s rebel forces led the charge on Damascus last year that toppled the decades-long, iron-fisted