U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters upon arrival Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Ariz., on April 17, 2026. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump said on April 17 that talks aimed at ending the war in Iran are ongoing and will carry on over the weekend, though he suggested that
President Donald Trump walks off Air Force One as he arrives at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Ariz., on April 17, 2026. Win McNamee/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on April 17 that talks aimed at ending the war in Iran are ongoing and will carry on over the weekend, and there had been
President Donald Trump walks toward reporters before answering questions prior to boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on April 10, 2026. Win McNamee/Getty Images President Donald Trump announced April 17 that he expects his administration to begin releasing documents “very soon” related to extraterrestrial life and unexplained phenomena. “As you remember, I
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a news briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, on April 8, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Trump administration confirmed on April 17 that it was working with the FBI to investigate the mysterious deaths and disappearances of ten
A federal judge has blocked a $6.2 billion merger of local television giants Nexstar Media Group and rival Tegna until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley in Sacramento, California, made the ruling late Friday afternoon, finding that eight attorneys general and DirecTV were likely to prevail in their
A delegation of senior State Department representatives traveled to Cuba via a U.S. government plane last week, a department official and two U.S. officials told CBS News, a diplomatic opening as the island nation struggles with months of intense pressure from the Trump administration. While in Cuba, one U.S. diplomat met with Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez
President Trump has been lobbing insults at Pope Leo XIV in response to his criticisms of the war in Iran and appeals for peace, marking an unusually pronounced rupture between the leaders of the world’s most powerful country and the world’s largest Christian denomination. But Leo criticized the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts both before