President Donald Trump warned Iran to make a nuclear deal with the US or face military strikes far worse than the attack he ordered last June, increasing pressure on the regime and propelling oil prices higher.
People walk past the Imamzadeh Saleh mosque at Tajrish Square in Tehran on Jan. 28. Photographer: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images
President Donald Trump urged Iranians to continue protests against the government of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and warned he would “act accordingly” once he gets a sense for how many of the demonstrators have been killed.
Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran on Jan. 9. Photographer: Mahsa/AFP/Getty Images
President Donald Trump demanded the US boost annual defense spending by more than 50% to $1.5 trillion for 2027, an unprecedented jump that he said would be paid for by revenue brought in by the tariffs imposed over the last year.
US Marines' F35-B jets arrive in formation to José Aponte de la Torre Airport on Sept. 13, 2025, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. Photographer: Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP/Getty Images
In the high-frequency churn of President Donald Trump’s first term, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s repeated missteps would have fueled guessing games about his imminent firing. In the second, he has maintained White House support — at least for now.
US President Donald Trump Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shake hands at Marine Corps Base Quantico.
The Trump administration will increase vetting of applicants for H-1B visas, with a specific instruction to reject anyone who was involved in “censorship” of free speech.
Today on the Big Take: The state of play in Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations as Trump’s envoy heads to Moscow and Zelenskiy visits France.
Emmanuel Macron, France's president, right, welcomes Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's president, to the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. France and other allies of Ukraine have been stepping up their support of Zelenskiy, who is under pressure to agree on a US-led peace deal that initially drew the ire of officials in Kyiv and in Europe.
President Donald Trump ordered his administration to study labeling some parts of the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations, a step toward fulfilling his longtime goal of slapping the designation on the broader group.
US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. Trump said he talked about the need for New York utility Consolidated Edison Inc. to lower rates during a meeting with Mamdani at the White House. Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca
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