United States President Donald Trump says Ukraine should replace Volodymyr Zelenskyy with a new leader, lashing out at him for Kyiv’s strikes on Russian oil refineries that have contributed to high diesel prices ahead of the US midterm elections. “I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal,” Trump said at the … Read moreTrump says Ukraine needs a new president who will agree to end the war
US President Donald Trump has signed into law a sweeping sanctions package targeting Russia over its war in Ukraine, days after Congress sent the bill to the White House Signed on Friday, the legislation, known as the Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, honours the late Republican senator who spent more … Read moreTrump signs sweeping Russia sanctions over Ukraine war
PA Media Donald Trump was at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, County Clare, for the Irish Open during the second day of his visit to Ireland US President Donald Trump announced he will lift all tariffs on Irish whiskey at the end of his two-day visit to Ireland. He made the announcement before handing … Read moreTrump says he will remove all Irish whiskey tariffs as he ends two-day visit
Reuters The fragile “no war, no peace” situation since the US and Iran signed a tentative deal last month now seems to have tipped into war. This on-again off-again truce could again wobble back into life through the efforts of increasingly exasperated Arab and Pakistani mediators, and the preference of both sides to avoid a … Read moreStrait of Hormuz ‘faultline’ exposes weakness of the US-Iran deal
Getty Images Donald Trump’s latest Iran War demand lasted all of 24 hours and suggests a president searching for unorthodox ways out of a difficult position. On Monday morning, in a social media post announcing the resumption of an American naval blockade on Iranian shipping, he said that all vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz … Read moreTrump retreat over Hormuz tolls suggests he is struggling to end Iran war
Getty Images Talks between Iran and the US continue but Tehran has publicly refused to cede ground The United States and Iran have both signalled that they would prefer not to go back to the war that has been on hold since the ceasefire was announced on 8 April. Neither side has allowed the steady … Read moreBowen: Trump needs this war to end but Iran is not backing down
Getty Images A US official has struck down security funding allotted for President Trump’s White House ballroom project from a proposed spending package, in a win for Democrats. The Senate rule-keeper ruled against the use of taxpayer funds in the bill on Saturday, after Democrats argued that security money doesn’t belong in it. Trump has … Read moreTrump’s White House ballroom loses federal funding proposed by Senate Republicans
Reuters Trump had labelled Iran’s counter-offer to US proposals to end the war ‘garbage’ US President Donald Trump has warned Iran the “clock is ticking” as talks to bring the war to an end have stalled. “They better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them,” he wrote on his Truth Social … Read moreTrump warns ‘clock is ticking’ for Iran as peace progress stalls
Getty Images Means failed to win enough support in the Senate to be confirmed President Donald Trump has pulled his controversial pick to be US surgeon general, Casey Means, after she failed to win over enough votes from the Senate to be confirmed to the role. On Thursday, Trump posted on his social media network, … Read moreTrump pulls surgeon general pick after nomination stalls
Jordan Pettitt – WPA Pool/Getty Images The US state visit takes place at a time of “very unusual” political tensions “It’s high risk, high stakes and high opportunity.” That’s how a royal source describes next week’s state visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the United States. There is genuine jeopardy in this … Read moreKing’s ‘high stakes’ visit with Trump will be toughest test yet of his reign