7 governors sign letter backing Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

USA. President Donald Trump walks out of the Oval Office and toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 15, 2018, as he heads to Walter Reed National Medical Center to visit with first lady Melania Trump who is recovering from a kidney procedure. COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and a group of fellow governors are backing President Donald Trump's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing what they called Trump's "transformative efforts to bring peace to the Korean peninsula."

Live: White House briefing – White House blames Hamas for deaths of Palestinians

White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah praised the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem and called today "a great day for Israel," and a reminder that when Donald Trump makes a promise, he keeps it. But during the festivities surrounding the embassy's opening in Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers have shot and killed at least 52 Palestinians during mass protests over the relocation of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

A new era of Nuclear uncertainty

By Javier Solana With the decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action US President Donald Trump's administration has demonstrated, yet again, that it is determined to destroy major global structures and agreements. The decision will be a massive blow to the 2015 deal, putting the entire world at risk.

US to lift sanctions on North Korea if it meets demands: Pompeo

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in this May 9, 2018 photo released on May 10, 2018 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang. Photo - KCNA/via Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in this May 9, 2018 photo released on May 10, 2018 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang.

Pompeo says U.S. not ‘remotely close’ to getting what it wants from …

'It's just possible we might pull off a historic undertaking': Pompeo says U.S. not 'remotely close' to a deal with North Korea and it all comes down to Trump's meeting with Kim Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Trump and Kim Jong-un would meet in Singapore on June 12 to 'see if there is sufficient overlap' to make a deal He attempted to lower the bar for what constitutes a 'successful outcome' after Trump predicted he'd walk away with a major achievement Making his expectations known earlier this week, Trump said, 'I think that we're going to have a success.

Pompeo: US will need to give Kim Jong Un security assurances

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the United States will need to "provide security assurances" to North Korea's Kim Jong Un if the adversaries are to reach a nuclear deal, describing the stakes of President Donald Trump's upcoming summit with Kim. Pompeo met with Kim last week in North Korea, helping set the stage for Trump's historic summit with the North Korean leader in Singapore on June 12. Trump's goal is for North Korea to get rid of its nuclear weapons in a permanent and verifiable way.

The End of the Iran Deal and Trump’s New, Confrontational Foreign Policy

Big on headlines, brash in demands, but short on long-term strategy, his course risks failing in Iran, North Korea, and beyond. On January 20, 1981, John Limbert and fifty-one other American diplomats were taken to Tehran's international airport on a bus, after being held in captivity by young revolutionaries for four hundred and forty-four days.

North Korea to dismantle nuclear site ahead of Trump-Kim summit

North Korea has announced it will hold a ceremony in late May for the dismantling of its nuclear test site. The country's central news agency said tunnels will be collapsed with explosions, blocking entrances, while observation facilities, research buildings and security posts will be closed.

Pompeo off to fast start as Trump’s top diplomat

Trump, Kim meeting set Fear of Islam must not drive US foreign policy Pence: One of the detainees said he hadn't seen daylight 'in a very long time' MORE has hit the ground running in his first weeks atop the State Department, drawing a stark contrast with his predecessor by taking a decidedly public approach to his role as chief diplomat.

Giuliani cautions no Trump-Russia interview decision soon

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said President Donald Trump is "somewhat embarrassed" by the special counsel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. President Donald Trump applauds during an event about prescription drug prices with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 11, 2018.

Giuliani: Don’t expect Trump-Russia interview decision soon

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said President Donald Trump is "somewhat embarrassed" by the special counsel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. President Donald Trump applauds during an event about prescription drug prices with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 11, 2018.

Summit set, detainees free; Trump sees N.Korea ‘big success’

Envisioning "a very special moment for world peace," President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un for highly anticipated summit talks in Singapore on June 12. He set the stage for his announcement by hosting a 3 a.m., made-for-TV welcome home for three Americans held by Kim's government. Final details in place, Trump and Kim agreed to the first face-to-face North Korea-U.S. summit since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.

Democrats’ Economic Quandary in 2018 Messaging

Democratic campaign operatives have acknowledged that running against Donald Trump and the White House controversy du jour -- at the expense of more substantive policy issues -- could weaken their advantages heading into November's midterms. And complicating their case further are signs of economic improvement, including recent labor statistics showing national unemployment at a near-20-year low of 3.9 percent.

Trump seeks ‘very meaningful’ summit in Singapore with North Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had high hopes of "doing something very meaningful" to curtail North Korea's nuclear ambitions at a summit in Singapore next month, after Pyongyang smoothed the way for talks by freeing three American prisoners. The date and location of the first-ever meeting of a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader were announced by Trump on Twitter.

Americans freed from North Korea greeted by Trump after arriving in US

In a made-for-TV ceremony in the dead of night, President Donald Trump on Thursday welcomed home three Americans freed by North Korea and declared their release a sign of promise toward his goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. With the former detainees by his side on a dark air base tarmac, Trump called it a "great honor" to welcome the men to the U.S., but said "the true honor is going to be if we have a victory in getting rid of nuclear weapons."