13 entries in the ledger
The State Department has removed Kehinde Wiley's Young Artists After Siamesas 1960, a painting it commissioned in 2013 with taxpayer funds for the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo, and a senior official said the department...
Asked on Aug. 19 whether he expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year, President Trump answered, "Yeah, I will be." The Wall Street Journal first reported he was pushing for a meeting. Trump met Kim...
Around May 10, then-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard telephoned Nechirvan Barzani, president of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and asked him to reach the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard...
The State Department revoked the U.S. visa of Brazil’s ambassador in Washington, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, on Aug. 4, 2026, a senior department official said. The official said the visa would be reinstated immediately...
Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, President Trump said negotiations with Iran were under way and that Tehran faced a "last chance before decapitation." Iran's foreign ministry denied the...
Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry said on July 22, 2026 that Ambassador Roberto Lazzeri had filed 20 criminal complaints on July 13 — eight with state prosecutors and 12 with county prosecutors — in Arizona, California...
On the evening of January 23, 2026, President Trump posted on Truth Social that "the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada's joining," addressing Prime Minister Mark Carney. He gave no...
On January 15, 2026, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gave her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Trump during a White House meeting, calling it "a recognition for his unique commitment with our...
Reporting in late September 2025 revealed that Alex Witkoff, son of Trump Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, had pitched a multibillion-dollar real estate credit fund to sovereign wealth funds in Qatar, the UAE, and...
On August 15, 2025, President Trump hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage for the first meeting between the two leaders of Trump's second term. Putin was received with a...