Foreign Policy

President Donald Trump, right, and first lady Melania Trump.

Russia and Ukraine optimistic about Melania Trump-brokered Oleshky ceasefire as it takes effect

Emily Hallas · October 27, 2026 10:42 am

Marco Rubio.

Intelligence chief Jay Clayton warns Rubio of rising Iranian threats

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Starshield systems unlocked in Ukraine after uproar about military restrictions

ESPN television reporter Britt McHenry smiles before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets at Nationals Park, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Washington.

Britt McHenry resigns from State Department after basketball game altercation: Report

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with members of the media at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026.

Rubio calls for Cubans to partner with CIA

President Donald Trump, center left, speaks with Britain's King Charles III along with first lady Melania Trump, left, and Queen Camilla.

Solutions to save the special relationship

Tom Rogan April 30, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump, left, talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Trump orders Netanyahu to take only ‘surgical’ military action in Lebanon

Rena Rowe April 29, 2026 9:17 pm

President Donald Trump, right, talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz

Trump weighing US troop reduction in Germany after Merz’s Iran war criticism

Rena Rowe April 29, 2026 6:07 pm

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, from left, Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla visit the 9/11 Memorial.

Bloomberg leads King Charles III 9/11 memorial service tour instead of Mamdani

Molly Parks April 29, 2026 3:57 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he meets with NASA's Artemis II astronauts Victor Glover, from left, Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen in the Oval Office, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump: ‘I don’t know’ if Iran war will end before Ukraine

Christian Datoc April 29, 2026 3:35 pm

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as he speaks to the press

State Department unveils America 250 passports featuring Trump and Founding Fathers

Emily Hallas April 28, 2026 4:10 pm

Mount Tumbledown stands tall behind Stanley on the Falkland Islands.

The US should not change its stance on the Falkland Islands

Tom Rogan April 28, 2026 1:01 pm

Britain's King Charles III speaks with Christian Turner, British ambassador to the United States, during a garden party at the British Embassy, Monday, April 27, 2026.

UK ambassador says US’s ‘special relationship’ is with Israel now in leaked comments

Brady Knox April 28, 2026 12:05 pm

A woman walks past an anti-U.S. mural painted on the wall of the former U.S. embassy mocking Iran and United States talks, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 25, 2026.

US and Iran stuck in ‘game of diplomatic chicken’

Mike Brest April 27, 2026 4:58 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

Iran’s foreign minister heads to Russia to garner support from Putin

David Zimmermann April 27, 2026 9:09 am

Two police officers walk in front of an anti-U.S. billboard depicting American aircraft being caught by Iranian armed forces in a fishing net beneath the words in Farsi, "The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, The entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground," in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Trump says US negotiators will no longer physically travel for Iran peace talks

Emily Hallas April 26, 2026 4:06 pm

Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump says Iran has three days before oil infrastructure ‘explodes’ due to US blockade

Emily Hallas April 26, 2026 3:36 pm