New: One US citizen was killed and another was wounded in the speedboat shoot out with Cuban authorities, a US official told CNN Thursday. www.cnn.com/us/live-news...

I asked Rubio yesterday if there is a point that the administration would change tack and increase pressure on Moscow as the war in Ukraine continues. He claims they have “continued to increase pressure on Moscow,” says it’s very important the US be able to serve as negotiator

The Cuban Interior Ministry says four people were killed and six injured on a Florida-registered vessel after they opened fire on Cuban personnel No word yet from the US government on the incident or whether the people on board the vessel were US citizens

In a new statement, G7 leaders “reaffirm our unwavering support for Ukraine in defending its territorial integrity and right to exist, and its freedom, sovereignty and independence.” The statement, however, does not explicitly condemn Russia for its war www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

James Luckey-Lange spent just over a month detained in Venezuela. He shared his story with @snlyngaas.bsky.social & me - including how he smuggled out a bar of soap with names of other inmates carved in it, in the hopes of finding their families www.cnn.com/2026/02/14/p...

New: The US State Department is planning to form a new bureau to respond to disasters and provide humanitarian assistance, a Democratic congressional aide and another source familiar told CNN. The move to create the new bureau comes after USAID was shuttered last year www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

The Trump administration has spent more than $30 million to send migrants to far-flung countries that are not their own, including, in a few instances, paying over $1 million a person, a new report from the Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says. https://cnn.it/3MuzgJk

Jeremy Carl, the Trump administration’s pick for a top State Department position, is unlikely to get the job after a bipartisan group of senators grilled him over his history of racist, sexist and reported antisemitic comments and posts. www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/p...

NEW: The Trump admin has spent more than $30 million to send migrants to far-flung countries that are not their own, including, in a few instances, paying over $1 million a person, per a new report from Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...

The “Walk for Peace” in DC today. The monks have walked more than 2,000 miles on their pilgrimage from Texas to the nation’s capital

The expiration of the last remaining nuclear treaty between the United States and Russia on Thursday has sparked fears about a nuclear arms race, with the two biggest nuclear superpowers without limits on their arsenals for the first time in decades. www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/p...

New: The Trump administration sent about a dozen Iranians back on a deportation flight Sunday, per a source familiar with the matter. It was the first known deportation flight since the sweeping anti-government protests and brutal crackdowns on protesters www.cnn.com/2025/06/26/p...

The Trump admin is expected to deport dozens of Iranians back to their home country as soon as this Sunday, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Two people who have been told they will be on the flight face the risk of death in Iran because they are gay www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...

"We've never gotten anything" from NATO, Trump says at Davos. Lest we forget, NATO's Article 5 has only been invoked once in history, after the US was attacked on 9/11

“I don’t need international law,” Trump tells The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...

Inside Marco Rubio’s rise — and role — in the US operation to capture Maduro www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/p...

"You can hear it, right here. That's me screaming, because the guy in the striated sweater thing is reaching underneath my visor trying to gouge out my eye with his thumb." Two police officers relive January 6 through their own bodycam footage (via @npr.org) www.npr.org/sections/the...

Trump said that Maduro "wanted to negotiate at the end" and was "trying hard to make a deal." "I didn't want to negotiate. I said, 'Nope, we got to do it,'" the US president said on Fox.

At his press conference last month, I asked Rubio what the US was willing to commit to ensure stability in Venezuela if Maduro was removed from power. He wouldn't say.

NEW: The US State Department imposed visa sanctions on a former top European Union official and employees of organizations that combat disinformation for alleged censorship www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/p...

NEW: The US State Department imposed visa sanctions on a former top European Union official and employees of organizations that combat disinformation for alleged censorship www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/p...

In remarks just now, Trump claimed Denmark has "no military protection." But just today, the State Department announced plans for a $950+ million missile sale to Denmark www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...

“This has never happened in the 101-year history of the U.S. Foreign Service,” said Eric Rubin, a retired career diplomat and former president of the American Foreign Service Association. www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/p...

The Trump administration is removing numerous career ambassadors from their posts abroad, marking the latest shake-up of the US State Department and diplomatic corps. www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/p...

Trump has pledged to help end the fighting in Sudan. Will it be enough? #KeepEyesOnSudan www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/p...

The Trump administration is touting its new "America First" global health strategy as an ambitious overhaul of the way the US provides health assistance throughout the world. Health experts warn it's risky. Read more from @laurengkent.bsky.social and me: www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...

The exclusion of South Africa from the meetings of the world’s most important economies is an unprecedented step and would mark the first time a country was outright excluded from them in its more than 20-year history.

NEW: The Trump administration is not planning to invite South Africa to take part in G20 events hosted in the United States next year, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...

The US State Department will require its diplomats describe enforcement of DEI policies, alleged facilitation of mass migration, and government funding that supports abortion as “human rights infringements” in its next human rights report www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...

A new Trump admin plan for the end of the war in Ukraine would see Kyiv cede territory to Russia, US “de facto” recognition of Crimea and other Ukrainian territory as Russian, and limits to the size of Ukraine’s military, according to a draft of the plan obtained by CNN www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...

Officials also acknowledged that they do not necessarily know the individual identities of each person on board a vessel before they attack it. Strikes are instead conducted based on intelligence that the vessels are linked to a specific cartel.

NEW: Trump admin officials told lawmakers US is not currently planning to launch strikes inside Venezuela & doesn’t have a legal justification to support attacks against any land targets right now www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...

USUN Amb. Mike Waltz briefed the 10 elected members of the UN Security Council about a resolution on the Gaza peace plan, a US official told CNN. Representatives from Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, & the United Arab Emirates joined Waltz “to demonstrate regional support.”

Less than a month between these two posts. What changed? Trump spoke with Putin again

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to arrive in Egypt Wednesday amid continuing negotiations over the release of hostages being held by Hamas and a broader end to the war in Gaza, according to two sources familiar www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

"I told Pete [Hegseth], we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military," US President Donald Trump said today www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

The Trump admin has proposed a 21-point Gaza peace plan that calls for all hostages held by Hamas to be released within 48 hours of an agreement and sets out a roadmap for Gaza once the war ends, per a source familiar with the proposal www.cnn.com/2025/09/27/m...

I asked Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov how his meeting with US Secretary of State Rubio went. He gave me a thumbs up.

Natalia’s son doesn’t remember Ukraine. He thinks he’s been living in the US his entire life. But unless there is swift action by Trump admin, the family could be among thousands of Ukrainians who may have to leave as work authorizations & legal status in the US expire www.cnn.com/2025/09/06/p...

US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order creating a “state sponsor of wrongful detention” designation meant to penalize countries that wrongfully imprison Americans. www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/p...

"Boat traffic is substantially down in the area that happened," Trump says of the Caribbean waters where the US military lethally struck an alleged drug boat. "I don't even know about fisherman, they may say, 'I'm not getting on the boat. I'm not going to take a chance,'" he says.

The US conducted a deadly military strike against an alleged drug boat tied to the cartel Tren de Aragua, Trump said. Trump said 11 people were killed in the strike. The use of military force against Latin American drug cartels is a significant escalation www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/p...

The US State Department has instructed its diplomats to refuse most visas for Palestinian passport holders, per a cable seen by CNN. The new missive applies to “all otherwise eligible Palestinian Authority passport holders” seeking nonimmigrant visas www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/p...

NEW: The US is “denying and revoking visas” from members of Palestinian Authority (PA) & Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) – a significant step ahead of the UN General Assembly, where multiple countries are expected to recognize a Palestinian state www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/p...

NEW: France, Germany and the United Kingdom have begun the process to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran. The triggering of the snapback sanctions comes as diplomatic efforts to restrain Iran’s nuclear program have faltered. www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/m...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with his German, French, and British counterparts ahead of the looming decision by the European countries of whether to trigger snapback sanctions on Iran.

President Trump says returning stolen Ukrainian kids is a priority. His administration cut funds to an organization tracking them edition.cnn.com/world/live-n...

The State Department has revoked more than 6,000 student visas this year, a State Department official said Monday, as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on some international students it claims have broken the law. www.cnn.com/2025/08/18/p...

Presidents Trump and Putin do not take questions from reporters after making statements to the press

Presidents Trump and Putin have arrived in Alaska. Putin was greeted by a red carpet and the two are riding together in the US presidential vehicle, "The Beast"