Trump will unveil a deal with Regeneron to lower drug prices - AP News

Trump will unveil a deal with Regeneron to lower drug prices  AP News

Exclusive: Trump poised to expand refugee program for white South Africans - Reuters

Exclusive: Trump poised to expand refugee program for white South Africans  Reuters

Trump’s Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary’s Ouster

The Navy secretary, John Phelan, was supposed to deliver the first of the president’s ships by 2028. The timeline was nearly impossible.

By Greg Jaffe and Helene Cooper

Third U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in waters near Iran

The USS George H.W. Bush strike group’s path to the Middle East has been closely watched as President Trump demands progress in peace negotiations with Tehran.

By Tara Copp

Trump’s navy secretary ousted over dispute about shipbuilding

John Phelan firing caused by poor relationship with Pete Hegseth and slow movement on shipbuilding, sources say The Trump administration fired its top naval official on Wednesday in a move unrelated to the ongoing naval blockade of Iran’s strait of Hormuz, but instead over over an internal dispute about shipbuilding. The Pentagon confirmed that John Phelan, who ran a private investment fund in Florida and was a Donald Trump donor, had been ousted as the navy secretary. His departure – the fir...

By Joseph Gedeon and Hugo Lowell in Washington

Who's Trump listening to on Iran?

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with White House Correspondent Franco Ordonez and National Security Correspondent Greg Myre about how President Trump's Cabinet is shaping the process of the Iran war.

By Mary Louise Kelly

Trump says he is keeping Strait of Hormuz closed, not Iran

Donald Trump said he is the one keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed, not Iran.

Trump praises ousted Navy Secretary Phelan amid tensions with Pentagon leadership

Sources say Navy Secretary John Phelan was removed after months of tensions with Pentagon leaders over shipbuilding programs and chain-of-command issues.

Trump is swaying the market like no president has in decades, analysis shows

Data suggest President Trump has been the driver behind the best and worst days for stocks in his second term.

By Frances Yue

Mike Pence says Trump should back off the Pope and shreds president’s ‘offensive’ Jesus pictures

President has gone on several social media rampages against Pope Leo XIV, after the pontiff spoke out against the war in Iran

By Isabel Keane

A top education official says student-loan forgiveness 'is not happening' — and borrowers should get ready for repayment

Trump's Department of Education is implementing sweeping student-loan changes this summer. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Undersecretary of Education Nicholas Kent said that student-loan borrowers should not count on forgiveness. He reaffirmed the administration's focus on repayment as it implements sweeping changes. Those changes include transferring millions of student-loan accounts to the Treasury. A top education official has a message for millions of student-loan borrowers: Don't count...

Trump says US will not use nuclear weapon in Iran war - The Straits Times

Trump says US will not use nuclear weapon in Iran war  The Straits Times

Trump says nuclear weapons 'should never be allowed,' will not be used against Iran

"I want to make the best deal. I could make a deal right now ... but I don't want to do that. I want to have it everlasting," Trump said.

Trump says US will not use nuclear weapon in Iran war

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would not use a nuclear weapon in the war against Iran. “Why would I use a nuclear weapon? We’ve totally, in a very conventional way, decimated them without it,” Trump told reporters at the White House when asked whether he would use such a weapon. “No, […]

US Navy Secretary Phelan fired by Pentagon, say sources

Navy Secretary John Phelan has been fired, a US official and a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in another wartime shakeup at the Pentagon coming just weeks after Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth ousted the Army’s top general. The Pentagon announced his departure in a brief statement, saying he was leaving the administration “effective immediately.” But it did not provide a reason or say whether it was his decision to go. The sources, who spoke on co...

By none@none.com (Reuters)

Why Trump didn't really 'legalize it'

Trump faces May 1 deadline to remove US troops from Middle East, here's why - Khaleej Times

Trump faces May 1 deadline to remove US troops from Middle East, here's why  Khaleej Times

Trump looks for way out on war, but Iran may not oblige - Dhaka Tribune

Trump looks for way out on war, but Iran may not oblige  Dhaka Tribune

Trump rules out striking Iran with nuclear weapon

President Donald Trump stated he would not use a nuclear weapon on Iran, despite prior threats, questioning the need when conventional force is effective. Read More: https://punchng.com/trump-rules-out-striking-iran-with-nuclear-weapon/

By Punch Newspapers

I’d never strike Iran with nuclear weapon – Trump

Trump's blanket statement against any nuclear use would appear to be at odds with longstanding US nuclear doctrine, which reserves the right to use nuclear weapons. The post I’d never strike Iran with nuclear weapon – Trump appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Henry Oduah

Big defeat to big lies: Trump peddles Iran 'discord' fiction to mask US military, strategic - PressTV

Big defeat to big lies: Trump peddles Iran 'discord' fiction to mask US military, strategic  PressTV