A Qatari official has told Newsweek that the country at the center of the recently established ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement will support President Donald Trump in pushing both sides to adhere to the truce.

The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of condolences to US President Donald Trump on the victims of a passenger

Afghanistan, now under the Taliban, is no longer a conflict begging to be solved with a deal. It needs a more nuanced approach than the Trump administration may be capable of.

Trump would be wise to remember this as he interacts with MBS. Saudi officials may highlight their strategic relationship with Washington as mutually-beneficial, but the kingdom won't be doing the United States any favors. And the concessions the Saudis do make will almost certainly be paired with demands.

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Trump’s past diplomacy with Qatar on counterterrorism, economic ties, and regional stability could foster continued cooperation in his second term. As President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration on Monday,

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, said on Wednesday that he welcomed the potential for “a dialogue” with Hamas and heaped praise on Qatar for helping facilitate the cease-fire deal between Israel and Gaza, despite facing scrutiny for previous ties to the Gulf nation.

Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, plans to be a near-constant presence in the region in an attempt to prevent the deal from unraveling.

Biden officials involved in the effort acknowledged that President-elect Donald Trump’s threats and Trump envoy Steve Witkoff’s participation during the final week of negotiations played a major role in bringing across the finish line a deal they had struggled to reach for more than a year.

Washington state welcomed more than 6,000 refugees. But an executive order from President Trump last week paused the program.

How’s Trump’s honeymoon period going? Is he enjoying a wave of well wishes as he begins his new term? Are Americans giving him the benefit of the doubt? According to the poll aggregator at FiveThirtyEight,

President’s Oval Office chat with Fox host covers everything from pardoning of January 6 defendants to the future of TikTok and Los Angeles wildfires