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President Donald Trump, accompanied by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
April 11, 2026, 12:55 am
White House opted against announcing Iran ceasefire on TV, fearing it might not last
US official says Trump was ‘adamant’ about giving speech, aides talked him out of it; White House denies report as ‘fake news,’ says idea ‘never even discussed with the president’
By Phil Stewart and Nandita Bose
US Vice President JD Vance speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two to return to Washington DC, after the White House announced he would be leading the US delegation in upcoming peace talks with Iran, at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, April 8, 2026. (JONATHAN ERNST / POOL / AFP)
April 9, 2026, 2:31 am
Vance to lead US negotiators at first round of Islamabad talks with Iran on Saturday
VP: Tehran thought Lebanon was part of truce due to ‘legitimate misunderstanding,’ Israel agreed to ‘check itself a little bit’ against Hezbollah; Iran’s Ghalibaf claims US violated understandings, questions if negotiations worthwhile
By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg
Vehicles move along Revolution Square in central Tehran, Iran, on March 25, 2026. (AFP) /
March 26, 2026, 3:49 am
Trump: Iran wants deal ‘so badly’; White House says campaign ‘very close’ to meeting goals
US president said to seek quick end to war; Tehran reportedly tells mediators ceasefire must include end to Israel-Hezbollah fighting; Iran’s FM, parliament speaker said temporarily taken off US-Israeli hit list; Israel trying to hobble Iran’s arms industry
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, on March 11, 2026, in Washington, DC. (AP/Alex Brandon)
March 12, 2026, 10:20 am
As Trump boasts of success in Iran, war’s timeline and endgame remain murky
US president has called the war a ‘short-term excursion’ but also demanded ‘unconditional surrender’ as polls show low American support and trust for the operation
By AAMER MADHANI
US President Donald Trump and former president Barack Obama stand on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2017, with first lady Melania Trump and Michelle Obama, prior to the Obama's departure to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following the presidential inauguration. (Rob Carr/Pool Photo via AP)
February 6, 2026, 8:45 pm
Trump posts, then deletes, video that includes racist depiction of Obamas as apes
White House initially rejects ‘fake outrage’ over video on US president’s Truth Social account, before blaming an unnamed staff member
By AFP and ToI Staff
Construction workers atop the US Treasury, bottom left, watch as work continues on a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, October 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
October 25, 2025, 9:08 am
White House East Wing razed to make way for Trump’s $300-million ballroom
President says updated cost to be covered by him ‘and some friends of mine,’ as preservationists assail destruction of historic first ladies’ wing
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and Jacquelyn Martin
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before signing an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House, October 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
October 7, 2025, 1:47 am
Trump ‘pretty sure’ there will be a Gaza deal, denies telling PM to not be ‘f*cking negative’
As negotiations kick off in Egypt, US president says Hamas ‘has been agreeing to things that are very important’; White House avoids setting deadline for talks but wants agreement ‘quickly’
By Jacob Magid
Charlie Kirk speaks just before he is shot during Turning Point's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, September 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)
September 30, 2025, 2:10 pm
In letter to PM, Kirk said Israel getting ‘CRUSHED’ online, losing support on US right
Slain US conservative activist wrote to Netanyahu in May that Israel facing ‘5-alarm fire’ as conservative support erodes; said revamped effort could also help PM with his corruption trial
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump, flanked by Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaks to reporters outside the restaurant Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in Washington on September 9, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
September 10, 2025, 9:26 am
Trump jeered by pro-Palestinian protesters at DC restaurant, called ‘Hitler of our time’
US Secret Service removes demonstrators holding banners of Palestinian flag; others in steakhouse can be heard booing or chanting ‘U-S-A! U-S-A!’ in response to protesters
By AFP
This image posted September 8, 2025, on the X account of the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows a sexually suggestive birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein alluding to a 'wonderful secret' and purportedly signed by US President Donald Trump, who has denied sending the note. (OversightDems/X via AP)
September 9, 2025, 1:49 pm
US Congress releases sexually suggestive note Trump has denied writing to Epstein
White House adamant that signed drawing of curvaceous woman with suggestive message, a birthday gift to financier later convicted of sex offenses, is not handiwork of US president
By Michelle L. Price
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) briefs President Isaac Herzog on June 17, 2025. (Avi Ohayon / GPO)
June 30, 2025, 11:40 pm
Herzog set to discuss ways to end PM’s trial, as White House highlights Trump’s empathy
Report says president will meet Tuesday with ex-chief justice Barak, who plans to insist Netanyahu step down as part of any plea bargain or pardon arrangement
By ToI Staff, Sam Sokol, Jacob Magid and Jeremy Sharon
Pro-Israel demonstrators hold placards and wave Israeli flags as they take part in a protest outside the BBC headquarters, in London, on February 4, 2024. (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
June 4, 2025, 4:30 pm
BBC defends Gaza coverage after White House criticism it takes ‘the word of Hamas’
US administration spokesperson highlights repeated changes British broadcaster made in report on aid center violence; BBC says adjusting death tolls is normal in a developing story
By AFP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks during a Kennedy Center Board dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
May 20, 2025, 1:55 am
US says it wants Gaza war to end, but denies threatening Israel if it doesn’t comply
US, Palestinian officials quash speculation that aid to Gaza stemmed from US deal with Hamas; Huckabee says report that Trump will ‘abandon’ Israel if war continues is ‘nonsense’
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows six B-2 stealth bombers parked at Camp Thunder Cove in Diego Garcia on April 2, 2025 (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
April 2, 2025, 2:38 pm
More B-2 stealth bombers seen at US base in striking distance of Iran, Yemen
At least 6 bombers now at Diego Garcia in Indian Ocean, nearly a third of all nuclear-capable B-2s in US arsenal; at least 4 killed in suspected US strike near Hodeida
By AP and ToI Staff
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks to reporters outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC on March 20, 2025. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
March 20, 2025, 11:44 pm
White House says Trump ‘fully supports’ Israeli actions in Gaza
Press secretary says ‘Hamas chose to play games in the media with lives,’ US fully behind IDF; EU leaders say they ‘deplore’ truce’s collapse, Hamas’s ‘refusal to release hostages’
By Jacob Magid and Reuters
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