President Donald Trump has said that trade threats forced India and Pakistan back from the brink when hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbors escalated in May. Trump said his warning that the U.

Shortly after, Trump announced that Musk and his former presidential candidate rival Vivek Ramaswamy would lead a new "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE – a tongue-in-cheek reference to an internet meme favored by Musk), which will operate as an independent advisory group to cut government spending and streamline bureaucracy.

President Vladimir Putin in 2023 suspended Russian participation in New START, blaming U.S. support for Ukraine, although he said that Russia would remain within the treaty's limits on warheads, missiles and heavy bomber planes.

Following a lengthy call, Trump said Putin could help bring Iran to a nuclear agreement and warned Tehran's delay must end soon.

The daring Ukrainian operation had been in the works for more than a year and entailed a covert operation to smuggle a slew of drones into Russia, but the White House was not given a heads-up that