President Donald Trump had dinner at a seafood restaurant near the White House as part of his effort to promote deploying the National Guard and federalizing the police force in the nation's capital.

CBS News has appointed an ombudsman to investigate consumer complaints, although Kenneth Weinstein's background and duties are different from the way the job has traditionally been defined in journalism.

The United States has long relied on the Coast Guard and allies to interdict drug vessels through arrests and prosecutions at sea.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have arrived in Puerto Rico as the U.S. steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean.

Mexico's top prosecutor says the government plans to arrest many more people involved in fuel theft networks between Mexico and the United States.

President Donald Trump often uses hyperbole to describe his achievements and challenges.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that would let the U.S. designate nations as state sponsors of wrongful detention, using the threat of associated sanctions to deter Americans from being detained abroad or taken hostage.

The deadly strike on a boat U.S. officials say was carrying drugs from Venezuela may have marked a stunning shift, but escalating pressure on the South American country has defined much of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s quarter-century in politics.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's strategy of managing a tumultuous relationship with President Donald Trump may be running up against wider regional tensions and a lack of willingness by the Trump administration to make concessions.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations.

The deadly U.S. military attack on a boat accused of carrying drugs in the Caribbean is the latest in a series of extraordinary measures that President Donald Trump has taken to combat the threat he sees from the Tren de Aragua gang.

President Donald Trump is justifying the lethal military strike that his administration said was carried out a day earlier against a Venezuelan gang as a necessary effort by the United States to send an unmistakable message to Latin American cartels.

Mexico and the United States have agreed to continue collaborating on cross-border security issues like fighting the trafficking of drugs, guns and fuel.

Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister is praising a U.S. strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in the southern Caribbean.

President Donald Trump is suggesting that New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela that was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang.

Security, sovereignty, tariffs, trade, drugs and migration will top Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s agenda this week on his third trip to Latin America since becoming chief U.S. diplomat.

President Donald Trump announced that U.S. Space Command will be relocated from Colorado to Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary home.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says his country is at "maximum preparedness" to respond if attacked by U.S. forces in the Caribbean.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office is urging the U.S. to reverse its decision to revoke his visa.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly.

In a letter sent to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Donald Trump said he wouldn't be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid — effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading back to Latin America next week for visits to Mexico and Ecuador.

The United Nations agency that coordinates international mail deliveries says it's working to get small parcels dispatched to the United States again by resolving confusion over the pending elimination of a U.S. tariff exemption.

As President Donald Trump asserts more unilateral authority, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced that his department will take over managing Union Station from Amtrak.

Israeli and U.S. officials are meeting in Washington to discuss post-war Gaza.

Donald Trump was the Republican Party outsider in 2016.

Uganda's foreign ministry says the African country has agreed to a deal with the United States to take deported migrants as long as they don’t have criminal records and are not unaccompanied minors.

The State Department has fired a press officer responsible for drafting Trump administration talking points about policy toward Israel and Gaza.

The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on the International Criminal Court for pursuing investigations into U.S. and Israeli officials for alleged war crimes.

One candidate is Rodrigo Paz, a conservative centrist senator and son of a neoliberal ex-president who is pitching himself as a moderate reformer.

President Donald Trump has started arranging a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Conservative activist Laura Loomer complained on social media about children from Gaza arriving in the U.S. for medical treatment and questioned how they got visas.

A U.S. official says Russian leader Vladimir Putin has agreed that the United States and European allies could offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defense mandate as part of an eventual deal to end the war.

The future of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has split the United States and its European allies with implications for security in the Middle East.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have not reached a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump has been using diplomatic appointments as a soft landing for officials leaving his administration.

Miami’s Freedom Tower stood as a beacon of hope for Cubans fleeing communist rule at the height of the Cold War.

The Trump administration's new human rights reports for countries worldwide eliminate mentions of discrimination faced by LGBTQ people and reduce a previous focus on reproductive rights.

A Colombian senator and presidential hopeful has died after being shot at a political rally two months ago.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday.

President Donald Trump has hinted that Vice President JD Vance might be the favorite to succeed him as the leader of the MAGA movement.

President Donald Trump is raising eyebrows in Washington with his approach to China.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss the impact tariffs and Medicaid changes are having on her state.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to criminally investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe from the Obama era.

Rwanda has agreed to accept up to 250 deportees from the United States under the Trump administration's third-country deportation program.

The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.

Hong Kong authorities have strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security.

Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that angered President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration says it is weighing what to do with family planning supplies stored in Europe.

Thailand and Cambodia have reaffirmed a fragile ceasefire after days of fighting along the shared border.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is set to headline a major Republican event in South Carolina.

Senate Democrats are imploring President Donald Trump's administration to step up its role in addressing suffering and starvation in Gaza.

A ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appears to be holding as tensions linger despite a truce agreement.

The use of deepfakes to impersonate high-level officials in the U.S. presents a growing security challenge.

Thai and Cambodian leaders will meet in Malaysia to discuss ending hostilities.

A senior state department official who was fired as a speechwriter during President Donald Trump’s first term and has a history of incendiary statements has been appointed to lead the embattled U.S. Institute of Peace.

Families of Palestinian-Americans killed in the West Bank are demanding justice.

Michael Whatley, chairman of the national Republican Party, plans to run for an open Senate seat in North Carolina in 2026, with the blessing of President Donald Trump, after Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara, passed on the seat.

The State Department says it's investigating whether Harvard University will remain part of a government program that allows foreign nationals to take part in cultural and education exchange programs.

President Donald Trump is rehashing longstanding grievances over the Russia investigation that shadowed much of his first term.

President Donald Trump says he's reached a trade agreement with Philippine leader Ferdinand Marcos Jr. following a meeting at the White House.

The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.

Venezuela has released 10 jailed U.S. citizens and permanent residents in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

The State Department is pulling back from commenting on or criticizing elections overseas unless there's a clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest in doing so.

Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of both local and international players, harking back to the dynamics of the country’s nearly 14-year civil war.

The roles of some of the State Department employees fired last week overlap with priorities that President Donald Trump has laid out.

President Donald Trump has hosted Bahrain's crown prince and Qatar's prime minister at the White House.

The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein.

President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Russia to accept a peace deal in Ukraine within 50 days or face bruising sanctions has given the Kremlin extra time to pursue its summer offensive.

The United Kingdom, France and Germany have agreed to restore tough U.N. sanctions on Iran by the end of August if there has been no concrete progress on a nuclear deal.

Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday for his confirmation hearing.

Mike Waltz says that as U_S_ ambassador to the United Nations the U_S_ is reviewing its support and opting to go “back to basics.”.

President Donald Trump has endorsed a plan for European allies to buy U.S. military equipment for Ukraine.

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.

President Donald Trump has announced new measures targeting Russia over its ongoing war in Ukraine, threatening steep tariffs if a peace deal isn't reached within 50 days.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to meet President Donald Trump this week on the heels of the U.S. leader announcing plans to sell NATO allies weaponry that they can then pass on to Ukraine.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties, including Los Angeles.

The State Department is firing over 1,300 employees in line with a dramatic reorganization plan initiated by the Trump administration earlier this year.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week did not result in a ceasefire deal for the Gaza war, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts.

President Donald Trump says the United States is selling weapons to its NATO allies in Europe so they can provide them to Ukraine as it struggles to fend off a recent escalation in Russia’s drone and missile attacks.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says there are “areas of potential cooperation” between Washington and Beijing.

The State Department has formally advised staffers that it will be sending layoff notices to some of them soon.

The Philippines' ambassador to the U.S. said President Donald Trump will host his Philippine counterpart in the White House to discuss how the longtime treaty allies can further deepen their security and economic engagements and bolster deterrence against aggression in Asian security flashpoints.

An independent U.N. investigator and outspoken critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza said “it was shocking” to learn that the Trump administration had imposed sanctions on her.

University associations are challenging the Trump administration’s campaign of arresting and deporting college faculty and students who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attended a memorial service for two slain Israeli Embassy staffers at the end of his trip to Washington.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, whose role in campus protests against Israel led to his detention for over three months in immigration jail, is now seeking $20 million in damages from the Trump administration.

An independent investigator is being sanctioned by the United States over her work scrutinizing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territory.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met with his Russian counterpart in Malaysia on Thursday.

The Trump administration has announced it is issuing sanctions against an independent investigator tasked with probing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories.

Dartmouth College and the University of Notre Dame say they're ending their participation in a Chinese scholarship program House Republicans call a “nefarious mechanism” to steal technology for the Chinese government.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has warned that global trade is being weaponized as U.S. tariffs loom over Southeast Asia.

Sweeping tariffs set to be imposed by President Donald Trump next month may overshadow his top diplomat's first official trip to Asia.

President Donald Trump has shared his unique takes on past presidents and their portraits while discussing his White House redecorating efforts.

President Donald Trump is defending Attorney General Pam Bondi as she faces mounting criticism from far-right influencers and conservative internet personalities over the Justice Department’s abrupt refusal to release additional documents from the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation.

President Donald Trump says he’s “not happy” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using AI-driven technology.

The Trump administration is revoking the terrorism designation of a group led by Syria’s new president.

U.S. President Donald Trump held a private dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as families of hostages held in Gaza push for any ceasefire agreement to include the release of all remaining hostages.