Secretary of State Marco Rubio had lashed out on social media over comments critical of President Trump that the ambassador had made to a think tank in Johannesburg.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called South Africa’s U.S. ambassador Ebrahim Rasool “a race-baiting politician who hates America” and declared him persona non grata.

The president revived a number of falsehoods he had used on the campaign trail last year, including his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

President Donald Trump excoriated the Justice Department prosecutors who investigated him and vowed to use it to target his own enemies in a campaign-style speech at the department’s historic Great Hall on Friday.

The party’s split over supporting a spending extension to avert a lapse in government funding boiled down to a practical question of how much power the president has in a shutdown.

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump praised a longtime adversary, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, after the New York Democrat said he would vote in favor of a Republican bill to fund the government and avert a shutdown.

Russia President Vladimir Putin agreed in principle on Thursday with a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine. President Donald Trump prepared to host NATO secretary general Mark Rutte amid deep concerns by members of the 32-member transatlantic military alliance that Trump’s apparent pivot toward Russia makes him untrustworthy.

Russia President Vladimir Putin have agreed in principle with a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine. President Donald Trump is preparing to host NATO secretary general