Jared Kushner

Iran is demanding the release of $24 billion in frozen assets as a condition for advancing a potential agreement with Washington, while U.S. forces intercepted Iranian missiles and drones targeting Kuwait, Bahrain, and maritime traffic near the Strait of Hormuz and President Donald Trump’s top envoys quietly convened nuclear experts to prepare for the possible implementation of a deal.

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he has canceled a planned trip by U.S. representatives, including Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser Jared Kushner, to Pakistan for talks with Iranian officials, citing time wasted on traveling and work and describing what he called “infighting” and “confusion” within Iran’s so-called “leadership.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held what is likely her last press gaggle with reporters before she takes leave to have her daughter.  

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser Jared Kushner will head to Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday for another round of negotiations with Iran, and Vice President JD Vance “is on standby” and could potentially join them there.

Iranian state media reported on Sunday night that Tehran is not planning to attend peace talks announced by President Donald Trump and scheduled for Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump has warned the Islamist regime in Tehran that if it refuses to accept his deal, the United States will once again start to bomb the country, including “every single” bridge and power plant.

Senior Iranian and American delegations met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Saturday to begin negotiations towards a deal to end the Middle East war unleashed six weeks earlier by US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.

The White House is pushing back on media reports citing anonymous “regional sources” claiming that the Iranian regime wants Vice President JD Vance to lead negotiations because of his “anti-war” stance, with an official telling Breitbart News that the stories are false and an obvious “foreign propaganda campaign.”

President Donald Trump said Monday that discussions with Iran have been “very, very strong” when asked about Tehran denying conversations that could lead to ending the war.

The United States has positioned its first dedicated “one-way” kamikaze drone unit for potential use against Iran, as the latest round of nuclear negotiations in Geneva wrapped without a deal and Tehran reportedly rejected Washington’s core demands.

As President Donald Trump considers whether and how to conduct military strikes against Iran ahead of another round of talks in Geneva, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine has advised the president and senior officials that such action could carry significant risks, including the possibility of a prolonged conflict, according to Axios.

President Donald Trump said Monday he will be “indirectly” involved in Tuesday’s high-stakes nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva, expressing confidence Tehran wants “to make a deal” while warning that he does not believe the regime wants “the consequences of not making a deal” as U.S. military forces continue building pressure across the Middle East.

President Donald Trump’s chief negotiators have warned that striking a “good” nuclear agreement with Tehran is historically “difficult to impossible,” as he declared regime change “would be the best thing that could happen” and ordered additional U.S. forces into position ahead of renewed talks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday as U.S.–Iran negotiations advance under mounting tension, with Tehran resisting demands to curb its ballistic missiles, proxy forces, and nuclear program following talks in Oman that Trump said were “very good.”

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held their planned talks in Oman on Friday, despite some last-minute demands from Iran that threatened to derail the process.

President Donald Trump hailed the return of the final Israeli hostage’s remains from Gaza on Monday as an “impossible” outcome achieved — then declared the moment now pivots to Phase II of his Gaza framework.

Ukraine, Russia, and the United States are meeting for the first time under a new trilateral format to discuss possibilities for peace.

Jared Kushner on Thursday unveiled a sweeping U.S.-backed vision at Davos to rebuild the war-torn Gaza Strip into a “New Gaza” economic hub by 2035, outlining a phased redevelopment plan centered on infrastructure, investment, and employment — contingent on Hamas demilitarization and the surrender of its weapons.

US President Donald Trump on Friday gave a key role in post-war Gaza to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and appointed a US officer to lead a nascent security force.

A Ukrainian delegation arrived in the United States for talks Saturday on a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war as Russian attacks again took aim at Ukraine’s power grid, cutting electricity and heating in freezing temperatures.

A Kremlin envoy said peace talks on a U.S.-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were pressing on “constructively” in Florida, while the Ukrainian president said they were moving “quickly.”

A private equity firm owned by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is no longer backing Paramount’s hostile acquisition bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, the firm confirmed Tuesday.

U.S. envoys arrived in Berlin Sunday morning for another round of talks intended to secure a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine war ‘peace’ talks were “difficult” but “necessary”, Russia’s Putin said, adding coming to a consensus on Ukraine “is no easy feat”. 

Russia would totally eliminate European opponents and be left with “nobody to negotiate with” if war came, Putin said in belligerent remarks.

President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow for ceasefire talks.

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner sparked controversy Sunday by defending Hamas’s good faith in the Gaza ceasefire, and suggesting Israel needs to treat Palestinians better.

NEWARK, New Jersey—President Donald Trump sent the Prudential Center into a frenzy with his entrance to UFC 316 Saturday night.

Journalists covering President Donald Trump’s arrival to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday observed the presence of a mobile McDonald’s set up at a press center for covering the event in Riyadh, an apparent nod to the president’s love of the burger restaurant.

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he had selected Charles Kushner to serve as the United States Ambassador to France.

Former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner encouraged the United States on Saturday evening to “tell Israel to finish the job,” in the aftermath of the news that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike.

President Joe Biden called for a ceasefire in Lebanon again on Saturday evening, hours after the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was confirmed, and Israel continued pounding Hezbollah leaders and weapons caches.

Former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, says he will not be returning to the White House should Trump be victorious in November.

Biden claims he needs more money to secure the border, while Republicans say the Biden administration took 94 executive actions in its first 100 days to reverse the Trump administration’s border policy.

The Emirate of Qatar accused Israel of war crimes on Tuesday, claiming that it has deliberately killed innocent civilians for two months — after Qatar’s prime minister met with wealthy figures in the American Jewish community in an attempt to improve relations.

Jared Kushner, the former White House aide and son-in-law to President Donald Trump who played a leading role in crafting the Abraham Accords, says that the war between Israel and Hamas should “pause,” but not end, efforts at peace and normalization.