“ Canada is a sovereign state, yes ,” Pete Hoekstra told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He’s a former congressman who served as U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands in President Donald Trump ’s first term.

Potential plans range from partnering more closely with Panamanian security forces to a less likely option of U.S. troops' seizing the canal by force, U.S. officials told NBC News.

Russia’s stalling contrasted with Trump’s rush for a valuable breakthrough as his trade policies set off stock market slumps and cast a cloud over the economy. “I think we’re going to be in very good shape to get it done. We want to get it over with,” Trump said at the Oval Office on Thursday, in an outburst of optimism that jarred with reality.

US President Donald Trump has praised talks held with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the US-proposed ceasefire deal in Ukraine as "good and productive". This comes after Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff met in Moscow on Thursday evening,

Trump has proposed a 30-day ceasefire deal in Ukraine Putin agrees in principle, but says proposal needs work Putin and Trump envoy held Moscow talks - Kremlin Putin used talks to send Trump a message - Kremlin MOSCOW,

The Trump administration is upping financial pressure on Russia by letting a Biden-era short-term sanction waiver on Russian energy expire overnight. The decision comes as Trump administration officials are in Russia to try to secure a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.

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President Donald Trump openly challenged U.S. allies on Wednesday by increasing tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25% as he vowed to take back wealth “stolen” by other countries, drawing quick retaliation from Europe and Canada.

President Donald Trump threatened to slap a 200 percent tariff on European wine, champagne, and other alcohol imports on Thursday—the latest shot fired in his erratic global trade war. Trump announced his threat targeting booze from France and other European Union countries after the bloc unveiled plans to apply duties to a list of American goods in retaliation to the 25 percent global tariffs Trump imposed on steel and aluminium.