Vice President J.D. Vance flew into Switzerland Sunday to work through the details of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, the 14-point ceasefire framework Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed last week
President Donald Trump held a press conference Wednesday at the G7 summit in France, defending a 14-point memorandum of understanding his administration has reached with Iran to end the war.
The Senate on Tuesday voted down a Democratic-led effort to force President Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran, with the measure failing 47 to 48 after Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) broke with his party and sided with Republicans.
President Trump on Tuesday rejected reports that the United States agreed to bankroll a $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran, dismissing the claims as fake news as the preliminary peace deal he announced Sunday runs into its first serious disputes.
The U.S. military will hold its current force posture in the Middle East throughout the 60-day negotiation window opened by the new memorandum of understanding with Iran, senior Trump administration officials confirmed Monday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed a resolution demanding that Iran "suspend all enrichment" actions and allow inspectors to assess how much enriched uranium it holds.
President Donald Trump ordered a second wave of U.S. airstrikes against Iran on Wednesday and threatened more, saying the Islamic Republic was stalling peace talks while American forces continued to suffer casualties in the region.
Iran launched missiles and drones at U.S. military installations in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan overnight Wednesday, according to defense officials in all three countries.
