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Trump’s 16th week in office to include WH meeting with Canada, ongoing trade negotiations
President Donald Trump is fresh off his 100th day in office and says his administration has no plans to slow down in the coming weeks, months and years.
«This week, we’re celebrating the most successful first 100 days of any presidential administration in the history of our country. And we’ve been given a lot of credit for that. … But we’re going to do even better as we move along,» Trump said during his commencement address at the University of Alabama on Thursday.
Trump’s 16th week back in the Oval Office is anticipated to include a meeting with Canada’s new leader, ongoing talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, and trade negotiations with foreign nations that are expected to continue heating up before the 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs ends in July.
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Canadian PM to visit White House
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday he would visit the White House on Tuesday after Carney’s Liberal Party emerged victorious in the nation’s federal election last week to discuss a 25% tariff imposed on goods from the nation sent to the U.S. and Trump’s repeated urging that the U.S. northern neighbor become the «51st state.»
«We are meeting as heads of our government,» Carney said Friday of the upcoming meeting. «I am not pretending those discussions will be easy.»
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Trump added during his meeting with Cabinet members on Thursday that he spoke with Carney after Canada’s election and predicted they would have «a great relationship.»
«He’s going to come to the White House very shortly within the next week or less,» Trump said on Thursday.
Beijing ‘evaluating’ trade negotiation offer
Chinese President Xi Jinping (Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)
The Trump administration has leveled tariffs as high as 145% on Chinese goods as the president looks to bring parity to the nation’s chronic trade deficit with foreign countries. Trump paused his reciprocal tariff plan on dozens of nations in April as countries called on the administration to make trade deals, but he upped the ante on China as the country rebuked Trump’s trade policies with tariffs of its own, including 125% duty taxes on U.S. goods.
China’s Commerce Ministry said on Friday that officials are «evaluating» an offer from the Trump administration to hold trade talks on the 145% U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, signaling it could be a busy week of discussions if China accepts the offer.
«The U.S. has recently taken the initiative on many occasions to convey information to China through relevant parties, saying it hopes to talk with China,» the statement said, according to Reuters.
TRUMP SAYS HE WILL NOT DROP TARIFFS TO GET CHINA TO NEGOTIATING TABLE
«Attempting to use talks as a pretext to engage in coercion and extortion would not work,» the statement added.
Trump and the administration have previously said they were willing to hold trade negotiations with China, including the president saying on April 8, «We are waiting for their call. It will happen.»
The president said on NBC’s «Meet the Press» on Sunday that he will not drop the tariffs to bring China to the negotiation table.
«They said today they want to talk. Look, China, and I don’t like this, I’m not happy about this: China’s getting killed right now,» Trump told host Kristen Welker. «They’re getting absolutely destroyed. Their factories are closing. Their unemployment is going through the roof. I’m not looking to do that to China now. At the same time, I’m not looking to have China make hundreds of billions of dollars and build more ships and more army tanks and more airplanes.»
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday the Trump administration will take into account China’s lack of compliance with a trade deal from the president’s first term when it finalizes a new trade deal.
«I think we’ll have to take into account that they didn’t adhere to the phase 1 deal, and … I note with great interest that the Biden administration liked the tariffs, but they didn’t enforce the purchase agreements,» Bessent said on Fox News last week.
Meanwhile, Bessent and other administration trade leaders are negotiating with dozens of other nations during the 90-day pause that began on April 9. The pause will sunset in July, meaning officials on U.S. soil and worldwide are working at a breakneck pace to secure such deals within that time frame.
Russia-Ukraine talks continue
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin (Fox News Digital image)
Trump said on «Meet the Press» that he believes he’s closer to ironing out a peace deal after Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned last week it was «critical» to U.S. efforts to secure a peace deal between Russia and its war with neighboring Ukraine.
War has raged between Russia and Ukraine since 2022, with Trump campaigning last year to end the war that he said never would have started if he had been in office after the 2020 election.
«I do believe we’re closer with one party,» Trump said during the interview, «and maybe not as close with the other, but we’ll have to see. I’d like to not say which one we’re closer to, but we did do a deal for the American people.»
Ukraine signed a deal with the U.S. last week allowing access to Ukraine’s rare minerals as it continues to hash out a peace agreement.
TRUMP SAYS HE COULD ‘WALK AWAY’ FROM RUSSIA-UKRAINE TALKS, CITES ‘TREMENDOUS HATRED’ ON BOTH SIDES
«We were able to get rare Earth [minerals]. You know, the Europeans are getting paid back. They have a loan. We didn’t. [Former President Joe] Biden just gave him $350 billion. He has no idea where the money is. … And remember this: This is Biden’s war. This was a war that was never going to happen if I were president. This is a horrible, horrible war,» he continued.
«How long do you give both countries before you’re going to walk away?» Welker asked.
«Well, there will be a time when I will say, ‘OK, keep going, keep being stupid,’» Trump replied.
«Maybe it’s not possible to do,» he added. «There’s tremendous hatred. Just so you understand, Kristen, we’re talking tremendous hatred between these two men, and between … some of the soldiers, frankly, between the generals, they’ve been fighting hard for three years. I think we have a very good chance of doing it.»
State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Thursday that Ukraine and Russia need to deliver «concrete ideas» to end the bloodshed or the U.S. will end its involvement in negotiations.
«Now is the time that they need to present and develop concrete ideas about how this conflict is going to end. It’s going to be up to them,» she told reporters last week, adding that the U.S. remains focused on helping secure a peace deal.
National Security Council shake-up
Mike Waltz and President Donald Trump (Reuters)
Trump tapped former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations after Waltz was ousted from the National Security Council office earlier Thursday. The president said Rubio would serve as interim national security advisor, which is reminiscent of former President Richard Nixon tapping Henry Kissinger to simultaneously serve as secretary of state and national security advisor in 1973.
Headlines on the shake-up are expected to continue into this week as Democrats have said they are eager to grill Waltz in a Senate confirmation hearing to serve as the U.N. ambassador, and others said they were unsure how Rubio could serve as both secretary of state and the president’s national security advisor.
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«What worries me about Marco Rubio’s role now is the secretary of state and national security adviser. Both of those jobs are too big for one person. To have both of those jobs, including a bunch of other jobs on the shoulders of Marco Rubio, these are people who actually need sleep, if we are going to stay out of wars and stuff,» Democrat Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes told «Fox News Sunday.»
Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
«I don’t know how anybody could do these two big jobs, and they’re, frankly, very different,» Democrat Virginia Sen. Mark Warner told CNN on Sunday of Rubio wearing two hats for the administration.
Democrats have signaled their eagerness to grill Waltz in his upcoming Senate hearing to serve as U.N. ambassador. The former national security advisor had been at the heart of the Signal chat leak debacle that unfolded in March, when the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine was inadvertently added to a group chat with high-profile Trump officials such as Waltz, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe discussing military strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
«I think there’s obvious questions about the treatment of classified or sensitive information, use of Signal, how the whole episode of Signal unfolded,» Democrat Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said last week, according to the Washington Post. «But I also want to talk about [the] United Nations … [and] how he understands our security, because I think a lot of the moves by the Trump administration have made our nation less secure, not more secure.»
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Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine added that Waltz «should be prepared to answer pointed questions» during the hearing.
Fox News Digital’s Danielle Wallace, Anders Hagstrom and Eric Revell contributed to this report.
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Trump anticipó la caída de la dictadura de Cuba tras la ofensiva de Estados Unidos en Irán: “Es la guinda del pastel”
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, aseguró este jueves que el régimen cubano “está cerca de su final” y vinculó la crisis actual de la isla a la estrategia de presión económica implementada por su administración.
“Cuba caerá… Después de 50 años, eso es la guinda del pastel”, afirmó el mandatario en una entrevista telefónica con Politico.
Trump sostuvo que la grave escasez de combustible y productos básicos que vive actualmente la población responde al corte de suministros y petróleo venezolano, una medida que Washington considera clave en el debilitamiento progresivo de la dictadura cubana.
Según el presidente estadounidense, la política de endurecimiento de las sanciones ha logrado aislar a Cuba de su principal fuente de apoyo externo: Venezuela.
“Cortamos todo el petróleo, todo el dinero, todo lo que venía de Venezuela, que era la única fuente”, detalló Trump.
De acuerdo con el mandatario, la falta de recursos externos ha puesto al régimen en una situación límite, acelerando un proceso de cambio político que, según sus palabras, “ya no tiene retorno”.
“De lo contrario, no tendrían este problema”, subrayó en referencia al desabastecimiento generalizado.
En este contexto, Trump confirmó que existen negociaciones en curso entre Estados Unidos y La Habana, aunque aclaró que la iniciativa responde a la necesidad manifiesta del régimen cubano de recibir asistencia ante la profunda crisis económica.
“Necesitan ayuda. Estamos hablando con Cuba”, dijo el mandatario en su entrevista con Politico.
La crisis humanitaria en Cuba se ha agravado en los últimos meses. Tras la detención del narcodictador Nicolás Maduro a principios de enero, en una operación sorpresa liderada por fuerzas estadounidenses, Trump ordenó nuevas restricciones, incluyendo una orden ejecutiva que impone aranceles y sanciona a cualquier país que intente suministrar petróleo a la isla.
Estas medidas han profundizado el aislamiento internacional del régimen cubano y han restringido aún más el acceso a combustible, alimentos y productos básicos para la población.
“Es por mi intervención, la intervención que está ocurriendo”, dijo Trump.
Durante la entrevista, Trump utilizó el caso venezolano como ejemplo del posible desenlace en Cuba. Destacó que, tras la captura de Maduro, la relación bilateral con Caracas experimentó un giro sustancial, con la cooperación de la jefa del régimen chavista, Delcy Rodríguez, a quien definió como una interlocutora “satisfactoria” para los intereses estadounidenses.
“Venezuela lo está haciendo fantásticamente. Está haciendo un trabajo fantástico. La relación con ellos es excelente”, aseguró Trump.
El presidente también abordó la dimensión geopolítica de su estrategia. Según Trump, la presión sobre La Habana busca no solo el aislamiento económico, sino también un cambio de orientación política y económica en la isla, similar al proceso iniciado en Venezuela. Washington considera que la caída del régimen cubano alteraría de manera significativa el equilibrio de poder en el Caribe y fortalecería la proyección de Estados Unidos en la región.
Mientras tanto, la situación interna en Cuba continúa deteriorándose. Los reportes sobre largas filas para acceder a combustible, apagones extensos y escasez de alimentos reflejan el impacto de las sanciones y el corte de suministros externos.
Trump reiteró durante la entrevista que la inminente caída del régimen cubano será una de las piezas centrales de su legado en política exterior. “¿Cuánto hace que escuchas hablar de Cuba? ¿Cuba, Cuba? Por 50 años”, expresó el presidente, enfatizando que su administración ha conseguido lo que no lograron los gobiernos anteriores: llevar al régimen cubano a una crisis terminal.
(Con información de Europa Press)
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Red Cross shares audio of Iranian civilian explaining situation on the ground in Tehran: ‘No respite’
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) released audio Thursday of a civilian in Tehran describing what it’s like on the ground as Operation Epic Fury rocks Iran.
«To us here, the war did not start four days ago. It started when we heard the initial news of a piling up of the forces in the region and preparations for war. Now, with the war going on, we hear constant explosions, and there is no respite from this,» the unidentified civilian said.
The civilian said the frequency of explosions has made people so nervous that even everyday noises can cause panic attacks.
«Any moment you can expect a loud noise. This has made us so nervous that any loud noise, including the noise of a car passing by, gives us a panic attack,» the civilian said.
Even with the noise of the explosions, the civilian, who said he was born and raised in Tehran, noticed the city had become a ghost town as people had either fled the war or limited movements to stay safe from aerial attacks.
Neighbors stand March 5, 2026, in Tehran, Iran, near a destroyed car with an Islamic Republic flag, looking at a building damaged in the Shahid Borujerdi residential complex in Tehran that was heavily bombed the morning of March 4 by Israel and the U.S. during Operation Epic Fury. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)
«As a person who was born and lived his whole life in this city, I have never seen the city so quiet,» the civilian said. «Some of the people of my city have left. Many others stayed in, trying to limit movements to avoid getting caught in the aerial attacks on the city that never seem to come to an end. You don’t see people around. My city was a very big city and busy. I’m not used to seeing my city so calm and quiet.»
The U.S. and Israel have carried out air and sea attacks on Iran since the operation began Saturday. The operation has killed at least 1,230 people in Iran, according to The Associated Press. Additionally, six U.S. service members in Kuwait were killed in the hostilities.
A destroyed car outside a building in the Shahid Borujerdi residential complex in southeast Tehran March 5, 2026, that was heavily bombed the morning of March 4 by Israel and the U.S. during Operation Epic Fury. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)
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The ICRC has expressed concerns about the situation in Iran, and the organization’s president said on day one of Operation Epic Fury that it could have «devastating consequences for civilians.»
«The military escalation in the Middle East is igniting a dangerous chain reaction across the region, with potentially devastating consequences for civilians,» ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric said.
In a statement issued a few days later, Spoljaric warned that «the scale of major military operations flaring across the Middle East risks embroiling the region — and beyond — into another large-scale armed conflict that will overwhelm any humanitarian response.»
«Without urgent steps to de-escalate the situation and respect the rules of war, further civilian lives will be lost,» Spoljaric added. «Civilians are already suffering the consequences of war.»
A view of Tehran with smoke visible in the distance after explosions were reported in the city March 2, 2026. (Contributor/Getty Images)
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According to the civilian, Iranians on the ground are worried about the future and wonder how the war will play out. Another fear among the people is the possibility of supplies running out.
«The supplies are available in the shops that are open and work. But what if the situation gets worse or continues as it is now? Will the supplies being stocked be of any help, or will they be meaningless in the face of what can happen?» the civilian wondered.
«It is especially more worrying for people like me, who have to take care of people with medical complications that require special care. We are now under a lot of stress, worried to see what can come next.»
Fox News Digital reached out to the ICRC for comment.
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Virginia Dems mandate Jan. 6 be taught as ‘violent insurrection,’ ban election fraud claims in schools
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Virginia lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that requires public schools to describe the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot as a violent attack and specifically prohibits teachers from framing it as a peaceful protest.
Virginia Democrats have quickly advanced a slew of controversial legislation since Gov. Abigail Spanberger was elected in November and their ranks ballooned in the state House, including a bid to redraw every Republican congressman except Rep. Morgan Griffith out of their seats to make the Democratic majority 10-1 in the state’s congressional delegation. Now, they are taking steps to shape how the history of Jan. 6 is taught to children.
HB 333, crafted by Del. Dan I. Helmer of Fairfax, bars public school programs from describing the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot as a peaceful protest or presenting claims that widespread election fraud altered the 2020 presidential results as credible.
The bill specifically «prohibits» instruction that portrays the insurrection as peaceful or suggests there was «extensive election fraud» that could have changed the election outcome. However, it does not lay out any explicit criminal penalties for violations.
Del. Dan I. Helmer, D-Fairfax, left, and VA AG Jay Jones, right. (Craig Hudson/Getty Images)
In a statement to the Virginia Mercury on the bill, Helmer said there is «real concern» that President Donald Trump is «trying to rewrite the history of January 6; borne out by the fact there is a WhiteHouse.gov site that presents a false history.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Virginia Republicans for comment.
The Virginia Assembly of Independent Baptists also came out against the bill, with executive director Michael Huffman testifying before a state Senate committee that the true education equips children for life, not political agendas, and glorifying or mandating … the dark day serves only short-sighted partisanship, not our kids’ future,» according to Hampton Roads’ PBS affiliate.
Helmer, an Iraq War veteran and staunch gun control advocate, was first elected by flipping what was Fairfax County’s last remaining Republican district, along its border with Prince William County, in 2020.
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Helmer also announced a bid for Congress in one of the newly-redrawn districts nicknamed the «lobster» or the «scorpion» by critics – as it runs from the Potomac River in Arlington southwestward before splitting in two «claws» to reach out toward the West Virginia line near Rawley Springs and the other jutting down toward Goochland and Powhatan effectively collecting a swath of Republican-leaning towns and pitting them against a small but densely-populated Democrat stronghold.
One of his ads in a 2018 congressional bid compared Trump to Usama bin Laden, where he narrated that the «greatest threat to democracy» used to live «in a cave» but now «he lives in the White House.»
He had recused himself from the redistricting redraw, according to the New York Times, but is considered a top ally of House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, who engineered the effort in the lower chamber.
Del. Dan I. Helmer, D-Fairfax, left, and VA AG Jay Jones, right. (Craig Hudson/Getty Images)
While the new map has yet to get voters’ approval in an April special election, Helmer has also garnered at least one Democratic challenger in the would-be heavily Democratic-favored district.
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Prosecutor J.P. Cooney, the former top deputy of Special Counsel Jack Smith in his investigation of Trump, told the New York Times that the mogul is not being sufficiently «check[ed]» by Congress and that the DHS-involved shooting of Alex Pretti solidified his decision.
Fox News Digital’s Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.
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