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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.
TRUMP SAYS HE WASN’T ‘TROLLING’ ABOUT ACQUIRING GREENLAND, CANADA AS 51ST STATE
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.
TRUMP NOMINATES WALTZ FOR HIGH-LEVEL POST AFTER OUSTING HIM AS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
«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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Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new sanctions on Thursday that he called «necessary» to «deter and dismantle» the flow of deadly fentanyl into the United States.
The new policy imposes new visa restrictions on family members and close personal and business associates of foreign drug traffickers.
Speaking with reporters Thursday afternoon, State Department spokesman Tommy Piggott said that this move «will not only prevent them from entering the United States, but also serve as a deterrent for continued illicit activities.»
In a statement released by the State Department, Rubio stressed the importance of further expanding sanctions to stop the flow of fentanyl and other drugs into the country.
«The fentanyl crisis in the United States is unprecedented, with overdoses remaining the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 44,» said Rubio.
STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT HAS PROVIDED GUIDANCE TO MORE THAN 25,000 PEOPLE IN ISRAEL, WEST BANK AND IRAN
Left: Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 20, 2025. Right: Over 1.2 million fentanyl pills, which were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The secretary said that «more than 40 percent of Americans reportedly know someone who has died from an opioid overdose, and in 2024, the United States averaged over 220 overdose deaths daily.»
«Today’s action expands upon existing tools,» he said, adding that the State Department «will use all necessary tools to deter and dismantle the flow of fentanyl and other illicit drugs from entering the United States and harming U.S. citizens.»
Fentanyl is a dangerous drug that is often trafficked into the United States across the southern and northern borders by cartels and other criminal elements. In 2024, fentanyl was linked to the deaths of 48,422 persons in the United States, according to the CDC.
During his campaign, President Donald Trump vowed to wage a war against fentanyl traffickers through increased border security and by cracking down on illegal immigration. Since taking office, Trump has deployed U.S. troops to the southern border, targeted cartels and transnational criminal groups as «foreign terrorist organizations» and hit cartel leaders with sanctions.
LIBERAL NEWS OUTLET MOCKED FOR REPORTING ON ‘MYSTERIOUS’ DROP IN FENTANYL FLOWING ACROSS BORDER
Liberal news outlet The Washington Post is being mocked online and by the White House for «pathetic» reporting on what the outlet calls a «mysterious» decline in fentanyl flowing across the border. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Fox News)
According to the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), the U.S. law enforcement seizures of fentanyl, which the group explains is a «key indicator of broader total smuggling at and between the southern border’s ports of entry,» have dropped 50% since the November election. CIS states that this significant decline indicates a «greater decline in total fentanyl smuggling.»
In May, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that authorities had made one of the biggest fentanyl busts in U.S. history with the seizure of 409 kilos of fentanyl pills and 11.5 kilos of fentanyl powder. Bondi said that around 35 kilos of methamphetamine, 35 kilos of meth, 7.5 kilos of cocaine and 4.5 kilos of heroin also had been seized along with $5 million in cash and 49 rifles and pistols.
Sixteen people including three women, were arrested in the operation. Six of the males are in the U.S. illegally, according to Bondi.
BONDI ANNOUNCES ONE OF LARGEST FENTANYL SEIZURES IN US HISTORY
Bondi described fentanyl as a weapon of «mass destruction» and laid down a stern warning to drug pushers looking to distribute the potentially deadly drug throughout the nation. (Pool)
Bondi described fentanyl as a weapon of «mass destruction» and laid down a stern warning to drug pushers looking to distribute the potentially deadly drug throughout the nation.
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«When we catch you like all of these individuals, if convicted, we will put you behind bars. There will be no negotiating and we will lock you up for as long as humanly possible,» Bondi said. «We will not negotiate with those who are killing our family members, including brothers, sisters, daughters, sons, parents, friends, everyone in this room.»
Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
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Japón ejecutó al “asesino de Twitter”, el hombre que manipulaba a sus víctimas y las descuartizaba en su departamento
Japón ejecutó este viernes a Takahiro Shiraishi, conocido como el “asesino de Twitter”, tras ser condenado a la pena capital por el homicidio y desmembramiento de nueve personas en 2017. La ejecución, llevada a cabo por ahorcamiento, representa la primera aplicación de la pena de muerte en el país desde 2022, según informaron medios como NHK y Kyodo News, citando fuentes gubernamentales. El Ministerio de Justicia no confirmó de inmediato el procedimiento, pero anunció una próxima rueda de prensa.
Shiraishi, de 34 años, fue sentenciado en 2020 tras declararse culpable de los crímenes, cometidos entre agosto y octubre de 2017. Las víctimas —ocho mujeres y un hombre— tenían entre 15 y 26 años y fueron contactadas por Shiraishi a través de Twitter, actualmente conocida como X. Según la investigación judicial, las víctimas manifestaban pensamientos suicidas en redes sociales y Shiraishi se ofrecía para ayudarlas a morir. Posteriormente, las atraía a su domicilio en la ciudad de Zama, prefectura de Kanagawa, donde las asesinaba y descuartizaba.
Durante el juicio, Shiraishi reconoció los hechos y no mostró arrepentimiento. “Sí, los maté, y no hay duda de eso”, declaró ante el tribunal. El caso conmocionó a la opinión pública japonesa por la violencia de los actos y por la utilización de redes sociales para capturar a sus víctimas.
Los cuerpos fueron desmembrados y almacenados en cajas y neveras portátiles en su pequeño apartamento. La policía descubrió el caso tras la denuncia del hermano de una de las víctimas, quien logró acceder a la cuenta de su hermana en Twitter e identificar una conversación con el acusado.
La pena de muerte en Japón se aplica exclusivamente por ahorcamiento y se lleva a cabo en secreto. Los reclusos son informados de su ejecución pocas horas antes del acto, una práctica que ha sido criticada por organizaciones internacionales por sus efectos sobre la salud mental de los condenados. Como establece la ley japonesa, la ejecución debe realizarse dentro de los seis meses siguientes a la sentencia firme, aunque en la práctica suelen transcurrir varios años.
En diciembre de 2023, el Ministerio de Justicia informó que había 107 personas en el corredor de la muerte. Los detenidos se mantienen en régimen de aislamiento durante años, sin conocer cuándo se ejecutará su condena. “La incertidumbre permanente constituye una forma de tortura psicológica”, ha advertido en reiteradas ocasiones Amnistía Internacional.
Japón, junto con Estados Unidos, es uno de los dos países del G7 que aún mantienen la pena de muerte. La sociedad japonesa, sin embargo, muestra un alto grado de respaldo a la práctica. Según una encuesta del gobierno de 2024, el 83% de los encuestados considera que la pena capital es “inevitable” para ciertos crímenes.
La última ejecución en Japón antes del caso de Shiraishi ocurrió en 2022, cuando fue ejecutado Tomohiro Kato, condenado por un ataque con vehículo y cuchillo en el barrio de Akihabara en 2008, que dejó siete muertos. En aquella ocasión, Kato declaró a la policía: “Vine a Akihabara a matar. No importaba a quién”.
Entre las ejecuciones más relevantes en la historia reciente de Japón figuran las de 2018, cuando fueron ejecutados el líder de la secta Aum Shinrikyo, Shoko Asahara, y 12 de sus seguidores, responsables del ataque con gas sarín en el metro de Tokio en 1995, que dejó 14 muertos y más de 5.000 afectados.
El caso Shiraishi reabre el debate sobre la pena de muerte, el uso de redes sociales para la captación de víctimas vulnerables y la necesidad de mayor vigilancia sobre contenidos relacionados con el suicidio en internet. La ejecución ha sido recibida con atención por los medios y por organizaciones de derechos humanos que insisten en la necesidad de mayor transparencia en el sistema penal japonés.
(Con información de EFE y AFP)
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Mossad chief thanks US for help with Iran, says ‘significantly thwarted’ regime threats
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Mossad Director David Barnea thanked the men and women working for the agency after the success of Israel’s Operation Rising Lion.
He also expressed his appreciation to the U.S. — particularly the CIA — for their work in countering Iran’s nuclear program.
«These are historic days for the people of Israel. The Iranian threat, which endangered our security for decades, has been significantly thwarted thanks to the extraordinary cooperation between the IDF, which led the campaign, and the Mossad, which operated alongside it, with the support of our ally, the United States,» Barnea said.
Mossad Director David Barnea thanks the men and women in the agency who worked to counter Iran’s nuclear program. He also expressed appreciation for the U.S.
INSIDE ISRAEL’S SECRET WAR IN IRAN: MOSSAD COMMANDOS, HIDDEN DRONES AND THE STRIKE THAT STUNNED TEHRAN
The Mossad, Israel’s equivalent of the CIA, had personnel in Iran ready for the launch of Operation Rising Lion, something that was revealed in unprecedented fashion when the agency released video of its operatives at work.
Ahead of the U.S. strikes in the early hours of Sunday morning, Iranian time, there was speculation whether Washington and Jerusalem were coordinating. President Donald Trump made it clear after the strikes that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been working together behind the scenes.
«I want to thank and congratulate Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. We worked as a team — like perhaps no team has ever worked before — and we’ve gone a long way to erasing this horrible threat to Israel,» Trump said in his address to the nation following the strikes on Iran.
A map of the U.S. strikes on Iran. (Fox News)
US STRIKES SET IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM BACK ‘MANY YEARS,’ ISRAELI ASSESSMENT FINDS
While Barnea expressed his gratitude to Israeli and American forces alike, he also said that «the mission is not yet complete.»
«The Mossad will continue, with determination, to monitor, track, and act to thwart the threats against us — just as we always have — for the sake of the State of Israel and its people,» Barnea said.
President Donald Trump, right, listens during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Iran’s nuclear chief, Mohammad Eslami, said on Tuesday that the country was assessing the damage and preparing to restore the facilities, according to Reuters. He added that Iran’s «plan is to prevent interruptions in the process of production and services.»
Both Trump and Netanyahu vowed to respond if Iran rebuilds its nuclear program.
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