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Trump caps off 29th week in office with peace deal, celebrating 200th day of second presidency
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President Donald Trump has capped off his 29th week back in the Oval Office, which included celebrating his 200th day as the 47th president, completing revamps to the White House’s Rose Garden and an overall focus on the U.S. economy and international diplomacy that unfolded at a break-neck pace this week.
«In just 200 days, President Trump has turned America into the hottest country in the world,» White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital, reflecting on Trump’s 200th day in office on Thursday. «Under Joe Biden’s failed leadership, families and businesses were struggling, and America was dead — but President Trump has quickly restored American greatness. The historic trade deals and peace deals he secured on behalf of the American people made President Trump’s second 100 days just as successful as the first.»
The first 100 days of a new administration have commonly been viewed as a symbolic benchmark to measure a president’s early successes. A White House official told Fox Digital that Trump’s measure of success was seen not only in the first 100 days, but also in the timeframe between the 100th day and Aug. 7 — the 200th day.
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Economy and tariffs
Trump’s 29th week in office included an overall and ongoing focus on new business investments in the U.S. and new tariffs on foreign nations as the administration looks to bring parity to the U.S.’ historic trade deficit with other nations. The White House teased that Trump would make a major announcement on Wednesday, which ultimately revealed Apple had increased its U.S. investment commitment by $100 billion to $600 billion.
«Today Apple is announcing that it will invest $600 billion — that’s with a B — in the United States over the next four years. That’s $100 billion more than they were originally going to invest. And this is the largest investment Apple has ever made in America and anywhere else,» Trump said on Wednesday from the Oval Office, where he was joined by Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Trump’s announcement on the deal was one facet of this week’s focus on the U.S. economy. The president signed a pair of executive orders on Thursday allowing Americans to invest their 401(k) retirement plans in cryptocurrency, private equity and real estate, as well as another EO that works to ensure that banks do not «deny or restrict services based on political beliefs, religious beliefs, or lawful business activities,» according the EO.
Trump kicked off the week by announcing he would increase tariffs on India over the country’s continued purchase of Russian oil, with goods from India now facing a 50% tariff. The tariff hikes followed months of the U.S. and India holding trade negotiations that appeared to be all but solidified in July, but fell to pieces by August.
«Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the World, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any Country,» Trump wrote on social media on Wednesday.
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«Also, they have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia’s largest buyer of ENERGY, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE — ALL THINGS NOT GOOD! INDIA WILL THEREFORE BE PAYING A TARIFF OF 25%, PLUS A PENALTY FOR THE ABOVE, STARTING ON AUGUST FIRST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. MAGA!» he continued.
Trump’s tariff plans aim to increase the amount of American-built products and U.S.-based companies, and the president said he would also impose a 100% tariff on imports of semiconductors and chips. Companies «building in the United States,» however, will be exempt from the tariffs, he said.
«100 percent tariff on all chips and semiconductors coming into the United States, but if you’ve made a commitment to build, or if you’re in the process of building, as many are, there is no tariff,» he said on Wednesday.
President Trump announced he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Aug, 15. (Reuters)
International Diplomacy
Trump wrapped up the working week by holding a trilateral meeting with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to sign a peace agreement after the two nations have battled one another since the 1980s over a territorial conflict.
The White House said Friday that the two nations agreed to build a road connecting Azerbaijan and an autonomous enclave currently separated by Armenian territory. The road will be called the «Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity,» according to the White House.
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«The roadmap they are agreeing to will build a cooperative future that benefits both countries, their region of the South Caucasus and beyond,» White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said Friday of the peace deal.
The peace deal comes as Trump continues working to reach a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine as the war that broke out in 2022 continues raging between the nations. Armenia and Azerbaijan are both former constituent republics of the Soviet Union.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo/Efrem Lukatsky/AP)
Trump said earlier this week that he is open to meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which would mark the pair’s first meeting since Trump was sworn back into office this year.
«As President Trump said yesterday, the Russians expressed their desire to meet with President Trump, and the President is open to this meeting. President Trump would like to meet with both President Putin and President Zelensky, because he wants this brutal war to end. The White House is working through the details of these potential meetings, and details will be provided at the appropriate time,» White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement on Thursday.
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Trump confirmed on Friday that he would meet with Putin on Aug. 15 in Alaska.
«The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America, and President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, will take place next Friday, August 15, 2025, in the Great State of Alaska. Further details to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter!» he posted to Truth Social on Friday.
Trump gestures from the roof of the West Wing of the White House as he takes a tour on August 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Rose Garden updates and Trump’s surprise roof appearance
Trump announced in March that he planned to renovate the historic garden with pavers, explaining that the grass «doesn’t work» and citing how the soft terrain was difficult for some visitors to navigate.
«We’re getting great reviews of the Rose Garden, and we had to do it,» Trump told reporters on Sunday of the update.
The area was officially paved over with a bright white patio boasting the White House’s emblem on its perimeter.
«When we had a press conference, you’d sink into the mud. It was grass, and it was very wet, always wet and damp and wet, and if it rained, it would take three, four, five days to dry out, and we couldn’t use it really for the intended purpose,» he added.
TRUMP APPEARS ON WHITE HOUSE ROOF AMID TALKS OF HISTORIC RENOVATIONS
Tables and chairs in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. Trump ordered updates to the Rose Garden in March. (Getty Images)
«It’s a beautiful white stone, and it’s a stone that’s the same color as the White House itself,» Trump said. «And because it’s very white, it’s going to reflect the heat, and it’s not going to be very hot. Yeah, we’ve got great reviews of the Rose Garden.»
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On Tuesday, the president made a surprise appearance on the White House roof, surveying the area from roof of the West Wing and the press briefing room. Reporters on the ground gathered near the president while shouting questions at him.
The appearance comes just days after Trump announced that he and private donors will fund an estimated $200 million cost of a new ballroom at the White House.
Fox News Digital’s Diana Stancy, Caitlin McFall and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
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Illegal alien’s violent tussle with federal officer leads to multiple charges after suspected Biden-era entry
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The Justice Department filed a criminal complaint this week against a Venezuelan national accused of assaulting a federal officer and grabbing and possessing the officer’s gun while resisting arrest outside a business earlier this month.
Law enforcement officers assigned to the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Task Force, or HSTF, began surveillance near a business in Utica, Michigan, after receiving information that individuals living in the U.S. illegally were working at the site as delivery drivers.
Agents observed a vehicle registered to Arnoldo Jose Marquez-Pulido, 33, who was leaving the parking lot, and they determined he was in the country illegally, according to a press release from the Justice Department.
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Photos of Marquez-Pulido allegedly grabbing the officer’s gun from the criminal complaint in the Eastern District of Michigan. (Department of Justice )
After agents attempted a routine traffic stop, authorities say Marquez-Pulido briefly pulled over before fleeing from officers at a «high rate of speed.»
He then returned to the business location, where he proceeded to flee on foot, the criminal complaint alleged.
An HSTF agent proceeded to tackle Marquez-Pulido after he allegedly ignored the agent’s commands to stop and attempted to enter the business, the Justice Department said in a press release.
During the struggle, Marquez-Pulido is accused of striking the agent in the face with his elbow and reaching for the agent’s service weapon, identified as a «Glock 19» pistol. Prosecutors say he was able to remove the gun from the agent’s holster and briefly wield it before losing control of it as the agent regained leverage.
Additional officers responded and recovered the weapon from the ground. Authorities say Marquez-Pulido continued to resist before being restrained.
The agent sustained a contusion to his elbow, abrasions to his knees and hands and a contusion to his cheek, officials said. A second agent sustained a knee contusion. Both were treated at a hospital and released.
Marquez-Pulido was scheduled to make his initial appearance in federal court in Detroit this week, though prosecutors said they will seek to have him held in custody pending further proceedings.
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Residents and federal and Border Patrol agents in California June 19, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Marquez-Pulido is believed to have entered the U.S. at a San Ysidro, California, port of entry in 2024, without a visa or valid travel documents.
Federal prosecutors said the allegations against the Venezuelan national underscore the dangers that some officers face while seeking to crack down on border security and enforce a hardline immigration enforcement agenda that President Donald Trump has prioritized during his second White House term.
«Some say that enforcing our nation’s immigration laws is unfair because illegal aliens are all harmless,» U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon of the Eastern District of Michigan said in a statement. «Today’s allegations break that narrative.
«High-speed flight from arrest, fighting federal agents and grabbing an agent’s gun are not ‘harmless,’» he added. «And what’s ‘unfair’ is the fact that Americans pay the price for dangerous illegal aliens.»
The news comes as DHS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said assaults on officers have increased sharply and vowed to pursue individuals accused of violence against law enforcement.
Senate lawmakers remain sharply divided over how to proceed with fully funding DHS and ending the shutdown that stretched into its 27th day Thursday.
Immigration enforcement has emerged as a key sticking point for Democrats, in particular, as they continue to grapple over the specifics of a bill to fully fund the sprawling federal agency.
KATIE BRITT BLASTS DEMOCRATS FOR PLAYING ‘POLITICAL GAMES’ WITH SHUTDOWN AMID AIRPORT CHAOS
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday he and most Democrats in the chamber were ready to fund «most of DHS,» including TSA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FEMA and the Coast Guard but not Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency or CBP.
Schumer, for his part, has also accused Republicans in the chamber of blocking the bill due to disagreements over immigration, prompting a heated exchange with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
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«I assume the Democrat leader is aware of the fact that we have tried repeatedly to fund everything temporarily to allow the negotiations over the ICE budget to continue,» Thune shot back.
Fox News Digital’s Alex Miller contributed to this report.
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El comercio mundial de armas llegó en el último lustro (2021-2025) a niveles que no alcanzaba desde el final de la Guerra Fría. Según el nuevo informe del Instituto Internacional de Investigación para la Paz de Estocolmo, el prestigioso SIPRI, referencia mundial en comercio de armas, detrás de ese aumento hay principalmente dos razones: la guerra en Ucrania, desatada por Rusia con su ataque el 24 de febrero de 2022, y el posterior rearme europeo, intensificado en 2025.
La de Ucrania es la mayor guerra en Europa desde el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y el esfuerzo bélico del país para defenderse de Rusia mueve los números de este informe. Ucrania multiplicó por más de 120 su gasto militar en los últimos años en comparación con el período 2016-2020 y sus compras de armas en el extranjero ya suponen casi el 10% de las importaciones globales de armas, cuando antes de la guerra eran el 0,1%.
Los números de Ucrania se intuían, pero el aumento de su gasto militar no explica toda la subida. Buena parte viene de los 29 países europeos miembros de la OTAN. De una parte esa guerra en Ucrania y de otra la presión de Estados Unidos para que gasten más en defensa les ha llevado a rearmarse como no hacían desde hace más de 40 años. Esos 29 países multiplicaron por más de dos sus compras de armas en el extranjero en comparación al lustro precedente, aún siendo algunos de ellos grandes productores de armas.
Entre los 10 primeros exportadores de armas del mundo aparecen Francia (segunda posición), Alemania (cuarta), Italia (sexta), Reino Unido (octava) y España (décima). Entre los 20 primeros entran también Países Bajos (número 12), Noruega (13), Polonia (14), Suecia (15), Chequia (17) y Dinamarca (19).
Estados Unidos sigue siendo el líder mundial en exportación de armas, pero el aumento de sus ventas a Europa consolida esa posición después de crecer un 27% en el último lustro hasta ocupar el 42% de todas las exportaciones de armas del planeta. Además, y también por primera vez desde el final de la Guerra Fría, Europa es el principal destino de las armas estadounidense. Washington ya vende a países europeos miembros de la OTAN casi el 40% de todas las armas que exporta.
Ese aumento, además, llega cuando los europeos están gastando cada vez más en sus industrias nacionales y algunos países suspendieron la compra de armamento estadounidense. España y Portugal cancelaron la compra del avión de combate F-35 y Suiza dijo que comprará menos de los más de 30 previstos inicialmente. Entre las razones oficiales no está sólo el choque europeo con Donald Trump, sino que el avión podría venderse con restricciones a sus operaciones y sin garantizar un suministro adecuado de repuestos.
España, que fue uno de los que más aumentó en Europa el gasto en defensa el año pasado, con 10.500 millones de euros extra, apenas destina un 5% de ese dinero a la industria estadounidense. En el caso de Alemania, de los 154 planes de compras de armas de este año sólo el 8% se harán en Estados Unidos.
Además, el plan europeo de rearme excluye en parte a empresas estadounidenses o de cualquier tercer país. Los préstamos SAFE de la Comisión Europea (150.000 millones de euros) exige que el 55% de las compras se hagan en industrias europeas.
El aumento del gasto en Europa no es generalizado. Países como Francia o Reino Unido han aumentado en un lustro menos de un punto de PBI su gasto total en Defensa, pero otros, como Alemania, Polonia o Chequia, lo han aumentado dos y tres puntos. Polonia ya gasta en defensa más del 5% de su PBI. A la vez, Italia no alcanza todavía el 2% y España aceptó subirlo el año pasado hasta el 2%, pero se niega a cumplir con el último acuerdo en el seno de la OTAN, donde se exigió que todos sus miembros gasten para finales de la década al menos un 5% en defensa.
El aumento del gasto polaco en defensa llevó a que el país sea el segundo importador europeo de armas, sólo por detrás de Ucrania. Polonia, además, entra por primera vez entre los 20 primeros exportadores de armas del mundo, aunque es de hecho un efecto relacionado con la guerra en Ucrania, pues a Kiev envía el 94% de todas sus exportaciones. El mismo efecto tiene la guerra sobre Chequia, que exporta más que nunca, pero cuyas exportaciones se deben al aumento de importaciones ucranianas.
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Donald Trump afirmó que el nuevo líder supremo iraní Mojtaba Khamenei “probablemente está vivo, pero dañado”
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, afirmó que considera probable que el nuevo líder supremo de Irán, Mojtaba Khamenei, siga con vida, aunque sugirió que podría haber sufrido algún tipo de daño.
En una entrevista con Fox News Radio, Trump fue consultado sobre la situación del dirigente iraní tras su reciente nombramiento. El mandatario respondió que, en su opinión, Khamenei probablemente continúa con vida, pero cree que podría estar afectado físicamente.
“Creo que está dañado, pero probablemente está vivo de alguna forma”, aseguró el inquilino de la Casa Blanca.
Por otra parte, reivindicó la ofensiva conjunta de Estados Unidos e Israel contra Irán como el cumplimiento de una obligación postergada durante casi cinco décadas por administraciones pasadas.
Durante un acto en la Casa Blanca por el Mes de la Historia de la Mujer, Trump afirmó que la campaña avanza “muy rápidamente”, calificó a Irán como una “nación de terror y odio” y sostuvo que el ejército estadounidense está “haciendo lo que hay que hacer, lo que se debería haber hecho durante 47 años”.
“Realmente son una nación de terror y odio, y están pagando un gran precio en este momento”, insistió en sus declaraciones, expresadas en el día 13 de la operación «Furia Épica“.
Trump emitió en los últimos días mensajes contradictorios sobre el desarrollo de la guerra, al afirmar por momentos que Estados Unidos e Israel “ganaron” frente a Irán y sugiriendo que el conflicto podría terminar “muy pronto”, y en ocasiones que aún existe la necesidad de continuar la lucha para acabar con el régimen.
Trump no respondió directamente a los comentarios del nuevo líder supremo iraní, Mojtaba Khamenei, quien en su primer mensaje tras asumir el cargo prometió venganza y defendió que Irán debe mantener el control del Estrecho de Ormuz.
El aumento de la tensión en la región ha disparado los precios mundiales del petróleo, en medio de la virtual paralización del tráfico de petroleros por esa vía clave. No obstante, Trump afirmó en redes sociales el jueves por la mañana que considera prioritario impedir que el “imperio del mal” de Irán acceda a armas nucleares.
En sintonía con los desafíos regionales que surgen de la escalada en Medio Oriente, el secretario del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, Scott Bessent, anunció que la Marina estadounidense, posiblemente junto a una coalición internacional, escoltará buques a través del Estrecho de Ormuz tan pronto como las condiciones militares lo permitan.
En declaraciones a Sky News, Bessent confirmó por primera vez que Washington contempla operaciones de escolta naval para reabrir este paso estratégico, por donde circula aproximadamente el 20% del petróleo mundial.
“Mi convicción es que, en cuanto sea militarmente posible, la Marina de Estados Unidos, quizás con una coalición internacional, estará escoltando buques”, afirmó Bessent y detalló que el operativo comenzará cuando Estados Unidos logre “el control total del espacio aéreo” y las “capacidades de reposición de misiles de Irán estén completamente degradadas”.
El funcionario añadió que petroleros iraníes y de bandera china han transitado la zona en días recientes, lo que, a su juicio, descarta que Irán haya minado el estrecho.
Tras el inicio de la Operación Furia Épica el 28 de febrero —una ofensiva coordinada de Estados Unidos e Israel contra instalaciones militares, nucleares y de liderazgo iraní, que resultó en la muerte del líder supremo Alí Khamenei— el tráfico comercial por el estrecho se redujo prácticamente a cero.
Según la Agencia Internacional de Energía (AIE), el flujo de crudo cayó de unos 20 millones de barriles diarios a una mínima fracción, obligando a los países del Golfo a recortar su producción en al menos diez millones de barriles diarios. El precio del Brent llegó a rozar los 120 dólares por barril.
(Con información de AFP)
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