Afghanistan, now under the Taliban, is no longer a conflict begging to be solved with a deal. It needs a more nuanced approach than the Trump administration may be capable of.

TheQatar Investment AuthorityexpectsDonald Trump sreturn to the White House will lead to a boom in US technology deals, Bloomberg

Washington state welcomed more than 6,000 refugees. But an executive order from President Trump last week paused the program.

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, said on Wednesday that he welcomed the potential for “a dialogue” with Hamas and heaped praise on Qatar for helping facilitate the cease-fire deal between Israel and Gaza, despite facing scrutiny for previous ties to the Gulf nation.

Trump’s past diplomacy with Qatar on counterterrorism, economic ties, and regional stability could foster continued cooperation in his second term. As President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration on Monday,

Biden officials involved in the effort acknowledged that President-elect Donald Trump’s threats and Trump envoy Steve Witkoff’s participation during the final week of negotiations played a major role in bringing across the finish line a deal they had struggled to reach for more than a year.

How’s Trump’s honeymoon period going? Is he enjoying a wave of well wishes as he begins his new term? Are Americans giving him the benefit of the doubt? According to the poll aggregator at FiveThirtyEight,

We continue our coverage of the long-awaited Gaza ceasefire by going to Jerusalem to speak with Israeli activist Gershon Baskin, who has experience negotiating with Hamas, including during this latest conflict.

Donald Trump has made an impact on the Middle East ... as the Hamas leader and chief ceasefire negotiator Khalil al Hayya told me in Doha in October last year, "been forgotten and removed from ...

President Trump weighed in on the Wednesday evening crash between an American Airlines plane and military helicopter in Washington, claiming it “should have been prevented.” “The airplane was on a

Negotiators will meet in Doha on Tuesday seeking to finalise details of a plan ... talks attended by envoys of both the outgoing U.S. president and President-elect Donald Trump. “The deal … would free the hostages, halt the fighting, provide security ...