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Trump tells US negotiators ‘not to rush’ into deal with Iran
Trump tells US negotiators 'not to rush' into deal with Iran56 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJaroslav LukivandTom Bennett,Washington DCReutersUS President Donald Trump said both “both sides must take their time” to get a deal “right”US President Donald Trump has instructed his negotiators “not to rush into a deal” with Iran, after reports suggested an agreement was close.
According to US media reports, the deal under discussion involves a 60-day ceasefire extension, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and further negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme.
In a social media post, Trump said “constructive” talks were proceeding but “both sides must take their time and get it right”.
Trump said on Saturday an agreement had been “largely negotiated”, prompting speculation an announcement could be imminent.
But reports in Iranian media say there are still “one or two” points of disagreement in the potential deal.
Iranian officials had also signalled progress in ..
Why Donald Trump’s move to pay the troops was probably illegal, and why that probably doesn’t matter
Donald Trump’s administration is using a large private donation and an executive order to make a big deal about efforts to keep members of the armed services paid during a federal government shutdown, which is now in its 25th day.
But experts agree that the White House and Pentagon’s efforts have likely crossed the bounds into illegality. The question is now: does that even matter anymore?
When Democrats and Republicans failed to meet an October 1 deadline to fund the government for the current fiscal year, Congress kicked off a countdown clock. More than a million Americans, employed by the federal government in some manner, were due to miss a paycheck when the clock struck zero.
It did so on October 15, resulting in those hundreds of thousands of workers going unpaid. The same day, Trump signed an executive order restarting that clock for service members, directing the Pentagon to make sure the military continued to receive pay.
“Funds used for military pay and allowances during the ..
Trump’s rift with Pope is playing out in public – it’s costing him valuable support
Trump's rift with Pope is playing out in public – it's costing him valuable support4 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAleem MaqboolReligious affairs correspondent‘I pray they come together’ – Americans react to Trump’s feud with Pope LeoIt is not unusual for President Trump to face criticism from Catholic leaders.
His hardline immigration policies, promised in his campaign and cheered on by supporters, have prompted condemnation from church leaders.
For months it has put the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the US at odds with more right-leaning rank-and-file Catholics.
But the broad backlash in the last 48 hours, over Trump's attack on Pope Leo and his sharing of an AI image of himself as a Christ-like figure, is very different.
What is striking is where some of this criticism is coming from – loyal, conservative Catholic allies.
They are unhappy, not just because of Trump's public friction with Pope Leo, but at a much deeper level over the Iran war.
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