President Donald Trump said Thursday that a deal has been reached for and Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza, , conditions and long timelines remained to wind down . A Hamas official said Friday that they did reach an agreement on disarmament, the most crucial part of the ceasefire deal, but Israel offered no such confirmation.
Trump is taking Friday鈥檚 Cabinet meeting on the road 鈥� to the in Maryland. It will be the first Cabinet meeting at Camp David in 罢谤耻尘辫鈥檚 second term after an was scuttled because of bad weather.
Trump said Thursday he may pull for the full-time post over a sweeping tax audit immunity deal benefiting the president and members of his family.
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Trump swings at Cornyn over Blanche nomination
Trump, still frustrated about the status of his attorney general pick, began his Friday morning by going after one of the Republican senators who was holding up Todd Blanche鈥檚 confirmation to lead the Justice Department.
Continuing a criticism he began earlier this week, Trump said Texas Sen. John Cornyn had no issue with the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund until after he endorsed his primary challenger, Ken Paxton, for the Senate.
In the post, Trump also continued to defend the controversial fund, which Blanche said in his Senate testimony was dead. Republican senators want him to put that commitment into writing.
鈥淧erhaps there has never been a group of people treated so badly in our Nation鈥檚 history,鈥� Trump said. 鈥淭hey are suffering still, many ruined, and I felt that they should be given compensation for what has been done to them.鈥�
Blanche met privately with Cornyn and North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis over the issue later Thursday and the sides were working collaboratively, although Blanche鈥檚 confirmation prospects still remain unclear.
FIFA adviser on White House鈥檚 World Cup panel resigns to protest Infantino private equity plan
Senior FIFA adviser Carlos Cordeiro, who represented the soccer body on the White House Task Force for the , resigned Friday to protest its .
鈥淚 cannot stand by while FIFA considers selling a stake in the World Cup,鈥� Cordeiro, a former Goldman Sachs banker, said in a statement resigning as adviser to FIFA President Gianni Infantino that urged other senior FIFA staff to speak out.
Cordeiro often joined Infantino on working visits to meet Trump at the White House in recent years.
鈥淟et me be clear. I had no involvement in this proposal, and I oppose it unequivocally,鈥� the former U.S. Soccer Federation president said, calling the $20 billion commercial subsidiary 鈥渁 bad deal for football.鈥�
鈥淔ootball has been central to my life, and after more than 35 years in banking, I understand both the value of this asset and the consequences of giving part of it away鈥� he said. 鈥淭hat is why this proposal should be rejected.鈥�
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The Trump administration is ending a Medicare drug subsidy program. Here鈥檚 how it could affect costs
Millions of older adults on could face steeper monthly costs in 2027, after the Trump administration concludes a temporary subsidy program that has helped offset premiums for the past two years.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week announced it would , which was initially implemented by the Biden administration in 2024 to lower patients鈥� Medicare Part D prescription drug costs in response to the effects of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
While federal officials insist the financial impact on Medicare beneficiaries will be minimal, the decision opens the Republican-led administration to potential political consequences in a high-stakes midterm election year. Voters have identified as a top concern, and many older adults, who tend to vote in high numbers, are on fixed incomes where every dollar counts. The roughly 25 million Americans with Medicare Part D plans will find out about their 2027 rates in the fall, when they are casting ballots in November鈥檚 elections.
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Trump floats pulling Blanche鈥檚 nomination for attorney general to avoid conceding to GOP demands
Trump said Thursday he may pull for the full-time post to avoid conceding to Senate Republicans鈥� demands over a sweeping tax audit immunity deal benefiting the president and members of his family.
After failed negotiations to advance Blanche鈥檚 nomination, Trump suggested he was holding firm against pressure from Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis. They have expressed concerns about the controversial against the Internal Revenue Service, which a judge denounced as
The senators said the Justice Department seemed interested in reaching an agreement with them, but the White House wouldn鈥檛 budge to aid the confirmation of 罢谤耻尘辫鈥檚 loyal former personal attorney, who has as acting attorney general. Instead, Trump said in a social media post that he might pull Blanche鈥檚 nomination and resubmit it after Cornyn and Tillis leave office next year.
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Trump is taking his Friday Cabinet meeting on the road to Camp David
Trump told his Cabinet members to meet him at the in Maryland, a rustic backdrop for the Trump administration sessions that have come to be known for being overly long and consumed by endless praise for their boss.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the 13th such meeting of the Republican president鈥檚 second term 鈥渨ill be a lot of fun and something different for the Cabinet to experience together.鈥�
An was scuttled because of bad weather. During his first term, Trump .
The public portion of 罢谤耻尘辫鈥檚 Cabinet meetings has lasted as long as three hours, with the president letting everyone at the table update him on their departments or agencies 鈥� with added praise for him personally and his leadership thrown in. In a departure from other presidents, he allows the news media to stay for the duration, a move that Leavitt has said proves his commitment to transparency.
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Trump announces a deal for Hamas to disarm in Gaza, but many hurdles and uncertainty remain
A Hamas official said Friday that they did reach an agreement on disarmament, the most crucial part of the ceasefire deal. Israel didn鈥檛 give an indication that they had agreed.
Trump said Thursday that a deal has been reached for and Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza, but many hurdles, conditions and long timelines remained to wind down .
The White House announcement comes nine months after a was signed. Negotiations between Israel and Hamas had over the implementation of its second phase, including the and the reconstruction of Gaza.
罢谤耻尘辫鈥檚 calls on the militant group to surrender its weapons and destroy its vast network of tunnels. It also envisions Israeli forces withdrawing from Gaza, the arrival of a new technocratic Palestinian government, deployment of an international security force and the rebuilding of the battered Palestinian enclave.
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