The president, who has slammed Barack Obama for unfreezing Iranian assets as part of a nuclear deal, is weighing a de facto $20 billion payment to Iran of his own.

Jones' remark comes as a slew of conservative influencers and Trump have traded jabs online amid the war in Iran.

Officials in Tehran said the Strait of Hormuz would reopen to commercial shipping, but they dismissed the president's claims of a wider agreement with the U.S.

By Nathan Layne EASTLAKE, Ohio, April 17 (Reuters) - When Keith Czika learned the brass-instrument factory where he had worked for nearly 18 years was closing and his job was headed to China, the 62-year-old Ohioan focused on what he saw as a source of leverage: the plant’s ultimate owner,

The Trump administration is considering unfreezing $20 billion in Iranian assets as part of ongoing negotiations with Tehran, according to two sources familiar with the discussions.

Despite some empty seats, Trump projected confidence in his party’s ability to win the midterm elections. Some in the crowd focused on GOP divisions.

A polling expert told Newsweek the spread of GOP districts below 50% approval points to broad softening, not a one‑off dip.

President Trump has lobbed insults at Pope Leo XIV in response to his criticisms of the war in Iran, marking an unusually pronounced rupture between the leaders of the world's most powerful country and the world's largest Christian denomination.