Trump’s tariff threats, in five charts
President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to dramatically expand tariffs. It’s a move that could affect trillions of dollars in trade and reshape prices for everything from cars to medication — while potentially straining relationships with key U.S. trading partners. Imported goods are a key driver of the American economy, totaling $2.9 trillion in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau — with China, Canada and Mexico accounting for over 40% of that volume.
Trump suggests Ukraine shouldn't have fought back against Russia
President Donald Trump suggested in an interview that aired Thursday night that Ukraine should not have fought when Russia invaded it. "Zelenskyy was fighting a much bigger entity, much bigger, much more powerful," Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity. "He shouldn’t have done that, because we could have made a deal."
Female soldiers who raised the alarm about Hamas threat before Oct. 7 return to Israel
Four female soldiers released by Hamas on Saturday have crossed into Israeli territory, the Israel Defense Forces said, as part of the ceasefire and hostage release deal. Karina Ariev, Danielle Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag were accompanied by Israeli special forces on their return to Israel, where they will undergo an initial medical assessment, the IDF added. All four hostages are alive.
Fresh grief in Gaza as families recover bodies of loved ones buried under rubble
Looking down at her father’s body wrapped in a shroud outside Nasser Hospital in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis, a little girl wailed: “Daddy ... Why did you leave us?” All around her, rows of body bags lay on the ground in the footage filmed by an NBC News crew Thursday. Families gathered around, mourning over their loved ones whose remains were pulled from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled during Israel's military offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
Israelis brace to learn the fate of Hamas' youngest hostage, taken captive as a baby
On lampposts, in shop windows and on smartphone screens across Israel, the posters show a smiling, red-headed baby boy clutching a pink elephant. And now the country is bracing to learn Kfir Bibas’ fate. The youngest hostage still in captivity in Gaza, Kfir was just shy of 9 months old when he was kidnapped during the Hamas-led terrorist attack Oct.7, 2023. On Saturday, he turned 2, having never known a birthday outside captivity.
Trump’s threat against Moscow over Ukraine seen as an insulting false start by some in Russia
President Donald Trump’s threats aimed at strong-arming Moscow into ending its war in Ukraine have been badly received by some politicians and nationalists in Russia who say his tactics bode ill for a deal. Trump said on Wednesday he would likely impose new sanctions, taxes and tariffs on Russia, whose economy he said was failing, and on Moscow’s allies, unless President Vladimir Putin struck a deal with him “soon” to end the conflict.
After Israel's bombs caused 'almost total devastation,' Rafah faces a daunting rebuilding process
When Walid Abu Libdeh returned to Rafah with his young daughter, the 61-year-old engineer felt as though he were “in a horrible film” as he moved through the rubble-strewn streets, trying to figure out where his home once stood. “Where are the houses? Where are the trees? Where are the animals? Where are the people we love?” he told NBC News’ ground crew in the southern Gaza city on Wednesday. What has happened in Rafah feels like “Hiroshima or Nagasaki,” Libdeh added.
Israeli army applies 'lessons' learned in Gaza as it continues West Bank offensive
Israel’s defense minister said on Wednesday forces were applying lessons learned in Gaza as a major operation continued in Jenin, which the military said was aimed at countering Iranian-backed militant groups in the volatile West Bank city. A military spokesperson declined to give details but said the operation was “relatively similar” to but in a smaller area than one last August, in which hundreds of Israeli troops backed by drones and helicopters raided Jenin and other flashpoint cities in the occupied West Bank.
Yemen's Houthis free crew of ship held for more than a year over Israel-Hamas war
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader more than a year after they seized their Bahamas-flagged vessel off the Yemeni Red Sea coast, Houthi-owned Al Masirah TV reported Wednesday. It said the crew were handed to Oman “in coordination” with the three-day-old ceasefire in Gaza’s war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Aid pours into Gaza as ceasefire enters fourth day
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the aid would extend to providing food assistance and health care, including opening bakeries, restocking hospitals, repairing water networks and reuniting families.