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<title><![CDATA[Kevin Liptak - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/25471.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Kevin Liptak]]></description><category domain="25471">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Under Pressure on Iran, Takes His Cabinet to Camp David]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-under-pressure-iran-takes-205948399.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump is not, historically, a Camp David guy. The wood-wrapped rooms of the Laurel Lodge are not his happy place. His predecessors have chosen the retreat as an escape from cameras and formality; Trump rarely objects to having his picture taken or an extra chandelier or...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China's Xi Is Still Planning for a Lavish State Visit to the U.S.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.kten.com/news/politics/trump-alleged-china-took-us-election-data-its-leader-is-still-planning-for-a-lavish/article_14f549ce-0d49-5bb4-8dd7-6d4ef1be4780.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ordinarily, a claim like the one President Donald Trump leveled at China in prime time this week might herald a major rupture in ties with Beijing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Address To Focus on 'Free and Fair Elections']]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-says-thursday-address-will-focus-on-free-and-fair-elections/ar-AA27TXwl</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Election integrity has been a fixation of Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s for years. He has long insisted that irregularities marred the 2020 election, which Joe Biden won. And he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s repeatedly excoriated Congress for not passing his elections overhaul bill, which has stalled in the Senate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside the Effort To Get Trump To Drop Strait of Hormuz Fee]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/inside-24-hour-sprint-convince-204144281.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump shocked Gulf allies and many of his own aides with his'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' plan to impose a toll on the Strait of Hormuz, touching off an international scramble to convince him to reverse course on his demand, several sources familiar with the matter told CNN.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Left NATO Summit on a Positive Note]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/why-trump-left-nato-summit-on-a-positive-note-after-seething-about-iran-spain-and-greenland/ar-AA27uUFf</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As it turned out, Trump behind the scenes was a little less bombastic than Trump in front of cameras.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[G7 Leaders, and the World, Wait for Clarity on U.S.-Iran Deal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/g7-leaders-and-the-rest-of-the-world-wait-for-clarity-on-us-iran-agreement/ar-AA25Jkcx</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Days after Trump applied his electronic signature to the agreement, the exact terms of the pact remain known to only a few.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Backed Off on Resuming Iran Attacks--for Now]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-trump-backed-off-on-resuming-iran-attacks-for-now/ar-AA23Bptv</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s telling, he was an hour away from ordering new strikes on Iran when he abruptly announced on social media Monday that he would allow more time for diplomacy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How DC's Top Annual Dinner Turned Into Chaos, Crime Scene]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/news/how-washington-s-biggest-annual-dinner-transformed-into-chaos-and-a-crime-scene/ar-AA21K7bd</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were seated on the stage of the cavernous Washington Hilton ballroom just after 8:30 p.m. ET Saturday evening, playfully engaging with the evening'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s entertainer, mentalist Oz Pearlman.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Muses About Vance vs. Rubio Amid Iran Peace Talks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-muses-about-vance-vs-rubio-as-iran-peace-talks-heat-up/ar-AA214wtf</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With Vice President JD Vance, a one-time'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Iran war'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' skeptic, now tasked with brokering a deal to end it, President Donald Trump has been monitoring his progress closely and inquiring with various friends and advisers how they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d rank his performance, according to three people...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Eyes Second Round of In-Person Talks With Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-eyes-potential-second-round-214548235.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Marathon talks that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' failed to produce a breakthrough'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' between the United States and Iran were not the final word in negotiations, officials in the US and the region said Monday, as the contours of the two sides'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' disagreement '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' primarily over Tehran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nuclear ambitions...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside the Mission To Rescue a Downed American Airman]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/inside-the-mission-to-recover-a-downed-american-airman/ar-AA20chtw</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hiding alone in a mountain crevice behind enemy lines, the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' injured American airman'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' knew exactly what to do: survive and evade.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: This Was 'Test' for NATO, 'Should Have Been There']]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-lashes-fails-convince-european-192132546.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s brief and aggressive attempt to corral an international coalition to police the Strait of Hormuz concluded in disappointment on Tuesday, leading the president to lash out at European nations that rejected his demands to help with his'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' war against Iran.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iranian Intelligence Sends Word to U.S. on Potential Talks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iranian-intelligence-sends-word-us-173438434.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Iranian intelligence has sent word to the United States it could be prepared to open talks on how to end'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the war, according to people familiar with the indirect messages, but US officials say there are no negotiations underway and that potential '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'off-ramps'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' are unlikely to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CIA Closely Watched Khamenei for Months Before Fatal Strikes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/cia-closely-watched-khamenei-for-months-before-fatal-strikes-in-iran/ar-AA1XjC0Q</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For months, Israeli and American intelligence agencies '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' including the CIA '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' had been secretly watching Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Ayatollah Ali Khamenei'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' for just the right moment.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Our Objectives in Iran--and the Potential for Dire Consequences]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/28/politics/trump-iran-strikes-decision</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The eight-minute recording laid bare both the president's objectives in Iran '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' which had been unclear '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and the potential for dire consequences.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Midterm Message: SOTU Kicks Off 2026 Campaign Season]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/4-things-to-watch-in-trump-s-state-of-the-union/ar-AA1WY0W4</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A lot has changed since President Donald Trump addressed Congress a year ago. But in one area, at least, his State of the Union address Tuesday evening seems likely to resemble his last visit to the House chamber.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Confronts Options on Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-confronts-options-iran-targeted-220631142.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump faces one of the weightiest decisions of his second term as he orders the largest military buildup in the Middle East in 22 years.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Trump Pursues Greenland, Is an Off-Ramp Possible?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/even-trump-advisers-wary-military-232733070.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Flying home this month from an extended Christmas vacation in Palm Beach, President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' was momentarily taken aback when a reporter asked him about the ice-covered island he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s openly trying to annex.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Verge of Strikes in Iran, U.S. Held Off. What Happens Next?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/on-the-verge-of-strikes-in-iran-the-us-held-off-what-happens-next-is-up-to-trump/ar-AA1UjbJj</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Emerging on Tuesday from a late-night Situation Room meeting to discuss options for striking Iran, some of President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s top national security officials were relatively sure a decision on military action was close at hand.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Feels Obligated To Take Action on Iran, Weighs Options]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/politics/trump-iran-action-retaliation</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump, facing a red line of his own making in Iran, increasingly believes he must take decisive action against the regime amid'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a violent and deadly crackdown on protesters, according to officials familiar with the matter.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Trump Meant When He Said U.S. Will 'Run' Venezuela]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-clearer-picture-is-emerging-of-what-trump-meant-when-he-said-the-us-will-run-venezuela/ar-AA1TyjDF</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' administration is working quickly to establish a pliant interim government in Venezuela following the dramatic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' capture of Nicol'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¡').';'s Maduro, according to US officials, prioritizing administrative stability and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' repairing the country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s oil...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Says It'd Be 'Smart' for Maduro To Step Down]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-says-us-remains-in-pursuit-of-oil-tanker-and-it-d-be-smart-for-maduro-to-step-down/ar-AA1SR7Zu</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump said Monday the US remains in active pursuit of an'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, more than 24 hours after the chase began, while repeating his threats against Venezuelan President Nicol'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¡').';'s Maduro.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Seizes Another Vessel Off Venezuela's Coast]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/20/politics/venezuela-vessel-us-seize</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Personnel from the United States boarded and seized a vessel off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday, according to a US official familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' ramps up pressure'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on Caracas.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Says End to Russia-Ukraine War Closer Than Ever]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-says-end-to-ukraine-war-closer-than-ever-but-us-officials-caution-security-guarantee-offers-won-t-last-forever/ar-AA1SoIrh</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump on Monday described an end to the war in Ukraine as closer than ever, with American officials earlier in the day suggesting beefed-up security guarantees for Kyiv had advanced the peace talks '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but that the US offer would not be on the table forever.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast]]></title>
							<link>https://www.aol.com/news/us-seized-oil-tanker-off-213409380.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said, escalating US pressure on President Nicolas Maduro's regime.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump-Zelensky Meeting Turned Acrimonious]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' working lunch with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday turned acrimonious when the US leader insisted Ukraine make territorial concessions to Russia to end the war, according to European officials briefed on the meeting.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Seeks To Build on Momentum in Busy Diplomatic Week]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-seeks-build-momentum-gaza-231215083.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[These are busy days for'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Steve Witkoff. The real estate developer-turned-Swiss Army Knife diplomat (officially the special presidential envoy for peace missions) was sitting in the galleries of the Israeli Knesset on Monday, listening as President Donald Trump basked in the newly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Have a Ceasefire. Will It End the Israel-Hamas War?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/politics/donald-trump-ceasefire-israel-gaza-war</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As President Donald Trump flew home'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' from the Middle East'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on Monday, the region fading from view out of his windows was undoubtedly a changed one: the hostages who suffered underground in Gaza the last two years are free, and the bombs that leveled the Strip have stopped falling.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Willed 'Phase One' of Peace Deal Across Finish Line]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump-announced deal appears to be a breakthrough, but it is too soon to declare the war over.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Sets Sunday Evening Deadline for Hamas]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kevin Liptak</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hamas announced that it had agreed to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'immediately'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' enter negotiations for the release of all hostages according to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Gaza peace plan '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a potential breakthrough after months of failed efforts to end the war.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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