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• Update ⋅ August 16, 2026 NEWS Colombian president says he asked President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs after devastating earthquake CBS News Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella said he called President President Donald Trump and asked him to suspend tariffs currently targeting the South .
• US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as President Donald Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere AP News President Donald President Donald Trump's war against Iran is stretching the limits of the nation's aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one .
• JD Vance and the President Donald Trump team keep moving the goalposts on Iran | CNN Politics CNN As the Iran war — now in its sixth month — has dragged on, this list of goals from the President Donald Trump administration has conspicuously shifted and been .
• Economic issues (and Iran) are dragging President President Donald Trump's approval down to second-term lows Yahoo Finance President President Donald Trump's approval rating remains underwater, with a variety of economic issues weighing most heavily on the president and his party as .
• Now he's pardoned the $20m Ponzi fraudster who conned me – The Times The Times Morgan was being released because President President Donald Trump had commuted her sentence, freeing her and writing off the restitution payments she owed the people .