Alors que le candidat soutenu par Donald Trump à la présidentielle au Honduras est au coude à coude avec le présentateur de télévision Salvador Nasralla, le président américain accuse les autorités de vouloir changer le résultat des élections.

Talks come after Witkoff led US discussions with Ukraine at weekend amid European concerns that Kyiv will be pressured to make concessions to Moscow

• US-Russia talks may pile pressure on Kyiv to make concessions, says EU foreign policy chief

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Who is Steve Witkoff? The American property developer turned loyal envoy to the US president has had a friendship with Donald Trump dating back to a late-night encounter in a New York deli.

Now Witkoff is key to Trump’s efforts to secure a deal to end the war in Ukraine – and earlier helped broker the ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war.

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Trump threatens 'hell to pay' if Honduras alters election results, injecting himself into the country's tight presidential race amid vote counting.

Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big time trafficker off the hook?

• Deadly airstrikes and a military buildup: how the US pressure campaign against Venezuela has unfolded in the Caribbean

He was a Latin American president accused of colluding with some of the region’s most ruthless narco bosses to flood the United States with cocaine.

“[Let’s] stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos,” the double-dealing politician once allegedly bragged as he lined his pockets with millions of dollars in bribes and turned his country into what many called a narco-state.

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The United States has meddled for decades in elections around the world. But no modern president has done so as brazenly as Donald Trump. Read More

In Moscow, Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, is expected to present President Vladimir V. Putin with a revised proposal to end the war in Ukraine.

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While the president said he had a M.R.I. exam, a physician’s memo released by the White House was less specific.

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President Trump’s latest changes to the immigration system affect communities that traditionally have been considered special cases.

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The firings, part of a nationwide effort, felt “like a Monday afternoon massacre,” said one judge who lost her job last month.

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White House confirms and defends second strike against alleged drug smugglers in Caribbean waters, amid Trump administration's anti-drug crusade.

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Amid talk of war crimes, the details and precise sequence of a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean are facing intensifying scrutiny.

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Investigations are mounting into the legality of strikes that have killed scores of people in the waters off Venezuela.

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A new report shows Gavin Newsom could be winning the early race for Hollywood liberal donor enthusiasm ahead of the 2028 Democratic primary.

Singer Elton John praised bipartisan efforts, including from the Trump administration, to end the HIV pandemic by 2030, during a recent Variety interview.

Employees suspended in the summer after signing a letter critical of the president were told they could return to work. But the reinstatement was short-lived.

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The White House is decorated in a classic red-and-green Christmas theme. But with the East Wing reduced to rubble, there are fewer decorations this year.