President Donald Trump inadvertently dropped a stunning claim on Wednesday about his views on the administration's legal authority to strike alleged drug boats in international waters during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

The Alliance regularly examines Spain to check its military spending amid Trump's criticism while the president defends in Brussels that they are "fulfilling" their commitments. In recent weeks, Spain has had a significant presence in the White House.

Since Stoltenberg stepped down in November 2024, Trump has further reshaped NATO’s defense spending expectations in 2025, pushing allies at the alliance’s summit in The Hague in June 2025 toward a new benchmark of 5 percent of GDP by 2035. Update 09/29/25, 3:14 p.m. ET: This article was updated with comment from White House spokesperson Anna Kelly.

Tensions between the U.S. and China escalated in the weeks leading to a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

SPAIN'S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has confirmed that the country will join the pool of NATO members buying arms from the United States to equip

Slovenia’s President Nataša Pirc Musar on her friendship with Melania Trump, U.S. credibility and why Europe is ‘weak’

Vice President JD Vance continues his trip to Israel today as the Trump administration seeks to shore up the ceasefire it brokered between Israel and Hamas.