Nick Schifrin
@nickschifrin
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Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent @Newshour. Husband, dad. Former Kabul, Islamabad, Jerusalem, London. [email protected] Signal: nickschifrin.35
Washington, D.C.
Joined July 2009
The U.S. and China said they’ve agreed on a framework for a potential trade deal, once again trying to pull back from a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The announcement comes as President Trump's tour through Asia takes him to Japan. @nickschifrin reports.
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.@ZelenskyyUa and @Keir_Starmer are working on a Gaza-style Ukraine peace plan, @ZelenskyyUa tells @BarakRavid. "Some quick points. Like a plan for a ceasefire. We decided we will work on it in the next week or ten days." @ZelenskyyUa once again asks for long range missiles in a
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"President Trump is concerned about escalation. But I think that if there are no negotiations, there will be an escalation anyway."
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.@SecScottBessent said the South Korea trade deal was still not ready to sign during the trip.
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.@POTUS called his meeting with @LulaOficial “very good,” but also said, “I don’t know [if] anything’s going to happen.”
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.@POTUS said he did not want to meet with @MarkJCarney during APEC, although he also did not when the additional 10% sanctions would take effect
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.@SecRubio said Israel’s Saturday strike in Gaza was acceptable: “We don’t view that as a violation of the ceasefire. They have a right if there’s an imminent threat to Israel.”
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On China, @SecScottBessent told reporters, “We had a very good meeting.” @POTUS added, “But nothing has been agreed to yet. … But we feel good.” Yesterday @SecScottBessent said he expected Trump would not impose additional tariffs for the November 1 deadline, and Xi would pause
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In a 32 minute gaggle with reporters, @POTUS said at least 6 times he was interested in meeting Kim Jong Un to meet during this trip, and would even extend his travel if necessary: “I’d love to meet with him if he’d like to meet. … If he wants to meet I’ll be in South Korea… If
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.@SeanParnellASW confirms a $130 million private donation will pay troops’ salaries during shutdown: “On October 23, 2025, the @DeptofWar accepted an anonymous donation of $130 million under its general gift acceptance authority. The donation was made on the condition that it
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Overnight, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO), trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean Sea. The vessel was known by our
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President Trump took a step that he had not taken during his second term and imposed new sanctions on Russia. The Treasury Department announced the sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies and accused Putin of not taking Trump’s pursuit of peace in Ukraine seriously.
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.@POTUS announces that a private donor has provided $130 million to pay troops for their next paychecks
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Before leaving for Israel, @SecRubio criticizes initial Knesset vote for a bill that would annex the West Bank: “I think the President may feel that's not something we'd be supportive of right now, and we think they're potentially threatening peace deals.”
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🚨Join us NEXT WEEK for a discussion on the history of six American presidents and their attempts to stop #NorthKorea from building nuclear weapons. Featuring Distinguished Fellow Joel Wit. Opening remarks by @j3nnyt0wn. Moderated by @nickschifrin 🗓️Oct. 28 ⏰10:00 - 11:00 AM
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Joel Wit’s new book, Fallout: The Inside Story of America’s Failure to Disarm North Korea, examines how six American presidents failed to stop Pyongyang from building nuclear weapons and the missiles...
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President Trump has imposed new sanctions on Russia after efforts to end the war in Ukraine faltered. The Treasury Department announced the sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies, accusing Russia of not taking Trump's pursuit of peace in Ukraine seriously.
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First strike in the Pacific:
Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel being operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization and conducting narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific. The vessel was known by our intelligence to be
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Sanction Chinese companies for providing Russia dual-use items: https://t.co/WATT7DGsMy
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and John Cornyn (R-TX), member of...
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Send frozen Russian assets in the US to Ukraine: https://t.co/2XO5c8yIQu
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), ranking member of...
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.@SenateForeign passes 3 major bills on Russia that will now go to the floor:
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