Barack Obama has responded after a controversial social media video posted by President Donald Trump sparked backlash across Washington. The deleted clip drew criticism from lawmakers in both parties and forced a White House response.

US President Donald Trump has officially authorized Secretary Marco Rubio to extend a shocking "last-ditch" offer to Ayatollah Khamenei—a face-to-face summit to end the nuclear standoff forever. But make no mistake: the "Big Stick" is already in the water. With the world`s largest warship, the USS Gerald R. Ford, ordered to join the USS Abraham Lincoln in a massive naval pincer, Iran is officially encircled.