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. 

US President Donald Trump met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in a high-stakes diplomatic meeting surrounded by loud protests in Washington. Trump confirmed negotiations with Iran must continue and warned consequences could follow if talks collapse, referencing past strikes. The leaders also discussed Gaza and wider Middle East stability, with Trump claiming regional progress toward peace.