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U.S. President Donald Trump said he told Iran’s supreme leader, “I hope you’re going 
to negotiate…” 

During the high-stakes, February 28 Oval Office meeting when U.S. President Donald Trump tried to bully Volodymyr Zelenskyy into accepting a pro-Kremlin formula for ending the war in Ukraine, he accused the Ukrainian president of not wanting peace, and claimed he was “gambling with the lives of millions of people. You’re gambling with World War III.”

A continuing resolution to fund the federal government through Sept. 30 will shift $185 million from the nonproliferation programs to weapons activities.

Trump Rescinds Biden’s Arms Transfers Policy

Rubio Bypasses Congress on Israel Arms Sale

Without reciprocal constraints, Russia and the United States will face a new era of uncertainty after the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty agreement on Feb. 5, 2026. This webinar briefing will explore what pathways toward a new agreement exist for U.S. and Russian negotiators, as well as what the consequences of failure might mean for the global nuclear order.

President Donald Trump's missile defense executive order calls for a new architecture for homeland ballistic and cruise missile defense and outlines a policy shift toward defending or deterring “any foreign aerial attack on the Homeland.” 

Trump and Putin talk Ukraine while strategic arms control remains off the agenda, U.S. allies weigh their nuclear options, the Ban Treaty states meet in New York, and Los Alamos opens environmental impact study for comments.

U.S. Sanctions Russian Operator at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

Biden Loosens Missile Technology Export Controls

The moribund process offers the best tool for reviving the international arms control regime.

A military aide carrying the satchel with the nuclear codes has been in presidential entourages since the late 1950s. Now, the football follows President Donald Trump.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced a return to maximum pressure on Iran but reiterated support for a nuclear deal.   

The president signaled interest in “denuclearization” with Russia and China, but Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and other differences are a challenge to talks.  

A U.S. presidential executive order is expanding missile defense efforts, signaling a fundamental shift in missile defense policy.