His comments come after Trump's top envoy, Steve Witkoff, said yesterday that he was pulling the U.S. team of negotiators out of Doha, Qatar, after Hamas' latest response in the talks, saying it "clearly shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza."

President Donald Trump said Friday he has not considered granting a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, a former girlfriend and accomplice of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Justice Department officials have met with Maxwell in Florida this week as the furor over the Trump administration’s handling of documents from the Epstein case continues.

President Donald Trump said he had not considered pardoning Jeffrey Epstein's convicted former associate Ghislaine Maxwell, but that he could do so if he wanted to. Trump is facing a wave of political backlash over his administration's handling of the Epstein files.

In the Emerson College poll, the president received an approval rating of 45 percent on immigration versus a 46 percent disapproval rating. This is the first time the president's approval rating on the issue has been negative with the pollster during his second term in office.

President Trump has come under fire from a section of his MAGA base over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.

As the political furor consumes Washington and even begins to fracture Mr. Trump’s steadfastly loyal base, as polling shows, The New York Times interviewed several Trump voters to ask if they trusted Mr.