President Donald Trump has suggested his proposed "Board of Peace" in Gaza could replace the U.N., underscoring what one national security analyst has described as a revision of the "existing international order." Asked Tuesday whether he envisioned the new body supplanting the U.N., Trump replied, "It might." Speaking at a White House press conference, the president also told reporters the U.N. has consistently failed to fulfill its mission...

U.S. President Donald Trump has invited dozens of world leaders to join his Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts but diplomats say it could harm the work of the United Nations. While some traditional allies of the U.S. have responded cautiously, and in a few cases have rejected Trump's offer, others including nations that have long had strained ties with Washington such as Belarus have accepted...

The Board of Peace led by U.S. President Donald Trump was originally envisioned as a small group of world leaders overseeing the Gaza ceasefire plan. Since then, the Trump administration's ambitions have ballooned into a more sprawling concept, with Trump extending invitations to dozens of nations and hinting the board will soon broker global conflicts, like a pseudo-U.N. Security Council. Trump is headed for the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where more details are expected to emerge. Ahead of Davos, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he had agreed to join the board, despite his previous criticism of the board's committee overseeing the Gaza ceasefire...

Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, hoping to win the Republican nomination for the Minnesota seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Tina Smith. "For years, I covered the biggest football games in America," Tafoya said in a video posted on social media, in which she stands on a snowy football field. "I walked the sidelines when the pressure was mounting and the stakes were the highest. That job taught me about more than football. It taught me about how leadership really works. When leaders are prepared and accountable, teams succeed. When they aren't, people pay the price."...

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump made a suggestion that landed on a key part of his far-right coalition like a sucker punch. Referring to negotiations over the Affordable Care Act, he urged House Republicans to be "a little bit flexible" on the Hyde Amendment, which for 50 years has banned the use of federal funds for abortion. Republicans had allowed ACA subsidies to expire in December, causing insurance premiums to skyrocket for millions of Americans just in time for an election-year backlash. Now, Trump was pushing them to cut a deal with Democrats to resurrect the subsidies, even if it meant compromising on a bedrock conservative principle: no taxpayer support for abortion...

A major winter storm is set to sweep the nation this weekend, bringing snow, sleet, ice and sub-zero windchills from the southern Plains to the Northeast. While it's still too early to predict snowfall totals for areas east of the Mississippi River, heavy snow is expected in Memphis, Nashville, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City...

In his speech at Davos on Wednesday, President Trump noted that mortgage rates dropped below 6% last week — he didn't mention that they've since climbed back up. Why it matters: The White House has floated a raft of policies meant to make homes more affordable — mostly by pushing for lower rates — but that only addresses one piece of the problem and may even be counterproductive. The latest: "Last week, the average 30-year mortgage rate dropped below 6% for the first time in many years," the president said in Davos. (The rate, however, ticked back up yesterday, as markets reacted to Trump's threats to take over Greenland.)...

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