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JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered U.S. President Donald Trump what he described as full diplomatic immunity on Tuesday, saying preparations were already underway.

“Don can expect a warm welcome in Israel,” Netanyahu told reporters. “In fact, we are making plans for his arrival even as I speak.”

Netanyahu said the proposed arrangement would protect Trump from prosecution, although he did not identify a legal mechanism for granting that protection or explain which jurisdictions he believed it would cover.

WASHINGTON — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was reportedly transported to the United States aboard a Venezuelan oil tanker in a covert operation allegedly organized by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, according to anonymous sources familiar with the operation.

OTTAWA — Canadian writer Anne Carson has offered her Nobel Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump in a move widely interpreted as an attempt to persuade the administration to lift tariffs on Canadian goods.

WASHINGTON — A heated dispute over congressional authority to limit U.S. military operations in Iran turned physical Thursday, as Senate Republicans Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina confronted one another on the Senate floor during debate over a War Powers resolution.

The confrontation began as an unusually sharp exchange over the measure, which sought to direct the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities involving Iran absent specific congressional authorization.

WASHINGTON — The United States and Greenland have reached an agreement granting U.S.-flagged vessels expanded rights to transit Arctic waters, according to officials, opening a new chapter in Washington's efforts to increase its presence in the rapidly changing region.

President Donald Trump praised the agreement Friday, portraying it as both an economic opportunity and an environmental milestone.

WASHINGTON — A political controversy erupted Friday after photographs purportedly showing Senators Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas vacationing together in Cancún circulated widely on social media, prompting sharp criticism from Democrats over the senators' absence from prominent 25th-anniversary commemorations of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The images, which were posted online by a tourist and quickly spread across social media, appeared to show the two Republican senators at a resort in the Mexican Caribbean. 

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday expressed surprise at the number of U.S. state names derived from Spanish and Indigenous languages, suggesting that they could be replaced with what he called “strong American names.”

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the United States would impose a 70% tariff on Canadian dollars entering the American financial system, dramatically escalating an already strained trade relationship with Canada.

The measure would represent an unprecedented expansion of the trade dispute beyond tariffs on physical goods. Trump said the policy was intended to address what he described as an unfair currency advantage enjoyed by Canada.

PATTAYA, Thailand — Senator Mitch McConnell was seen welcoming sailors as they disembarked from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a port visit in Pattaya on Wednesday, making an appearance at the waterfront after vacationing in nearby Phuket.

McConnell, the longtime Kentucky senator, arrived at the dock as sailors came ashore from the carrier and associated vessels. He exchanged brief greetings with members of the crew and observed the arrival alongside local port personnel and other visitors.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” 

The order would rename one of the five Great Lakes and instruct federal agencies to use “Lake America” in official documents, maps and communications. The change would represent a significant departure from the lake’s longstanding name, which dates back centuries.