Before Trump began his visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, his sons Eric and Donald Jr. had already traveled the Middle East extensively in recent weeks. They were drumming up business for The Trump Organization, which they are running in their father’s stead while he’s in the White House.

President Donald Trump’s new special envoy to the Middle East was sworn in by Secretary of State Marco Rubio Tuesday in an Oval Office ceremony.

Witkoff located the gadget amid a tangle of electronics he uses to communicate abroad in his role as America’s shadow secretary of state. The back of the pager, he proudly told me, carries an inscription: Dear Steve, friend of the state of Israel. And then the acronym OTJ, for “One Tough Jew.”

Follow the latest on Trump's Gulf trip US President Donald Trump’s Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff held direct talks with Hamas leaders in Qatar on Wednesday, sources told The National. The meeting was a first between the real estate magnate and representatives of the militant Palestinian group,

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"When you argue between yourselves, when you're disbanding as a society, do you know who's watching? Hamas," Witkoff told hostage families.

Trump is again diverging from U.S. presidential habit by choosing the Middle East, not Canada or Mexico, for the first foreign trip of his second term. He's hoping to do deals with three of the region's wealthiest countries.

US envoys Witkoff and Boehler meet with hostage families in Tel Aviv, affirm full US commitment to securing the return of all 58 hostages.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded a series of discussions with US President Donald Trump's envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and the hostage negotiation team.

President Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff suggested during a recent interview that the United States could walk away from ongoing nuclear talks with Iran if no progress ensues after the

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff plans to brief members of the United Nations Security council on Wednesday, diplomats said.

The crowd at the Metropolitan Pavilion rose to their feet to take pictures as both Witkoffs took the stage for a wide-ranging interview on politics, real estate and the succession of the family business with TRD Publisher Amir Korangy.