内容摘要：Women from the Durua tribe carry water vessels in Hatipakna village, Koraput district, in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Women from the Durua tribe carry water vessels in Hatipakna village, Koraput district, in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

WHERE IT STANDS: Political off-ramp found.BACKSTORY: Trump for months decried growing Chinese influence over the Panama Canal and even refused to

to retake control of the waterway. The situation appeared to simmer down when the White House hailed aannounced in March that would sell two canal ports run by a company based in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong to investors led by the U.S. firm BlackRock. The deal has since hit regulatory snags, and has yet to be finalized. In the meantime, the U.S. signedits troops access to Panamanian facilities.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as Elon Musk listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as Elon Musk listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

WHERE IT STANDS: Faded away.

would be checking out Fort Knox in Kentucky to ensure that U.S. gold reserves were still there. Days later, the president said at a conservative conference outside Washington, “I’m going to go with Elon.” He then drew sustained applause by asking, “Would anybody like to join us?” Nothing has come of it since.Follow AP’s war coverage at

ROME (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that the Vatican could be a venue forpeace talks, taking up the Holy See’s longstanding offer after Pope Leo XIV vowed to personally make

to help end the war.Speaking to reporters in Rome before meeting with