Kylie Atwood
@kylieatwood
foreign policy & politics @CNN / mom of Sienna & Summer, and wife of Steve
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Europe this week for conversations on a Gaza ceasefire, a US official says. He is then expected to travel to the Qatari capital of Doha for further discussions, a separate source familiar with his plans tells @kylieatwood.
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to the Middle East to work toward a Gaza ceasefire, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said Tuesday, citing a conversation with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Steve Witkoff is headed to the Middle East now, State Spox says to the "Gaza area." She does not say where exactly. She says there is a "strong hope" that there will be another ceasefire and a humanitarian corridor for aid to flow, which both sides have agreed to she said.
The Trump administration claims no one has died due to US aid cuts. Our trip to Afghanistan suggests otherwise Story with @IsobelYeung: edition.cnn.com/2025/07/22/asi… Video with Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou and Mark Baron.
“Palestinians in Gaza are starving to death,” said the United Nations’ human rights office today. Just in the past 24 hours, 15 people including four children, died of starvation across the territory according to the enclave’s health ministry.
President Donald Trump is once again pulling the United States out of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO w. @AlejandraJMillo & @alaynatreene cnn.com/2025/07/22/pol…
Let us all have a Wolf Spritzer today for the anniversary of this all time post.
Enjoying a Wolf Spritzer at El Presidente restaurant here in DC.
"He who has a why can bear any how" I sat down with former Hamas hostage Or Levy this week for his first international interview. He talked to me about the harsh conditions of his 491 days in captivity, the mantra that helped him survive and why the day he was released was both…
New: It was after midnight in Malaysia when Sec Rubio dialed in to a call btw President Trump & NATO SecGen Rutte - a call in which Trump made a major policy pivot on Ukraine. A deep dive into Rubio’s quiet ascent into Trump’s inner circle: cnn.com/2025/07/20/pol…
What this includes: 10 US nationals are on their way back to the US, 252 Venezuelans detained in an El Salvadoran prison were sent back to Venezuela & dozens of Venezuelan political prisoners were released.
Trump administration completes large-scale prisoner swap with Venezuela, w/ @KristenhCNN @priscialva cnn.com/2025/07/18/pol…
Trump administration completes large-scale prisoner swap with Venezuela, w/ @KristenhCNN @priscialva cnn.com/2025/07/18/pol…
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said the country was “not afraid of war” but had chosen to put its people “above chaos and destruction,” after his government announced a new ceasefire with the Druze. cnn.com/2025/07/16/mid…
State Department firings will hit Trump admin’s ability to tackle its own priorities, sources say w/ @jmhansler & @AnnieGrayerCNN cnn.com/2025/07/17/pol…
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We have engaged all the parties involved in the clashes in Syria. We have agreed on specific steps that will bring this troubling and horrifying situation to an end tonight. This will require all parties to deliver on the commitments they have made and this is what we fully…
The US is “very concerned” about the Israeli strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus and may have updates on this later, Sec Rubio says. “We're going to be working on that issue as we speak, I just got off the phone with relevant parties."
Following our report on Saif Musallet's killing, the US ambassador to Israel says he has asked Israel "to aggressively investigate the murder." His family, however, is calling for an American investigation. You can read/watch that report here: edition.cnn.com/2025/07/14/mid…
I have asked @Israel to aggressively investigate the murder of Saif Mussallet, an American citizen who was visiting family in Sinjil when he was beaten to death. There must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act. Saif was just 20 yrs old.
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In a country where one can go to jail for criticizing Putin’s policies, a well-respected Russian economist Abel Aganbegyan spoke up about the pathetic state of the Russian economy. Please see a few takeaways from Aganbegyan’s speech below or watch the video where he goes into…
Trump is leaving open green-lighting shipments of longer-range missiles to Ukraine that would allow deeper strikes into Russia, officials said. Comes after Trump recently asked Zelensky abt Ukraine’s ability to hit Moscow & St. Petersburg, source says. cnn.com/2025/07/15/pol…
“I thought we had a deal like four times,” says Pres Trump of the Ukraine war, “but it just keeps going on & on.” He announces about 100% secondary sanctions on Russia in 50 days if there is no deal, and is green-lighting more military support for Ukraine thru NATO partners.
While we wait for Pres Trump to meet NATO SecGen Rutte, Kellogg wraps meeting with Ukrainian Pres Zelensky.
I met with @generalkellogg, the U.S. Special Envoy. We had a productive conversation. We discussed the path to peace and what we can practically do together to bring it closer. This includes strengthening Ukraine’s air defense, joint production, and procurement of defense…
Sec Rubio called his meeting with Chinese FM Wang Yi positive & constructive. He said that the meeting gave the two sides an opportunity to identify areas to work together, but he did not detail areas of possible cooperation.