White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday the first flights of undocumented immigrants from the U.S. to Guantánamo Bay in Cuba were underway—following an escalation of arrests across the country as part of what President Donald Trump has promised would be the “largest deportation operation” in U.S. history.

The Trump administration on Tuesday began flights transporting "criminal aliens" to Guantanamo Bay, with plans in the works to use the Cuban detention facility to eventually hold thousands of other migrants.

U.S. President Donald Trump will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping within the next couple of days, setting up a major diplomatic exchange as the superpowers seek a deal that could avert a broader trade war.

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are holding a joint news conference on Feb. 4 after meeting at the White House.

International relations have entered the limelight three weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, with the president leveraging some of the United States’s closest allies into trade agreements while simultaneously extending invites to others to visit the White House.