Overview
- President Trump told ABC that Vice President J.D. Vance would not travel, citing Secret Service limits on 24‑hour notice, before the press secretary later said Vance would go with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
- Senior officials offered clashing accounts, as Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNN that Vance would attend and ABC’s Jonathan Karl reported U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz said Vance would lead.
- Reporting from Islamabad said an advance team linked to the vice president arrived and that the Serena Hotel was being prepared as the talks venue.
- The delegation’s final makeup and timing remained unclear, with outlets describing shifting guidance and a White House explanation that “things changed.”
- The stakes are high as negotiators try to revive talks over Iran’s nuclear demands and the closed Strait of Hormuz, with recent attacks on shipping and a looming ceasefire deadline driving urgency.