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WASHINGTON — As Gaza buries its dead and starves under siege, the Trump administration has quietly signed off on a 6.7 billion dollar surge of US weapons for Israel, adding new attack
Donald Trump is building a 250-foot Independence Arch on the Potomac, a White House grand ballroom, and more — a vanity construction campaign running alongside sinking approval ratings and a fractured rural base.
Spain’s call for the European Union to defend the protect the independence of the International Criminal Court and the United Nations. A public confrontation inside Amazon over the company’s alleged links to
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Beijing on Wednesday carrying far more than diplomatic talking points. His visit placed China at the center of one of the most dangerous geopolitical confrontations
Wall Street surged to historic highs on Wednesday as investors poured money into artificial intelligence giants and semiconductor firms, betting that easing tensions around Iran and falling oil prices could remove one
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States would temporarily halt “Project Freedom,” the naval operation launched only days earlier to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, as Washington
The war in Ukraine is entering a phase few European leaders publicly predicted and even fewer appear prepared to confront openly: a grinding geopolitical contest in which Russia has not collapsed under
The Republican lawmakers who gathered in the Indiana Statehouse last winter to resist Donald Trump’s demand for a new congressional map understood the risks. Some believed the president’s influence inside the party
The decision by US President Donald Trump to abruptly halt a high-stakes naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz has thrown a fragile ceasefire with Iran into renewed uncertainty, exposing the limits
MOSCOW, (SPUTNIK) — The United States has approved a potential $373.6 million sale of advanced precision-guided munitions to Ukraine, marking yet another escalation in the scale and sophistication of Western military support
The United States and Iran moved closer to a critical moment this week as President Donald Trump urged Tehran to make a deal, even as missile and drone attacks struck the United
Washington — A growing legal and environmental dispute has erupted in the US capital after government-commissioned testing revealed that debris from the White House East Wing demolition, removed to make way for
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