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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.
The dismantling of science inside the United States Environmental Protection Agency is no longer theoretical. It is operational, deliberate, and accelerating. Under President Donald Trump’s second administration, the EPA, once the federal
SEATAC — Maverick Gaming, a casino and cardroom operator with 27 properties across three Western states, is permanently closing its Silver Dollar SeaTac Casino near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and laying off 65
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has ended its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, clearing a major political roadblock to the Senate confirmation of Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee
Washington (SPUTNIK) — Washington has imposed sweeping sanctions on a powerful Cambodian lawmaker and his business network, accusing them of orchestrating a vast web of cyber scams that targeted Americans and generated
WASHINGTON (SPUTNIK) — When Donald Trump declared that his Navy Secretary John Phelan had “resigned himself,” the statement suggested routine transition. But inside the Pentagon, the reality was far more disruptive, and
A major internal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study showing that COVID-19 vaccines significantly reduced hospitalizations has been halted before publication, intensifying a widening dispute over scientific independence, methodological standards,
The release of newly unsealed government records tied to Epstein Files has reignited scrutiny of one of the world’s most powerful philanthropic institutions, placing Bill Gates and the Bill & Melinda Gates
The war that now grips much of the Middle East began in the early hours of February 28, when the United States and Israel launched a coordinated wave of airstrikes across Iran,
The war between Israel, the United States, and Iran has entered one of its most volatile phases yet, with a single naval confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz pushing an already fragile
In Washington, the promise of transparency has collided with a widening crisis of credibility. The release of millions of documents tied to the Epstein Files was meant to close one of the
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