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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.
Iran said Saturday that Tehran and Washington have moved closer toward resolving major disagreements, signaling fresh diplomatic momentum in one of the world’s most closely watched geopolitical standoffs. The remarks from Iranian
The 2026 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) ended without a consensus agreement after weeks of escalating geopolitical confrontation, exposing the deepening fracture between Russia and
Consumer confidence in the US has plunged to its weakest level on record, exposing mounting public frustration over inflation, soaring fuel costs, and growing fears of economic instability under President Donald Trump’s
The Trump administration has moved to sharply restrict one of the most widely used pathways to permanent residency in the US, a sweeping immigration policy shift that could force many green card
Donald Trump’s sprawling financial empire is facing a fresh wave of scrutiny after revelations that accounts linked to the US president executed 3,711 stock trades in a single year, triggering accusations of
The United States and Iran appear closer to a possible diplomatic breakthrough after weeks of escalating military threats, oil market panic, and fears of a wider regional war that could destabilize the
Donald Trump suffered one of the most politically damaging setbacks of his second presidency this week after furious Senate Republicans revolted against a controversial $1.8 billion Department of Justice compensation fund tied
President Donald Trump’s extraordinary settlement with the Internal Revenue Service has triggered a political and legal firestorm across Washington after the Department of Justice inserted a controversial clause that could effectively block
US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United States will deploy an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, abruptly reversing a Pentagon decision made only days earlier to halt troop deployment to
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Cuba has accepted a $100 million humanitarian assistance proposal from Washington, signaling a potentially significant development in the increasingly tense relationship between the Trump administration
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