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Trump Again Claims Taxpayers Aren't On The Hook For Ballroom—But Contractor Says Otherwise
President Donald Trump has again insisted taxpayers will not fund the new White House ballroom, but the project's …
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US-Canada trade talks collapse over truck tariff relief demand
Trade negotiations between the US and Canada broke down after Canada insisted on tariff relief for medium- and …
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Republicans turn on Trump over beef import plan
President Trump's decision to allow temporary beef imports to lower grocery prices has drawn sharp criticism from Republican …
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Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brin clash over $100m campaign against California billionaire tax
The former Google CEO and co-founder are reportedly at odds over how funds from their anti-tax coalition are …
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Trump opens US market to 300,000 tonnes of tariff-free beef imports
President Trump has announced a temporary three-month opening of the US market to 300,000 metric tons of ground …
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Trump and Musk Have Rebuilt the Alliance Between Political Power and Tech Capital
Their repaired relationship matters beyond personality: it reconnects Republican campaign machinery, federal power and businesses deeply exposed to …
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Putin’s protection service is also an institution of power
The machinery around Vladimir Putin does more than keep a president physically safe. It protects communications, controls access …
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Washington rewires Foreign Service hiring, training and promotion
The US State Department is replacing DEI as a personnel objective with a tighter merit framework, changing incentives …
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US Antisemitism Bill Links Security Grants, Schools and Platform Transparency
The Jewish American Security Act would create a cross-government policy framework, but its headline $1bn annual security figure …
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Poland’s Patriot dilemma exposes NATO’s air-defence supply problem
Warsaw may release more interceptors to Ukraine, but the decision rests on whether allied backfill and European industrial …
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The Missing Trump-Netanyahu Call Matters Because Gaza Policy Is Stuck
A reported pause in direct contact has shifted difficult Gaza discussions toward Jared Kushner as Washington and Jerusalem …
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The Tribunal Turns Political Tenure Into a Temporary Shield, Not a Permanent Exit
The emerging court for the crime of aggression is an institutional bet on durability: evidence can be gathered …
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Russia’s Prison-Recruitment System Faces Allegations of Sexual Abuse in the Chain of Command
Women recruited from penal colonies say commanders used control over postings and military discipline to coerce them. The …
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Trump’s Ankara Decoy Flight Put RAF Mildenhall Inside a Presidential Security Ruse
The secret C-32A transfer linked an Iranian threat, U.S. presidential aviation and a British military stop that helped …
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Putin is becoming United Russia’s last-mile campaign infrastructure
The ruling party has tied its brand to the president just as economic sentiment has weakened, making Putin’s …
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Baka’s Presidency Is a Governance Test for Hungary’s New Supermajority
The former Supreme Court chief was elected president with 140 votes. His personal history with Orbán-era judicial reforms …
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EU conditionality is turning Serbia’s Russia visa waiver into a policy test
Belgrade still grants Russians 30 visa-free days, but the exemption sits inside a larger mismatch with the EU …
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Russia’s Treason Law Turns Small Ukraine Donations Into Long Prison Terms
The 13-year sentence imposed on Ivan Stolbov shows how citizenship, financial transfers and wartime security law now intersect …
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The Gelendzhik Strike Tests Russia’s Air-Defence Allocation
A reported Ukrainian hit on an S-400 launcher near Cape Idokopas highlights a systems problem for Moscow: high-end …
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Patriot scarcity turns European solidarity into an inventory decision
Europe is financing new missile production, but Ukraine’s winter needs will be decided by who releases existing stocks …