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Trump Would Have Given His America 250 Speech to One Person at 4 A.M.
If Trump had to deliver his America 250 anniversary speech in front of just one person…
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Sali Berisha is back in from the cold. The Trump administration has lifted a Biden-era U.S. travel ban on the…
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A seismic shift is taking place in Britain with the victory of Andy Burnham of the Labour Party in the…
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The State Department has removed Bulgarian businessman and former deputy economy minister Alexander Manolev from a Biden administration sanctions designation,…
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Tax the Rich, or Target the Rich? Zohran Mamdani’s Ken Griffin Problem
There are louder billionaires, flashier billionaires, and far more ideological billionaires than Ken…
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Starmer Puts Big Tech on Notice Over Children’s Safety Online
Executives from Google, X, TikTok and Meta were called into Downing Street on Thursday by Prime Minister Keir Starmer to account for what they are doing…
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Secretary Rubio Becomes New Face of White House Briefings
Rubio press briefing at the White House today marks a new public-facing role for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose influence inside the Trump administration continues…
Keep readingTrump Says Iran Could Be ‘Blown Off the Face of the Earth’ Over Ship Attacks
President Donald Trump threatened Monday that Iran would “be blown off the face of the earth” if U.S. vessels supporting ships through the Strait of Hormuz…
Keep readingDonald Trump’s Approval Ratings Are Going Through the Floor
Six months before the midterm elections, Donald Trump is discovering that a second term does not make a president immune to the old rules of politics.…
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“This was very unexpected,” President Donald Trump said of the shooting incident at the Washington Hilton, adding that the event now “unified” members of both parties…
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President Trump to Hold Press Conference After Shots Fired at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
A late-night press conference will be held in approximately 30 minutes at the White House briefing room, President Donald Trump said, after law enforcement ordered the evacuation…
BREAKING: President Trump Evacuated From White House Correspondents’ Dinner
President Donald Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump have been evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after several loud bangs were heard inside…
Trump: Iran ‘Doesn’t Know Who Its Leader Is’
President Donald Trump signaled a further escalation in the U.S. posture toward Iran on Thursday, declaring there is “no time pressure” for negotiations and “no time frame”…
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Self-Sabotage in Black Tie: Why Honoring Trump Risks Further Eroding Trust in Washington Journalism
There is something faintly absurd about a Washington press corps that spends the year insisting on its adversarial role, only to gather — on cue, in evening dress — to celebrate proximity to the very power it is meant to scrutinize: the President of the…
Keep readingAlberto Simoni: Don’t Celebrate Too Soon After Orbán
Alberto Simoni, U.S. Bureau Chief for the Italian newspaper La Stampa, covers the White House and American politics at a moment of deep transatlantic uncertainty. A longtime foreign policy editor who spent a decade shaping the paper’s international coverage, Simoni has interviewed—and closely followed—the rise and…
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Howard Lutnick Reveals: Trump to Unveil Bitcoin Reserve Strategy at White House Crypto Summit
President Donald Trump is expected to announce a significant shift in cryptocurrency policy this week, including plans for a Bitcoin strategic reserve, according to Commerce…


