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Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Venezuela for US deportees

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele proposed a prisoner exchange with Venezuela on Sunday, offering to release Venezuelans deported to his country from...

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Rubio ends controversial State Department hub tracking foreign disinformation

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced the closure of a small arm within the State Department aimed at countering foreign...

16.04.2025 4

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Iran hawks warn Trump’s nuclear talks risk ‘Obama 2.0’

Hawkish national security experts are slamming President Trump’s opening bid for nuclear talks with Iran as little more than a rehash of the...

16.04.2025 20

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Russia's Palm Sunday attack against Ukraine triggers calls for more US pressure on Putin

A devastating Russian attack against Ukraine on Palm Sunday, coming days after Russian President Vladimir Putin shook hands with President Trump’s...

15.04.2025 30

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Trump’s Iran talks raise big questions on Capitol Hill 

President Trump is set to open direct talks with Iran this weekend in a high-stakes push for Tehran to give up its nuclear weapons ambitions, raising...

10.04.2025 20

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5 takeaways from Trump-Netanyahu meeting in Oval Office

President Trump took a barrage of questions from reporters Monday afternoon during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the...

08.04.2025 40

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Russia’s foothold in Syria presents conundrum for Trump

The Trump administration is torn over how to respond to Russia’s military presence in Syria and whether to ask the new transitional government to...

06.04.2025 3

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Trump's Signal scandal fuels growing distrust from allies

The Trump administration’s sharing of sensitive military information on Signal has shocked allies, while further eroding trans-Atlantic trust thanks...

29.03.2025 10

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Vance in Greenland: 'We do not think military force is ever going to be necessary'

Vice President Vance in a speech from a U.S. base in Greenland on Friday said the U.S. is not likely to use military force in President Trump’s...

28.03.2025 7

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Vance slams Denmark's handling of Greenland security

Vice President Vance on Friday slammed Denmark as failing to prioritize Greenland’s security, escalating rhetoric between Washington and Copenhagen...

28.03.2025 7

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Trump shifts Greenland approach amid blowback, Signal scandal

What looked like a Trump administration charm offensive in its gambit to take over Greenland, billed as a cultural heritage tour led by second lady...

27.03.2025 60

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Rubio: 'Someone made a big mistake' with Jeffrey Goldberg invite to Signal chat

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said “someone made a big mistake” in adding the editor in chief of The Atlantic into a group chat with...

27.03.2025 7

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Duckworth: 'Pete Hegseth is a 'f‑‑‑ing liar'

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) called Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth a “f‑‑‑ing liar” and demanded his resignation, after the top military...

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Vance to accompany wife to Greenland amid backlash

Vice President Vance said he's traveling to Greenland on Friday, a move that comes after the Trump administration provoked backlash from officials in...

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House Democrat calls war chat 'most astonishing' national security breach in decades

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Monday railed against the Trump administration’s...

25.03.2025 20

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5 things to know ahead of Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks

President Trump has focused on a limited ceasefire in the Ukraine war as he seeks to get the ball rolling on broader peace talks between Moscow and...

23.03.2025 20

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Internal USAID list provides snapshot of Trump cuts 

A nearly 400-page list provided to Congress may give rare insight into the scope of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s cuts to the U.S. Agency for...

21.03.2025 30

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Trump officials circulate plan to overhaul US foreign assistance 

Trump administration officials are proposing new plans to overhaul how America gives out foreign assistance in the wake of efforts to shut down the...

20.03.2025 10

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Zelensky describes exchange with Trump on nuclear power plant 'ownership'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that talks with President Trump about ownership of Ukrainian nuclear power plants focused only on the...

20.03.2025 10

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DOGE staffer appointed to leading role at USAID: AP

An official from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reportedly taking on a senior role overseeing the U.S. Agency for...

19.03.2025 10

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Trump turns to deadly force in Middle East peace push

President Trump gave a green light to Israel’s deadly strikes on Gaza early Tuesday, which shattered the fragile ceasefire in place since January,...

19.03.2025 10

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House GOP promotes use of 'Taiwan' over 'Chinese Taipei' in slight to Beijing

A group of House Republicans is introducing legislation to assert Taiwan as the official name of the independently-governed island in U.S....

14.03.2025 10

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Canadian reporters grill Rubio over Trump's 51st state talk

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday faced pointed questions from Canadian journalists over the seriousness of President Trump’s calls for...

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Trump says he's asked Putin to spare Ukrainian troops' lives

President Trump said he strongly requested that Russian President Vladimir Putin spare the lives of Ukrainian soldiers surrounded by Russian troops,...

14.03.2025 6

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US puts Putin in hot seat with Ukraine ceasefire proposal

The United States has for the first time shifted the pressure to Russia in President Trump’s push for a ceasefire in Ukraine, after securing...

13.03.2025 10

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US lifts military freeze on Ukraine in push for 30-day ceasefire

The U.S. will immediately restore military aid and intelligence sharing to Ukraine following bilateral talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, with...

11.03.2025 10

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Hamas offering 5-to-10-year truce with Israel: US official says

Hamas offered to hand over governance of the Gaza Strip in exchange for a five-to-10-year truce in its war with Israel, President Trump’s special...

10.03.2025 10

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Jury is out on Rubio in Senate, as some lose faith

Some of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's former Democratic colleagues are already expressing regret over their votes in support of the former senator....

10.03.2025 7

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US, Ukraine planning peace talks in Saudi Arabia: Witkoff

U.S. and Ukrainian officials are talking to set up a meeting next week in Saudi Arabia aimed at structuring the framework for a ceasefire with Russia...

06.03.2025 4

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Trump touts 'important' letter from Zelensky amid push to smooth relations

President Trump in his address to Congress touted receiving a letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier Tuesday amid an effort to...

05.03.2025 20

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Trump's NATO nominee commits to alliance, despite MAGA opponents

President Trump’s nominee for ambassador to NATO expressed a commitment to the alliance during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, despite Trump...

05.03.2025 10

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Palestinian businessman lobbies DC with long-shot Gaza vision

A Palestinian businessman is making a long-shot bid to lead a new governing body of the Gaza Strip, putting up an estimated $300,000 for lobbying...

01.03.2025 8

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2,000 USAID staff to be cut, others put on administrative leave

The Trump administration is putting all civil servants employed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on administrative leave...

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Hamas’s failure to return Israeli mother’s body strains ceasefire

A tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been strained by outrage over Hamas’s alleged transfer of an unknown body to Israel in the place...

21.02.2025 1

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US not co-sponsoring UN resolution supporting Ukraine: report

The U.S. is reportedly refusing to co-sponsor a draft U.N. resolution marking three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, signaling weakening...

21.02.2025 7

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Trump stuns Europe with opening Ukraine-Russia gambit

European leaders are scrambling to respond to President Trump’s first moves to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, shocked to find themselves on the...

18.02.2025 60

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Senate Democrats split over how to combat Trump's USAID shutdown

Senate Democrats are split over how to push back against President Trump’s attempts to slash the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),...

17.02.2025 3

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Ukraine woos Trump with prospect of mineral riches

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is leveraging the country’s large deposits of rare earth materials and critical minerals to win the favor of...

16.02.2025 10

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Trump’s Russia-Ukraine moves unnerve Senate GOP 

President Trump’s first major moves toward peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are unsettling Republicans in the Senate who want to make...

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Trump secures release of journalist jailed in Belarus

President Trump has secured the release of a journalist jailed in Belarus, a development that follows Russia’s exchange of a jailed American as a...

12.02.2025 3

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Trump: We will have relations with North Korea

President Trump on Friday said the U.S. will have relations with North Korea, touting his personal relationship with Kim Jong Un, who rules the...

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International Criminal Court condemns Trump-imposed sanctions

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday condemned President Trump’s executive order imposing sanctions on the global tribunal. Trump...

07.02.2025 8

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Trump executive order sanctions international court over Israel war crimes case

President Trump on Thursday issued an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its pursuit of war crimes cases against...

07.02.2025 4

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5 takeaways from the Trump, Netanyahu joint presser

President Trump on Tuesday doubled down on his proposal for Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip and announced that the U.S. will take over the tiny...

05.02.2025 9

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Trump floats US taking over Gaza Strip

President Trump on Tuesday floated the idea of the U.S. taking over the Gaza Strip, saying America should be responsible for clearing the territory of...

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Congress puts hold on Trump's $1 billion arms sale to Israel 

Congress has placed a hold on a $1 billion arms sale package for Israel that was readied alongside President Trump welcoming Israeli Prime Minister...

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House Democrats call for urgent hearing on Trump plans for USAID

Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are calling on Chair Brian Mast (R-Fla.) to convene an urgent hearing with senior Trump...

04.02.2025 50

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First Trump-Netanyahu meeting: 3 top issues

President Trump will welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House this week, with tensions between the two leaders standing...

03.02.2025 20

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Grenell to give Venezuela a warning from Trump administration

President Trump’s envoy for special missions, Richard Grenell, is delivering an in-person message to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro that there...

31.01.2025 10

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Chaos and uncertainty swirl around Trump's foreign aid freeze    

President Trump’s decision to clean house at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and initially freeze all foreign assistance is...

30.01.2025 10

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