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Trump revealed this week that he was seeking to strike a new deal with the Iranian regime, after withdrawing from an Obama-era agreement in his first term. Ali Khamenei speaks. Addressing an assemblage of senior officials in Iran Saturday, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said the country would “definitely not” accept negotiation demands from “bullying governments.” […] More

European leaders may soon be able to take comfort in having one of their own sitting north of the border of the United States. Mark Carney, a former central banker who spent much of the last decade in Europe, is widely expected to win the leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party on Sunday. If so, he […] More

Foreign ministers from Muslim nations on Saturday rejected calls by U.S. President Donald Trump to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population and backed a plan for an administrative committee of Palestinians to govern the territory to allow reconstruction to go ahead. Meanwhile, Hamas reported “positive signals” in talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators […] More

A group of labor unions are asking a federal court for an emergency order to stop Elon Musk ‘s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the sensitive Social Security data of millions of Americans. The motion for emergency relief was filed late Friday in federal court in Maryland by the legal services group Democracy Forward […] More

Ukraine’s allies in Europe are rushing to fill the void left by the Trump administration’s decision to pause its intelligence sharing with Kyiv. It isn’t going to be easy. The U.S. has provided Kyiv with everything from signals intelligence, satellite imagery and targeting data used to strike Russian positions during the three-year war. Now, it […] More

He thinks they should have held more town halls. He thinks they didn’t have time to get their feet under them. And he thinks Democrats should have taken more risks and gone to more places. “We shouldn’t have been playing this thing so safe,” the Minnesota governor said in an interview with POLITICO before speaking […] More

China has warned the United States that it is ready for a fight — in an escalation of its rhetoric against President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the Asian country. Trump proposed the tariffs last month on Canada, Mexico, and China as part of efforts to curb the flow of “illegal drugs and undocumented migrants” into […] More

The oil tanker was seized by Finland in late December after the vessel was accused of dragging its anchor over the Estlink 2 power line connecting Estonia and Finland. Finnish President Alexander Stubb earlier claimed the incident was “definitely” linked to Russia. Later, NATO intelligence found “no indication” that the commercial vessels dragging their anchors […] More

Grammy-nominated soul singer and actress Angie Stone has tragically passed away at the age of 63 following a car accident in Montgomery, Alabama. The accident occurred on Saturday while Stone and her band were travelling to Atlanta after performing in Mobile, Alabama. According to TMZ, their van was involved in a fatal collision. Angie Stone, […] More

United States Democratic Party on Friday sued President Donald Trump over a recent executive order it says violates federal election law by giving him too much power over the independent Federal Election Commission. The lawsuit, which was filed in the Washington DC federal court by three national Democratic committees, is the party’s first against Trump […] More

On February 28, 2025, a high-stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy quickly descended into a dramatic confrontation that threatened U.S.-Ukraine relations. The meeting, intended to discuss military support and a potential minerals deal, became a heated shouting match, revealing deep divisions between the two leaders. The fallout left Zelenskyy […] More