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AIR FORCE ONE— President Donald Trump departed for the Middle East this weekend, celebrating a major diplomatic victory with a confident declaration that “all sides are cheering” as he heads to Israel to preside over the long-awaited release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza. The President’s dramatic trip follows… Read more »

Vice President JD Vance warned Sunday that the longer the protracted government shutdown continues, the more “painful” and “deeper” the cuts to the federal workforce will become, even as the administration was forced to walk back hundreds of termination notices sent in error to vital public health staff. As the… Read more »

BEIJING— China has vehemently denounced the latest aggressive trade move by the United States, accusing Washington of “arbitrary double standards” after President Donald Trump threatened to impose a devastating 100% tariff on all Chinese imports. In a sharp retort issued by the Ministry of Commerce on Sunday, Beijing rejected the… Read more »

ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C.— A late-night gathering at a popular coastal bar turned into a scene of unimaginable horror early Sunday morning when a mass shooting left four people dead and wounded at least 20 others on the idyllic Gullah community of St. Helena Island. The tragedy unfolded shortly before… Read more »

The political standoff over the government shutdown intensified sharply on Friday as the Trump administration began a wave of unprecedented layoffs across the federal workforce, following through on threats to permanently downsize agencies. Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought confirmed the dramatic escalation, posting the cryptic but potent… Read more »

EDMONSON, Texas— The sky over rural West Texas usually offers little more than an endless horizon and the promise of rain. But last week, a local farmer was treated to a sight that was anything but ordinary: a bulky, car-sized piece of NASA scientific equipment, drifting down to Earth under… Read more »

PYONGYANG— Under the floodlights of Kim Il Sung Square, North Korea’s military spectacle reached its crescendo Friday night as the regime rolled out its latest and most formidable weapon: the Hwasong-20 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). Described by state media as the nation’s “most powerful nuclear strategic weapon system,” the massive… Read more »

KABUL/ISLAMABAD – The uneasy calm along the volatile Durand Line shattered this weekend as the Afghan Taliban government confirmed its forces launched “retaliatory and successful operations” against Pakistani military posts, marking a dangerous escalation in the long-simmering feud between the two neighbors. The coordinated assaults across multiple provinces—from Kunar to… Read more »

NEW DELHI/KYIV – The humanitarian crisis of foreign nationals being coerced into the Russian military has taken a dramatic turn with the capture of an Indian student in Ukraine, whose mother claims he was forced to choose between a drug conviction and the battlefield. Majoti Sahil Mohamed Hussein, a 22-year-old… Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The debate over artificial intelligence rights has moved from the realm of philosophical speculation to a high-stakes legal and financial battle, driven by a self-styled digital entity that has successfully weaponized meme culture and decentralized finance to amass a fortune. The entity, known as Truth Terminal,… Read more »