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Did Trump really strike Gulf deals worth $2tn?
Trump started the four-day visit in Saudi Arabia where deals worth $600bn were announced Flying home from his Gulf trip last week, President Donald Trump told reporters "that was a great four days, historic four days". Visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), he added in this trademark swagger that "the jobs and money coming into our countries, there has never been anything like it". Trump claimed that he was able to secure deals totalling more than $2
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Trump’s legislative agenda clears key committee vote after weekend of negotiations
The House Budget Committee voted Sunday night to advance President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, with the sweeping bill clearing a key hurdle while setting up a potentially contentious series of votes with hardliners this week. GOP leadership spent the weekend racing to get the president’s tax and spending cuts bill back on track after hardliners on the Budget Committee dealt it an embarrassing setback late last week. It next moves to the House Rules Committee, wh
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Trump says Russia will ‘immediately’ work toward a ceasefire after phone call. But Putin seems unmoved
For President Donald Trump, Monday’s phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin amounted to a major occasion — meant to ascertain his counterpart’s willingness to bring the conflict in Ukraine to an end. “I said when are we going to end this, Vladimir?” Trump recounted later to reporters. “I said when are we going to end this bloodshed, this bloodbath?” For Putin, it seemed to be a much less momentous event. Unlike Trump, who conducted the two-ho
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Russia and Ukraine to 'immediately' start ceasefire talks, says Trump
US President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine will "immediately" start negotiating towards a ceasefire and an end to the war, after a two-hour phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Trump, who described the conversation as having gone "very well", also said conditions for peace would need to be negotiated between the two parties. Despite the note of optimism from Trump, who also spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, any ceasefire or peace deal do
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CBS News boss Wendy McMahon exits amid Trump pressure
The top executive in charge of CBS News resigned on Monday amid President Trump’s intensifying political pressure against the news operation. Wendy McMahon alluded to a “challenging” past few months in a farewell memo to employees. “It’s become clear that the company and I do not agree on the path forward,” she wrote. “It’s time for me to move on and for this organization to move forward with new leadership.” While McMahon did not address Tru
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Supreme Court lets Trump move toward ending temporary deportation protections for Venezuelans
The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to strip temporary deportation protections from potentially hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans. In a brief and unsigned order, a majority of the high court ruled that the administration could move forward with its plans to end a form of humanitarian relief known as Temporary Protected Status — a move that, immigration attorneys say, stands to make more people vulnerable to deportation.
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Democrats Throw Money at a Problem: Countering G.O.P. Clout Online
Six months after the Democratic Party’s crushing 2024 defeat, the party’s megadonors are being inundated with overtures to spend tens of millions of dollars to develop an army of left-leaning online influencers. At donor retreats and in pitch documents seen by The New York Times, liberal strategists are pushing the party’s rich backers to reopen their wallets for a cavalcade of projects to help Democrats, as the cliché now goes, “find the next Joe Rogan.” The
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Trump will ask Putin in upcoming phone call if he is "serious" about peace, Vance says
Vice President JD Vance said he believes that President Donald Trump will ask Russian President Vladimir Putin if he is “serious” about peace with Ukraine in a phone call this morning. Vance stressed that the United States is “not going to spin its wheels” in its attempts to reach a resolution. “The talks have been proceeding for a little while. We realize that we’re at a bit of an impasse here. I think the president’s going to say to President Puti
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White House says Qatari jet donation is “the Air Force’s project” and Trump “has nothing to do with it”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said today that the controversial Qatari plane that President Donald Trump said he plans to accept is “the Air Force’s project” and that Trump “has nothing to do with it.” Leavitt pushed back on reports that the Qatari royal family will gift the Trump administration the luxury plane, which would be retrofitted and used as Air Force One during Trump’s second term. She criticized the media for what she called “a
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Biden campaign fundraises $27 million after first debate
The Biden campaign has raised $27 million starting from the day of the first presidential debate through Friday evening, a campaign spokesperson announced on Saturday. The number comes in the middle of President Joe Biden’s post-debate fundraising swing, during which the campaign is looking to keep pace with former President Donald Trump’s recent donation momentum. The Biden campaign, the Democratic National Convention, and Biden PACs and committees jointly raised $85 million in May,
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Iran warns that ‘all options are on the table’ if Israel launches offensives against Lebanon
Iran has issued a stark warning to Israel about what would happen if they launch a full-scale attack on Lebanon, in response to strikes from Lebanon-based Hezbollah. “Albeit Iran deems as psychological warfare the Zionist regime’s propaganda about intending to attack Lebanon, should it embark on full-scale military aggression, an obliterating war will ensue. All options, incl. the full involvement of all Resistance Fronts, are on the table,” the Iranian mission to the U.N. said
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Biden’s overlooked campaign to protect Americans from Big Business
President Joe Biden has embraced a decidedly pro-consumer agenda at a time when many Americans aren’t feeling confident about the state of the economy — even though it may do little to assure voters whose primary economic concern is higher prices. Through his executive authority, Biden has taken steps to combat “junk fees” — hidden fees that make everything from airline bookings to concert tickets more expensive than their sticker price, but also just feel lik
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Ukrainian Echoes From America's War for Independence
Ukraine's fight for freedom has significant echoes from America's war for independence that could help Americans better understand and assess the war in Ukraine. A Gallup poll shows that 36 percent of Americans think the United States is doing too much to help Ukraine defend against Russia's aggression. But some of these skeptics might be more supportive if they understood how much it resembles our struggle nearly 250 years ago. American and European support for Ukraine—over $1
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Following the Flag Around the World
A great quality of Spokane and the Inland Empire is the respect we have for military service. My father embodied this. He was born in Spokane, served in the Army Air Corps in World War II, and went on to a career in the Air Force, including several tours at Fairchild. He retired to a house in the Valley that was also my childhood home. As I write, the Lilac Festival is underway with its annual Armed Forces Torchlight Parade, honoring our military. I chose a different service, the Foreign Service
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Putin's Shake-Up of Russian Military Leadership
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not shied away from expressing frustration with the Russian war effort in Ukraine. Over the nearly two and a half years of the conflict, he has removed multiple senior military commanders and officials, generally due to dissatisfaction with their performance. Last week, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was the latest to be relieved of his position by Putin. But why would Putin oust a longtime loyalist with deep roots in the Russian military establishmen
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