State media, embracing the gaming phrase “kill line,” is asserting China’s political superiority over the United States, deflecting focus on China’s own economic challenges.

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Cuba rejects Trump's deal demands as Venezuelan oil lifeline ends. President Díaz-Canel says no negotiations with Washington despite energy crisis threats.

Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify in a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee next week, giving lawmakers on the panel a chance to grill him on his prosecutions of President Donald Trump in a public setting.

Iran is reportedly set to execute its first protester linked to mass arrests over the widespread anti-regime demonstrations. More than 500 people were also killed in the crackdown.

The Energy Department canceled $7.5 billion in Biden-era energy spending, largely in Democratic-led states, during last year’s government shutdown.

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Trump’s message, the emotional core of his movement, has always been textbook fascism.

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President Trump’s fixation on Venezuela’s oil raises the question of how much “energy dominance” is really worth nowadays.

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President Trump suggested that Renee Good’s “highly disrespectful” attitude toward law enforcement played a role in her fatal shooting by an ICE agent.

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Trump called Manhattan's congestion pricing a 'disaster' and demands end to $9 toll program that city claims reduced traffic by up to 13% since January.

President posts online as US weighs response to situation in Iran, which is major facing anti-government protests

Donald Trump has said any country that does business with Iran will face a tariff rate of 25% on trade with the US, as Washington weighs a response to the situation in Iran, which is seeing its biggest anti-government protests in years.

“Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America,” the US president said in a post on Truth Social on Monday. Tariffs are paid by US importers of goods from those countries. Iran has been heavily sanctioned by Washington for years.

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Former department officials warned that such a broad inquiry raised the specter that forms of political protests could be criminalized.

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Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”

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The Federal Reserve is likely to hold interest rates steady when it meets at the end of the month, keeping tensions high with President Trump.

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George Clooney spoke French at the Golden Globes after gaining French citizenship, prompting speculation about a subtle response to Trump's comments.

The Pentagon is presenting a wider range of strike options to the president than previously reported. Targets could include Iran’s nuclear program and ballistic missile sites.

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President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on all trade with countries that continue doing business with Iran, calling the order "final and conclusive" in a Truth Social post.

Press chief says US president considering ‘many, many’ options amid deadly regime crackdown on protesters

Donald Trump is “unafraid to use military force on Iran” the White House said on Monday as the Iranian regime still faces widespread unrest across the country.

Speaking to Fox News, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said that although diplomacy remained Trump’s “first option”, he was “unafraid to use the lethal force and might of the United States military if and when he deems that necessary”.

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The Justice Department’s probe into whether Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, lied about renovations to the central bank’s headquarters has raised alarms.

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President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States would be "screwed" if the Supreme Court rules that some of his tariffs are illegal. Read More