White House confirms and defends second strike against alleged drug smugglers in Caribbean waters, amid Trump administration's anti-drug crusade.

Donald Trump received a “preventative” MRI of his heart and abdomen that showed “normal” organ functions, the White House said amid mounting questions about the 79-year-old U.S. president’s health. Read More

Amid talk of war crimes, the details and precise sequence of a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean are facing intensifying scrutiny.

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Investigations are mounting into the legality of strikes that have killed scores of people in the waters off Venezuela.

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A new report shows Gavin Newsom could be winning the early race for Hollywood liberal donor enthusiasm ahead of the 2028 Democratic primary.

Singer Elton John praised bipartisan efforts, including from the Trump administration, to end the HIV pandemic by 2030, during a recent Variety interview.

Employees suspended in the summer after signing a letter critical of the president were told they could return to work. But the reinstatement was short-lived.

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The White House is decorated in a classic red-and-green Christmas theme. But with the East Wing reduced to rubble, there are fewer decorations this year.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized New York Times correspondent Katie Rogers on Monday over a report on President Donald Trump’s stamina.

Donald Trump est en « excellente » santé cardiovasculaire, selon un compte rendu de son médecin publié ce lundi.

Trump officials vowed to quickly appeal Comey's case after a judge dismissed it — but those efforts could portend fresh legal challenges amid multiple setbacks.

Trump issues ultimatum to Venezuela's Maduro as retired general praises president's comprehensive approach to combating drug trafficking and fentanyl crisis.

President Trump warned that if his favored candidate didn’t win, the United States would “not be throwing good money after bad” at the country.

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Donald Trump est en « excellente » santé cardiovasculaire, selon un compte rendu de son médecin publié ce lundi.

Les présidents du Rwanda et de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) seront reçus ce jeudi par Donald Trump à Washington pour signer un accord de paix.

Le Premier ministre israélien Benjamin Netanyahu a annoncé ce lundi avoir été invité par le président américain Donald Trump à la Maison Blanche.

Speaker Mike Johnson put the president on speakerphone during a Monday stop in the state, underscoring the unusual amount of national attention on a House special election.

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Kaja Kallas says negotiators should not ‘lose focus that it’s actually Russia who has started this war’

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The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has said she fears talks between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will pile pressure on Ukraine to make concessions with the two men expected to meet on Tuesday.

Witkoff, the property developer turned envoy recently exposed for coaching Russian officials on how to win Trump’s favour, is arriving in Moscow after leading a US delegation in talks with Ukraine at the weekend, nearly four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

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The actor met the future president while making Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and says he is ‘not scared’ of him

Actor Josh Brolin says President Trump was a “different guy” when he first met him in 2009, and that “there is no greater genius than [Trump] in marketing”.

Brolin was speaking to the Independent to promote his new film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and said that while his clergyman character was not based on the president, there was a similarity in that once he “garners a sense of power, then there are no boundaries”.

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