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Trump Family’s Business Ties to Saudi Arabia Raise Ethics Worries

President Trump will host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, who oversees a major construction project that is in talks with the Trump family business.

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President Trump, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Jerry Inzerillo at a model of the proposed Diriyah development during a state dinner in Saudi Arabia in May.
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UN plan just ‘first step’ toward peace in Gaza, says Palestinian foreign minister

Varsen Aghabekian Shahin backs resolution, while Hamas rejects idea of international force inside territory

The Palestinian foreign minister has described the UN security council resolution endorsing Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza as a necessary first step on a long road towards peace, even as Hamas rejected it as a form of international guardianship with which it will not cooperate.

Arab state leaders who have reluctantly adopted the plan said the US urgently needed to set out the composition of the proposed Palestinian technocratic committee that is to deliver services inside Gaza, as well as the leadership of the international stabilisation force (ISF), which is supposed to oversee security. Membership of the board of peace, the body that is to oversee the ISF and a Palestinian civilian police force also remains unknown.

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The Palestinian foreign minister, Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, speaking to the press on Tuesday during a visit to the Philippines.

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The Palestinian foreign minister, Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, speaking to the press on Tuesday during a visit to the Philippines.

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The Palestinian foreign minister, Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, speaking to the press on Tuesday during a visit to the Philippines.
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Workers at US landscape company sue ex-Trump ally over human-trafficking raid

Employees at the Utah company Rubicon are filing a lawsuit against former state attorney general Sean Reyes

Workers at Rubicon, a landscape company that was subjected to a televised human-trafficking raid led by former Utah attorney general and Trump ally Sean Reyes filed a federal complaint on Tuesday alleging Reyes and his office “violated the law to attack a Utah company for political purposes”.

The workers are seeking recompense after alleging that Reyes and other officials at the Utah office of the attorney general used false information to file a case against the company that caused enormous damage but was later dismissed.

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House set to vote on release of Epstein documents after Trump U-turn

President drops opposition to vote that would compel files’ release and says he would sign measure if it reaches his desk

The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives is expected to vote on Tuesday to force the release of investigative files related to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the latest move in a scandal that has dogged Donald Trump since he returned to the White House.

In a sharp reversal this weekend, Trump dropped his opposition to a vote releasing files from the criminal investigation by the US Department of Justice into Epstein on Sunday. On Monday, Trump said he would sign the measure if it reached his desk.

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Palestinian Voices Absent from U.S.-Run Center Planning Gaza’s Future

U.S. and Israeli soldiers, foreign diplomats and aid workers are congregated in a warehouse in central Israel to talk about the future of Gaza. One key group is missing: Palestinians.

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U.S. military personnel and other officials monitor screens displaying imagery of the Gaza Strip during a media tour of the new Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, Israel, on Monday.
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House Democrats Press for Vote to Bar Military Action in Venezuela

The effort would invoke the War Powers Act, which expedites action on measures limiting the president’s war-making authority. It faces long odds in the G.O.P.-led House.

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Representative Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, is leading the effort in the House.
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« Une étape importante dans la consolidation du cessez-le-feu » à Gaza : le Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU vote en faveur d’une force internationale sur place

Le Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU a voté, ce lundi, en faveur du plan de paix de Donald Trump à Gaza, prévoyant en particulier le déploiement d’une force internationale, sous la pression des États-Unis qui mettaient en garde contre le risque d’une reprise de la guerre.

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Too Powerful to Ignore, Saudi Prince Returns to Washington’s Embrace

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to visit the White House on Tuesday for the first time since 2018, when the killing of a journalist by Saudi agents made him a pariah.

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President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, the capital, in May in Mr. Trump’s first major trip abroad of his second term.
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Trump Says America Is in ‘Golden Age,’ Straining to Address Affordability

Speaking at a gathering of McDonald’s franchise owners and operators, the president boasted that he had “normalized” inflation.

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In his remarks at the McDonald’s Impact Summit on Monday in Washington, President Trump made only fleeting reference to the issue of beef prices, after boasting about getting his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to eat a Big Mac.
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Trump Says U.S. Will Sell F-35s to Saudis, Despite Pentagon Concerns

The president told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that he planned to sell the advanced fighter jets to Riyadh.

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President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, watch an F-35 fighter jet during a demonstration off the coast of Norfolk, Va., last month.
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Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files. Why Doesn’t He?

The president has reversed himself and encouraged lawmakers to vote for compelling the Justice Department to turn over investigation documents, but he never really needed their approval.

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President Trump said on Monday that he would sign a bill related to the release of the full Epstein files should it reach his desk after passing the House and Senate.
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