Politics
Warren calls Trump’s bluff on affordability after State of the Union
Ranking member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled “The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s Annual Report to Congress,” in Dirksen building on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling President […]
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Russia says Cuba situation is escalating after deadly incident with U.S.-tagged speedboat
Cuban coast guard ships docked at the port of Havana on February 25, 2026. Cuba’s coast guard said on February 25, 2026, it shot dead four people and wounded six others traveling in a US-registered speedboat during an exchange of fire near Cuba’s shores that came amid heightened tensions with Washington. Adalberto Roque | Afp […]
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Hungary accuses Ukraine of ‘oil blockade,’ deploys soldiers to key energy facilities
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives to attend a European Council summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 21, 2024. Sameer Al-doumy | Afp | Getty Images Hungary has accused Ukraine of disrupting oil supplies it gets from Russia and has stationed troops at critical energy facilities across the country as Prime Minister […]
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Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns
Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds. Vance, who made the announcement with Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare […]
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House Dems project midterm optimism at annual policy retreat following State of the Union
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., holds a press conference as Congress faces a midnight Friday deadline for a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 13, 2026. Annabelle Gordon | Reuters As they gathered in northern Virginia on Wednesday for their annual policy retreat, House Democrats […]
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Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos to visit White House for talks on WBD deal, report says
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos speaks during comedian Ricky Gervais’s star unveiling ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, U.S., May 30, 2025. Mario Anzuoni | Reuters Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos will head to the White House on Thursday for meetings on his company’s efforts to acquire part of Warner Bros. Discovery as […]
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Epstein files: Nobel winner Axel quits Columbia U. brain institute over friendship with predator
Dr. Richard Axel at Le Bernardin Prive in New York on July 26, 2017. Craig Barritt | Getty Images Dr. Richard Axel, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, said he is stepping down as co-director of Columbia University’s Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute on the heels of his association with notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein drawing public […]
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The CIA urges Iranians to reach out as informants in rare move
The seal of the Central Intelligence Agency is shown at the entrance of the CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, U.S., September 24, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has issued a rare call to Iranians to get in contact as potential informants, signaling a potential ramp-up of American efforts to gather […]
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What to expect from the next round of U.S.-Iran talks as Trump threatens Tehran
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the Capitol on February 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump delivered his address days after the Supreme Court struck down the administration’s tariff strategy, and amid a U.S. military buildup in the Persian […]
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Why Chile is the latest LATAM country to be caught in a U.S.-China power struggle
View of the city of Santiago and the Andes Mountains, taken from the Metropolitan Park on July 2, 2024. Rodrigo Arangua | Afp | Getty Images Chile is the latest Latin American country to have become embroiled in a U.S.-China power struggle. The country, which counts Washington as its top foreign investor and Beijing as […]
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