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El secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, escucha mientras el presidente Donald Trump se reúne con el primer ministro de Irak, Ali al-Zaidi, en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, el martes 14 de julio de 2026, en Washington. (Foto AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hosting an international summit in Washington on Thursday that aims to address the threat of "far-left political terrorism".
The US and Iraq have had their ups and downs. In the 1980s, the US had to get involved in the Gulf due to the Iran-Iraq War, and in 1991 America led an alliance to eject Iraq from Kuwait. In 2003, America invaded the country and took over Baghdad, and now it looks like the US and Iraq are turning over a new leaf again.
US President Donald Trump overturned the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) suspension of traffic stops on Wednesday, one day after it took effect.
US Central Command's Wednesday wave of strikes against Iran, the first daytime strikes since the ceasefire was signed, demonstrates Washington's continued readiness to act against the threat to ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM Spokesperson Navy Captain Tim Hawkins told The Jerusalem Post later on Wedne…
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El presidente de la Reserva Federal de Estados Unidos, Kevin Warsh, comparece ante el Comité de Servicios Financieros de la Cámara de Representantes, en el Capitolio, el martes 14 de julio de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein)
President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should keep relying on traffic stops as a major enforcement tool, defending the practice after a string of deadly encounters involving immigration officers, including a recent fatal shooting of a Colombian illegal immigrant in M…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump meets with Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Watch: Blanche grilled over handling of Epstein files and relationship with Trump
President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the United States intelligence community has maintained he is not an “election denier”.
El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump en la Oficina Oval, en la Casa Blanca, en Washington, el 13 de julio del 2026. (AP foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The FBI has explored using artificial intelligence to assess the validity of signatures on tens of thousands of mail-in ballot envelopes seized from Fulton County, Georgia, the latest push in the Trump administration’s unprecedented reinvestigation of the 2020 vote.
President Donald Trump listens after signing executive orders modifying the Bears Ears National Monument and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, July 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump y el presidente chino Xi Jinping en Beijing, el 15 de mayo del 2026. (AP foto/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
US and Iraqi officials are set to conclude a major energy deal as part of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s visit to Washington this week, according to Iraqi officials cited by AP Wednesday.
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh appears before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Five months of U-turns and false boasts leave Donald Trump in worse position than when he started
President Donald Trump talks with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound, May 15, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool, File)
A United States Senate panel has begun grilling interim Attorney General Todd Blanche as he seeks confirmation to lead the Department of Justice, the country’s main federal law enforcement agency.
Visitors view the reinstalled educational panels about slavery at the site of President George Washington’s home in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)
Japan remains broadly negative on China as many countries in the rest of the world become more positive and overall start to see China more favorably than the United States, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center.
El presidente Donald Trump habla al reunirse con el primer ministro iraquí Ali al-Zaidi, en la Oficina Oval, en la Casa Blanca, en Washington, el 14 de julio del 2026. (AP foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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In interviews and social posts, the loyalty-obsessed president couldn’t help but weave criticism into his praise
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Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, refused to say Joe Biden won the 2020 election, claimed not to know his predecessor Tulsi Gabbard took part in a raid of a Georgia election office earlier this year and defended subpoenaing New York Times journalists in a contentious S…
Musk distributed money to three people before the 2025 election, which he claimed was critical to Trump’s agenda
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CAIRO/WASHINGTON, D.C./BEIRUT — Tehran threatened on Wednesday to shut off more regional energy exports after the United States reimposed a naval blockade of Iran’s ports and both sides launched more strikes as they vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz.
OVER the past couple of weeks, there has been a groundswell of public frustration over what have been steadily increasing electricity bills, with many complaining of bills ballooning by thousands of pesos from one month to the next despite no obvious increase in consumption, or in many cases, in spite of deliberate …
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In the weeks after President Trump named Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, the two men and their allies developed a frosty relationship. Just as Mr. Trump was inaugurated last January, Mr. Ramaswamy left the initiative, aimed at downsizing the federal work force…
El presidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, Mike Johnson, en el Congreso en Washington, el 14 de julio del 2026. (AP foto/Jose Luis Magana)
The Defense team on Wednesday said it is shifting its strategy in the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte after the Senate impeachment court grants the request for subpoena to the three witnesses on the alleged misuse of confidential funds during her tenures at the Office of the Vice President (OVP…
Just a day after his administration announced it was temporarily pausing most ICE traffic stops following two fatal shootings, President Donald Trump is urging United States immigration agents to keep using the tactic.
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El secretario de Justicia Todd Blanche en el Congreso en Washington, el 15 de julio del 2026 (AP foto/Mark Schiefelbein)
When Senator Lindsey Graham unexpectedly died this week, he left behind a new uncertainty in US politics. Known as a critical deal-maker in Congress, Republicans have lost a key bridge between the Democrats – and Donald Trump.
Renewed strikes put Washington’s appetite for a prolonged war to a familiar historical test, analysts say
Renewed strikes put Washington’s appetite for a prolonged war to a familiar historical test, analysts say
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Oil prices are marginally higher overnight after President Trump reinstated the blockade on Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz and shipping slowed to a crawl amid the renewed warfare in the critical waterway.
BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday pushed back against a new, million-dollar funding scheme from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to support “free speech and religious liberty” in Europe.
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The American flag flies at half staff at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2026, after the sudden death of Rep. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
Washington, DC – A new legal challenge is taking aim at the sanctions imposed by United States President Donald Trump’s administration on the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying they trample on the constitutional rights of US citizens.
Rahm Emanuel did not deliver his warning from a cable news studio in Washington or from a Democratic fundraiser in New York. He delivered it in Tel Aviv, inside the Jewish state, in the language of friendship, realism, and concern.