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Immense controversy has remained centered on Ben Gurion International Airport as dozens of giant US Air Force refueling tankers have essentially taken over the main Israeli flight hub for many months, since the start of Trump's Operation Epic Fury. Reports also say it has cost the airport hundreds of millions of dol…
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WASHINGTON/KYIV – For Ukraine and its supporters, the sudden death of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham raises an important question: Without a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump advocating loudly for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government, will his administration’s recent tilt in favor of Kyiv last?
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New York writer E. Jean Carroll received the $5 million plus interest that she won from U.S. President Donald Trump in her sexual abuse lawsuit three years ago, days after Trump failed to sway a judge to block the transfer during a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
El presidente Donald Trump se reúne con el primer ministro de Irak, Ali al-Zaidi, en la Casa Blanca, en Washington, el martes 14 de julio de 2026. (AP Foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A major North Korean women's union has convened its first congress in five years and underscored the importance of ideological education to strengthen regime unity, according to state media Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump has refused to rule out a ground campaign in Iran, claiming that unspecified allied forces could seize key strategic sites like Kharg Island without the involvement of American troops, while threatening to expand the bombing campaign to include power plants and bridges.
US President Donald Trump has refused to rule out a ground campaign in Iran, saying unspecified allied forces could seize key strategic sites like Kharg Island without the involvement of US troops, while threatening to expand the bombing campaign to include power plants and bridges.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill speaks with attendees during an election night watch party for U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., May 16, 2026, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)
SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- A major North Korean women's union has convened its first congress in five years and underscored the importance of ideological education to strengthen regime unity, according to state media Wednesday.
(3rd LD) Trump says U.S. will charge 20 pct fee on all cargo shipped through Strait of Hormuz
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(3rd LD) Trump says U.S. will charge 20 pct fee on all cargo shipped through Strait of Hormuz
US president says he will knock out all Iran’s power plants and bridges next week in bid to force Tehran to agree to a deal
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NEW YORK (AP) — The writer E. Jean Carroll has collected over $5.6 million that a jury awarded in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, court records and her lawyers said.
President Trump's naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is set to take effect Tuesday at around 1600 ET, after Iran attacked several commercial vessels, declared the waterway "closed until further notice," and exchanged multiple rounds of missiles and suicide drones with US forces.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday dropped his proposal to impose a 20 percent "reimbursement" fee on cargo shipped through the crucial Strait of Hormuz, saying that he will replace it with trade and investment deals with Middle Eastern countries.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, to the Pentagon, during a ceremony, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Cuba experienced another outage in the National Energy System (SEN) on Tuesday, leaving the entire country without power, according to the Ministry of Energy and Mines. (AP/Milexsy Durán and Cristiana Mesquita)
(3rd LD) Trump says U.S. will charge 20 pct fee on all cargo shipped through Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump speaks as he 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)
The change would provide more daylight during the times Americans are most active, but the measure must still get through the Senate
The change would provide more daylight during the times Americans are most active, but the measure must still get through the Senate
Former special counsel Jack Smith's investigators blew past the Justice Department's own privilege safeguards to directly access text messages between Trump White House officials and 44 members of Congress - then had the FBI match the phone numbers to lawmakers' names, according to DOJ records released Tuesday.
Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University pro-Palestinian protest leader, filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that the Trump administration had colluded with several pro-Israel groups to prosecute him for his advocacy.
US President Donald Trump said that the United States will target Iranian power plants and bridges next week, during an interview with Fox News's Trey Yingst on Wednesday.
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Trump said that attacks on Iran will continue until he decides that they are enough, and that he will “save energy targets in Iran for last”.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A large coalition led by the Rev. Al Sharpton and the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will mark the anniversary of the historic March on Washington next month with a march for democracy.
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has filed a lawsuit against senior Trump administration officials, the Heritage Foundation, Betar, and Canary Mission, seeking damages for unlawful conspiracy, he said in a press conference on Tuesday.
Senate Democrats have voted to block the debate on annual defence policy, objecting to Trump’s war on Iran as well as provisions that would more closely integrate the US and Israeli militaries.
Donald Trump's latest Iran War demand lasted all of 24 hours – and suggests a president searching for unorthodox ways out of a difficult position.
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Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has filed a lawsuit against senior Trump administration officials, the Heritage Foundation, Betar, and Canary Mission, seeking damages for unlawful conspiracy, he said in a press conference on Tuesday.
The Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Two months to the day since he was appointed prime minister of Iraq, Ali al-Zaidi, a political novice, found himself in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday, basking in the praise of the US president who put him there.
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Two months to the day since he was appointed prime minister of Iraq, Ali al-Zaidi, a political novice, found himself in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday, basking in the praise of the US president who put him there.
WASHINGTON — Shares in IBM plunged 24 percent on Tuesday after the US tech giant released disappointing preliminary second-quarter results, blaming a shift in spending by customers due to expected higher prices for memory chips and other AI-related infrastructure.
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NEW YORK — The writer E. Jean Carroll has collected over $5.6 million that a jury awarded in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, court records and her lawyers said.
Lindsey Graham’s younger sister appointed by South Carolina’s governor three days after senator’s death
A social media campaign attacking US President Donald Trump’s ceasefire deal with Iran was run by the president’s former campaign manager, Brad Parscale, according to a report published on Tuesday by Time Magazine.
Lawsuit alleges administration coordinated with online surveillance groups to ‘criminalize solidarity with Palestine’
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