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The US president has been difficult to pin down when it comes to the country’s true goals for its intervention in the Middle East. An imminent threat to Israel, regime change, stopping Iran developing nuclear weapons, freedom for Iranians – all of these reasons have been floated without an apparent coherent strategy.
US President Donald Trump's administration is seeking the participation of other countries to form an international coalition to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a US State Department cable seen by Reuters.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged US President Donald Trump to limit ongoing negotiations with Lebanon to a two- to three-week window ending in mid-May, during a call late Wednesday, Israel's Channel 12 (N12) reported.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey speaks at Managing Global Imbalances: Policy Priorities forum during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
An Iranian football federation delegation, including a former member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, will not attend Thursday's Fifa Congress in Vancouver, citing their treatment by Canadian immigration.
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Oil prices jumped on Thursday in Asia after a report that the US military is set to brief President Donald Trump on new plans for potential action in the Iran war.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appears before a House Committee on Armed Services business meeting on the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2027 on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.)
Rep. Cleo Fields, D-La., center, who represents Louisiana’s 6th congressional district, is joined by members of the Congressional Black Caucus as they speak to reporters in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling to strike down his majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednes…
SAO PAULO — Brazil's Senate dealt a political blow to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday by rejecting his nomination to the Supreme Court, the first in more than 130 years and a sign that the veteran leader is not popular among many important lawmakers as he seeks reelection.
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US President Donald Trump, who has criticized Germany and other NATO allies for not sending their navies to help open the Strait of Hormuz, said on Wednesday his administration is looking at reducing the number of US troops in Germany.
The US is "studying" whether to reduce the thousands of troops it has stationed in Germany, Donald Trump has announced via social media.
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The US Senate batted down a resolution on Tuesday that would bar President Trump from being able to attack Cuba without first obtaining Congressional approval.
US President Donald Trump has said he could withdraw some American troops stationed in Germany amid a public spat with Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war in Iran.
Brady House, de los Nacionales de Washington, conecta un grand slam durante la cuarta entrada de un partido de béisbol contra los Mets de Nueva York el miércoles 29 de abril de 2026 en Nueva York. (Foto AP/Frank Franklin II)
As Dr. Anthony Fauci’s right-hand man, David Morens, was charged this week with conspiracy and destruction of federal records in the COVID-19 cover-up, another scandal over the vaccine was unfolding on Capitol Hill.
Oil markets spooked as Donald Trump appears willing to maintain the US Navy blockade and Iran keeps strait of Hormuz all but shut
US Central Command has asked to send the Army’s long-delayed Dark Eagle hypersonic missile to the Middle East for possible use against Iran, seeking a longer-range system to hit ballistic-missile launchers deep inside the country Bloomberg reports.
The House on Wednesday narrowly adopted a Republican budget blueprint that would allow the G.O.P. to blow past Democratic opposition and pour an additional $70 billion into immigration enforcement through the remainder of President Trump’s second term.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made a fervent appeal Wednesday for central bank independence, as he prepares to cap an eight-year term at its helm marked by insults and legal action under the Trump administration.
Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow, a candidate running for US Senate, deleted thousands of tweets, some of which defended “coastal elites” and were critical of “Middle America,” after The Post first reported on them last year.
SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States are not discussing drawing down the 28,500-strong U.S. forces stationed in Korea, a Seoul defense ministry official said Thursday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration is weighing a possible reduction of American troops in Germany.
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the US is considering reducing the number of its troops in Germany, amid a row with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the Iran war.
Washington Nationals’ Brady House hits a grand slam during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with US counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Wednesday, adding the two leaders discussed the Middle East war and Ukraine.
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ROME (Reuters) -- The United States has handed back 337 antiquities looted from Italy in one of the largest recent returns of stolen cultural property, officials said on Wednesday, highlighting deepened cooperation between Rome and Washington.
Washington: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth noted the Albanese government’s commitment to boost military spending but indicated there was still more to do before Australia would be considered a “model ally” in the Indo-Pacific.
China's factory activity topped analysts' expectations, albeit growth slowed from the prior month when it hit a year-high, as new orders saw a slowdown.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell closed out eight years as head of the US central bank on Wednesday with interest rates on hold, rising concern about inflation, and an announcement that he would stay on as a Fed governor for now to defend the agency's independence from Trump administra…
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Court’s 6-3 decision is a major upheaval in US civil rights law and gives lawmakers permission to draw districting plans that weaken the influence of Black and other minority voters– key US politics stories from Wednesday 29 April at a glance
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It is well past time to pull the plug on California’s high-speed rail project. A US Senate Transportation Committee revealed that the cost is now projected to be $231 billion — seven times the original estimate.
El presidente Donald Trump se reúne con el canciller alemán Friedrich Merz en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, el 3 de marzo de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein, archivo)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Making his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war against Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning Wednesday from skeptical Democrats over a costly conflict being waged without congressional approval.
Oil extended gains Thursday on signs of a prolonged U.S. blockade of Iranian exports and stalled nuclear negotiations, stoking fears that supplies will remain tight for longer.
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday the United States is weighing a possible reduction of American troops in Germany, with a decision to be made over "the next short period of time," after he decried European allies over a lack of support for the US-Israeli war against Iran.