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Trump, Xi Begin High-Stakes White House Summit
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping launched high-stakes White House meetings Thursday with a state dinner, marking the first official Chinese state visit to the US in over a decade.
Poland Blames Russia for Starlink Fire, Denmark Warns NATO
Poland's deputy PM declared a Starlink satellite station fire deliberate Russian sabotage targeting internet service to the Ukrainian army, while Denmark's intelligence service warned of a growing ris
Warren Slams Trump: He Loves Dictators, Gives Xi Fanfare
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday accused President Trump of embracing authoritarianism, criticizing his decision to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping with fanfare at Joint Base Andrews and declarin
Kennedy Calls Iran's Leaders 'Colony of Reptiles'
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) called Iran's leaders "part of a colony of reptiles" alongside other U.S. adversaries during a Fox News interview about President Trump's upcoming United Nations General Asse
Iran adviser warns Indian Ocean next if US attacks
A military adviser to Iran's supreme leader warned that Tehran could expand the West Asia war to the Indian Ocean if the U.S. strikes again, explicitly targeting waters that house the U.S.-British bas
Judge restores White House access for CNN, MS NOW, Politico
A federal judge temporarily ordered the Trump administration to reinstate White House press access for three news organizations, ruling the ban likely violated their due process rights and casting dou
Trump welcomes Xi with Big Tech dinner; AI, Iran, trade on agenda
Trump rolled out full state-visit pageantry for Xi Jinping, including a dinner Thursday with Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and Jensen Huang, ahead of bilateral talks on AI safety, the Iran oil
Trump Hosts Xi for White House State Dinner Thursday
President Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping and First Lady Peng Liyuan at the White House for a formal state dinner Thursday night, with the Office of the First Lady releasing the menu ahead o
Xi Jinping Makes First White House Visit in a Decade
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the White House for his first visit in over a decade, sitting down with President Trump as trade tensions, AI, Taiwan, and the war in Iran top the agenda.
Rahman Skips BRICS Summit as India-Bangladesh Ties Cool
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's absence from India's BRICS summit in New Delhi in September 2026 — viewed in Dhaka as a snub — has crystallized a prolonged post-Hasina chill between South A
Denmark: Russia Could Strike NATO Within Months
Denmark has warned that Russia could attack a NATO member state within months, with multiple European outlets covering the threat of escalating Russian hybrid warfare against the alliance.
Brent Tops $105 as U.S.-Iran Threats Lift Oil Prices
Oil prices rebounded with Brent topping $105 a barrel as the U.S. and Iran exchanged fresh threats of escalation.
Senate GOP keeps press access open as WH tightens
President Trump has barred news outlets from the White House and a prominent GOP congresswoman is eyeing restrictions on Capitol press access, but Senate Republicans say they're content with the open
Warren Demands Lutnick Explain Census Political-Interference Ban
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick explain why the Census Bureau's parent agency quietly removed a prohibition on political interference from its scientific integrity
GOP Senate candidate Rogers: End Iran war now
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, a longtime hawk on Iran, publicly called for the war to 'end and end quickly,' breaking sharply from his prior interventionist record.
Ukraine Transfers Two North Korean POWs to South Korea
President Zelenskyy told the UN General Assembly that Ukraine transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea, ending a months-long debate over whether to return them to Kim Jong Un in a
Xi Begins U.S. State Visit; Trump Greets Him on Tarmac
Xi Jinping began a three-day U.S. state visit Wednesday with a rare planeside greeting from Trump at Joint Base Andrews — unusually lavish pomp amid deep tensions over trade, AI, Iran, and Taiwan.
Somaliland Pushes U.S. Recognition Amid Red Sea Crisis
Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Irro) is lobbying Washington to formally recognize the 1991 breakaway state, pitching it as a Red Sea maritime-security ally as Iran-backed Houthis c
51 Nations Urge Russia Ceasefire; US Sits Out
Fifty countries plus the European Union issued a joint statement at the UN Security Council calling on Russia to honor Ukraine's March 2025 ceasefire commitment, with the United States declining to ba
Two Indian Election Commissioners Opposed Voter Roll Revisions
An investigation by The Indian Express reveals that two of India's three election commissioners formally objected to voter roll revision measures that could exclude tens of millions of voters, even as
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