Diplomacy
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Kushner and Witkoff heading to Moscow this weekend for meeting with Putin, followed by Ukraine visit
While Witkoff and Kushner visited Moscow and spoke with Putin and other officials in January of this year, this will be their first trip to Kyiv in Trump’s second term as president.
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You Vote: Regarding the trade war underway between the US and Canada, what do you think?
Canada immediately retaliated, with Carney suspending trade negotiations with the U.S. and ordering retaliatory tariffs against American-made products.
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State Department imposes sanctions on transnational far-left terrorist groups
The department said groups like the Autistici/Inventati Collective are designed to provide far-left extremist groups with the means to organize, recruit, communicate, and carry out violent attacks while remaining beyond the reach of the law.
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Former Trump ambassador accuses China of meddling in Canada trade deal
Sands speculated that China could have been the force behind the deal's collapse in order to put more pressure on the American economy ahead of a critical moment for the country.
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Trump admin removes Syria from State Sponsor of Terrorism list
Secretary of State Marco Rubio notified Congress of its intention to remove the country last month, citing positive changes and counterterrorism actions taken by the Syrian government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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Treasury’s ‘Operation Economic Outcast’ delivers warning to China, Iran’s global enablers
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that nations facilitating Tehran’s financial and trade networks must now choose between partnering with the United States or facing economic isolation.
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US cancels another major joint drill with South Korea
Reports of the cancellation come shortly after President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. to scale back its drills with the country, citing his good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korea’s refusal to support him in the war in Iran.
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Bessent unveils ‘Operation Economic Outcast’ sanctions targeting Iranian regime
The measures, which the Treasury Secretary first teased last week, are designed to punish “enablers” of Iran that purchase its oil and facilitate financial flows.
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Trump shares update that Christian missionary has been reunited with wife after release from Niger
The update was from Deputy Assistant to the President Sebastian Gorka, who shared photos from the reunion. Rideout was kidnapped in Niger in October of 2025.
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China rejects Trump's 'Economic D-Day' threat against Iranian trading partners
China's foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, urged both sides to reach a peaceful deal that would end the conflict, stating that “sanctions and pressure tactics are not the solution,” and that sanctions do not "fit the interest of any party.”
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President Trump eyes ‘crushing’ economic blockade to bring Iran to its knees
The Trump administration plans to escalate its strategy to economically isolate the Islamic Republic by targeting its international enablers and financial networks, and sends a warning shot to Beijing.
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Henry Kissinger's wife Nancy Kissinger dies at 92
Her death comes nearly three years after her husband's death in 2023. She is survived by her two step-children, step-daughter Elizabeth Kissinger and step-son David Kissinger, and five step-grandchildren.
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State Department imposes new sanctions on Cuba
The latest sanctions target the leaders of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, which the secretary claimed exploits educational exchange with the goal of “identifying, cultivating, and radicalizing subversives.”