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NATO secretary-general optimistic about Trump meeting with Putin

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Sunday this week's meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will go a long way to demonstrating whether Putin is serious ab...

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Summertime and the living is uneasy on Capitol Hill

Senate Republicans faced a choice recently: Remain in session and confirm more of President Trump’s nominees, or finally abandon Washington for the vaunted August recess.Senators hung around – a li...

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Trump, Netanyahu speak as Israel faces backlash over Gaza plan

President Trump spoke Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel and its leader face rising global backlash over its plan to expand military control of the Gaza Strip...

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‘None of this is good for the city’: The business-labor battle that could derail the 2028 Olympics

LOS ANGELES — Many of Los Angeles’s leaders had hoped to spend 2025 preparing the city to host the next summer Olympics and instead found themselves engulfed by a series of unanticipated crises, fr...

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Rooting out Hamas, getting aid to Gaza remain key White House goals, Vance says

Vice President JD Vance is neither endorsing nor rejecting Israel's plans to take over the Gaza Strip. But the Trump administration is sticking steadfast to its priorities in the region, he told Fo...

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Rutte: NATO is 'making sure that Ukraine has what it needs to stay in the fight’

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the alliance is "making sure that Ukraine has what it needs to stay in the fight" ahead of a summit between President Trump and Russian President Vl...

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Netanyahu: Israel has 'no choice' but to escalate Gaza offensive

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel has “no choice” but to escalate its offensive in Gaza as his country faces heightened criticism for its conduct amid the ...

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Vance: 'We're done with the funding of the Ukraine war business'

Vice President Vance on Sunday said he wants peace and to stop funding the Ukraine war, ahead of a Friday meeting in Alaska between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a...

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Graham: Putin 'can't tolerate' going 'after his customers'

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “can’t tolerate” going “after his customers” ahead of an Alaska meeting between Putin and President Trump. “Put...

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Zelensky: We will not let Russia 'deceive' US

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that his country will not let Russia "deceive" the U.S. as a meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin looms....

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Ukrainian ambassador to the US: Ukraine 'prays' for Trump-Putin meeting to 'be effective'

The Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. on Sunday said "all of Ukraine prays" for the Friday meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to be "effective and to have great res...

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Trump Invites Putin to Step Foot in America

Vladimir Putin is coming to America, despite the international warrant for the Russian president’s arrest, despite his years of hostile threats against NATO, and despite him showing no remorse for ...

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Sanders says the Trump-Putin Summit in Alaska could be 'a positive step forward' if Ukraine involved

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says that peace negotiations in Alaska between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could be "a positive step forward." “If, in fact, a...

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How Socialism Won in NYC’s Mayoral Primary

Zohran Mamdani is a longtime member of New York City Democratic Socialists of America, and the organization played a key role in his victory. We spoke to NYC DSA’s cochairs about how it happened. ...

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NATO ambassador: Trump will 'trust but verify' Putin in Alaska

U.S. NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker said President Trump will have to "trust but verify" Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Alaska on Friday, where they plan to hold talks a...

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Big Tech’s next major political battle may already be brewing in your backyard

The next major political fight over Big Tech has been brewing for years in the backyards of northern Virginia.Now the debate over data centers is poised to go national.The push by companies like Op...

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NATO chief on whether Trump is at risk of rewarding Russia for invading Ukraine: 'I don’t think the risk is there'

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Sunday that he doesn't believe there is a risk that peace negotiations in Alaska with President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will reward Russia ...

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Trump’s Unforgivable Sin

Tens of millions of Americans voted for President Donald Trump in the belief that he would be competent. They might not have been thrilled that Trump is a convicted felon, or pleased with his role ...

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Delgado's day job: MIA, or victim of Hochul's vengeance?

ALBANY, New York – New York’s ambitious lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, made a rare appearance in the state Capitol in late March.Members of both parties thought he’d be helming the state Sen...

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The One Trump Flaw Most Americans Can’t Tolerate

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Eddington ends with a dark joke about disability – but its punchline is centuries old

Joaquin Phoenix, left, who plays small-town sheriff Joe Cross, and Pedro Pascal, who plays the town's mayor, Ted Garcia, in a scene from Ari Aster's film 'Eddington.' (A24)This story contains spoil...

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