As Russia pressures NATO from the east, Trump is weakening confidence in America’s Article 5 guarantee while a Trump-linked oil firm moves drilling equipment into Greenland.
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GRECO, Europe’s anti-corruption watchdog, had raised concerns about ethics and conflicts of interest involving the U.S. presidency. President Trump is now pulling the U.S. out.
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Germany’s former intelligence chief is accused of obtaining nearly 2,000 secret documents and using classified information for a foreign spy service.
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In the final hours of Kristi Noem’s tenure as homeland security secretary, her department approved the purchase of five aircraft for $304 million from a company led by one of her political donors.
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While negotiating peace in Ukraine, Trump’s envoys agreed to work on a $20 billion Russian oil deal involving investors tied to their business networks and requiring U.S. approval.
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Overseas visitors are on pace to fall by nearly two million from last year, widening the gap between the tourism recovery the United States expected and the one it is getting.
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Jack Posobiec promoted the movement that preceded the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and repeatedly amplified material from a website the Treasury Department says received taskings from Russia’s FSB.
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A paid lobbyist for a company seeking LNG business joined Kimberly Guilfoyle in meetings as she pushed U.S. energy deals; some officials said they weren't told of his ties.
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Fox News hosts have spent 2026 warning about communism and elite power, then joined billionaires and insiders at a state gala honoring Xi Jinping.
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President Donald Trump relayed Putin’s Moscow proposal to Zelenskyy, who has said Ukrainian security services foiled at least five Russian plots to kill him.
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Reuters/Ipsos puts Trump at 32%, his lowest reading across both presidencies in its polling, as recent surveys show economic weakness.
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After Trump remade the Kennedy Center’s board, artists withdrew, revenue fell, legal fights mounted and the main building closed.
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Umar Kremlev, who helped pay for Trump Jr.’s wedding, is tied to a group accused of abducting Ukrainian children and was honored by Vladimir Putin a month before the wedding.
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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and daughter Katie separately met pro-Russia Bosnian Serb officials. Katie’s firm Continental Strategy lobbies for the pro-Russia government of Republika Srpska, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and daughter Katie separately met pro-Russia Bosnian Serb officials. Katie’s firm Continental Strategy lobbies for the pro-Russia government of Republika Srpska, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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As Poland warns of possible Russian strikes on NATO territory, the Pentagon is weighing major U.S. troop cuts that critics warn could weaken deterrence against further Russian aggression.
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Jared Kushner is helping conduct U.S. diplomacy over war and peace while Senate investigators said Affinity collected about $157.5 million in fees from foreign investors.
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A Trump-led board voted to close the Kennedy Center’s main building after a judge blocked another attempt to put Trump’s name on the venue.
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U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) grilled FBI Director Kash Patel over why the bureau relaxed hiring rules that had automatically disqualified some applicants for past sexual conduct involving non-human animals.
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