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Russia looks to update nuclear program amid ‘colossal threats’ from West

Russia’s top nuclear official this week said Moscow is facing ‘colossal threats’ and needs to update its nuclear capabilities. Without directly naming where Russia’s chief nuclear threat is coming from, Director General of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom Alexei Likhachev said, ‘the current geopolitical situation, is a time of colossal threats to the existence

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Trump gave the Oval Office a gilded makeover – and covered the cost himself

President Donald Trump has the golden touch — and nowhere is that more evident than in the Oval Office, where gilded accents now adorn the nation’s most famous workspace, reflecting his signature style. The gold additions throughout the Oval Office were on full display last week as global leaders met with Trump to discuss a

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Russia says Ukrainian drones hit nuclear power plant during Independence Day strikes

Russian officials said Ukrainian drones ignited an overnight fire at a nuclear plant in Russia’s Kursk region. The strikes coincided with Ukraine’s 34th Independence Day, marking its 1991 break from the Soviet Union. Russia said the strikes hit several power facilities. The plant fire was quickly extinguished. A transformer was damaged, but radiation levels remained

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Trump learns a lesson grounded in faith, how best to stand tough on trade with China

When President Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025, he faced the same formidable adversary that defined much of his first term: China. This time the stakes were even higher. The trade deficit with China had ballooned to roughly $300 billion, while IP protection, currency manipulation and predatory industrial and international development practices

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Trump tells Grassley to tell Democrats ‘go to HELL’ over blocked judicial nominees in Senate

President Donald Trump on Sunday blasted the Senate’s ‘blue slip’ tradition, calling it an unconstitutional affront to his appointment power and alleging that his rights have ‘been completely taken away from me in States that have just one Democrat United States Senator.’ The president is referring to his ability to nominate judges and U.S. Attorneys,

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Schumer blocks 12th GOP bid to reopen government as Trump says Democrats ‘lost the negotiation’

The government shutdown meandered into its 22nd day with no end in sight after a 12th GOP attempt to reopen the government was stalled and then blocked by Senate Democrats on Wednesday afternoon. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus kneecapped Republicans’ bid to reopen the government for the 12th time in a

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Trump meets NATO’s Rutte amid canceled Putin meeting: ‘It didn’t feel right to me’

President Donald Trump met with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte Wednesday — days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the White House andafter calling off a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. ‘We canceled the meeting with President Putin,’ Trump told reporters in the Oval Office with Rutte Wednesday. ‘It just it didn’t feel right to

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The history of how Trump and Bolton’s relationship fell to tatters

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton, who served under President Donald Trump’s first administration, was the subject of FBI raids at his home and office Friday morning as federal authorities searched for classified documents.  The raids follow a storied history between Trump and Bolton that has devolved into the pair trading repeated political blows on

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FBI raid of John Bolton’s home reportedly linked to classified documents probe

FBI agents raided the Bethesda, Md., home of former national security adviser John Bolton on Friday morning, marking a new tension point in his difficult relationship with President Donald Trump. Agents also raided Bolton’s D.C. office. The reason behind the raids was reportedly linked to a probe of allegations that Bolton sent classified documents to

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Justice Jackson accuses Supreme Court of ensuring Trump ‘always wins’ in scathing dissent

Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson criticized on Thursday what she said were the ‘recent tendencies’ of the Supreme Court to side with the Trump administration, providing her remarks in a bitter dissent in a case related to National Institutes of Health grants. Jackson, a Biden appointee, rebuked her colleagues for ‘lawmaking’ on the shadow docket, where

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