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The fix is in for new Air Force F-47 — and so is the failure

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US-China trade war is on: Could it turn violent, and when?

Progressives to Trump: 'Immediately cease' unauthorized Yemen attacks

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In Garcia, SCOTUS risks handing Trump a ‘loaded weapon’

The idea that the high court has no jurisdiction over ‘foreign policy’ is not just wrong, it’s unconstitutional

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UAE may need al-Sharaa as much as he needs it. Here's why.

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The US Army is about to get smaller, especially in Europe

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Middle East

Is Trump orbit rolling out red carpet for Israeli extremist Ben Gvir?

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Officials: US 'open' to supporting a Yemen ground operation

American private contractors, meanwhile, are giving factions there advice

10,000 US troops begin arriving at Mexico border

US troops headed to Panama

Zelenskyy doubles down on Chinese fighters in Ukraine

Progressives to Trump: 'Immediately cease' unauthorized Yemen attacks

Asia-Pacific

Vietnam tariffs trade

Vietnam's fortunes actually take a dramatic turn, and not for worst

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US-China trade war is on: Could it turn violent, and when?

Lai Ching-te Taiwan China

Taiwan's president turns up heat against China — way up.

Rodrigo Duterte

How the US bankrolled Duterte's alleged crimes against humanity

Middle east

al Sharaa UAE

UAE may need al-Sharaa as much as he needs it. Here's why.

New Syrian president got a warm welcome this week, as he holds out for sanctions relief. So what does Abu-Dhabi stand to gain?

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Three huge things DOGE can cut at the Pentagon now

Washington Politics

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In Garcia, SCOTUS risks handing Trump a ‘loaded weapon’

JFK wanted to splinter CIA ‘into a thousand pieces.’ Why didn't he?

JFK wanted to splinter CIA ‘into a thousand pieces.’ Why didn't he?

Wall Street Stock Exchange

Emergency! Trump's use of extraordinary powers for tariffs

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The Israeli-American Trump mega-donor behind speech crackdowns

Africa

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Sudan

Saudi Arabia chooses sides in Sudan's civil war

Trump tasks first time envoy with the most complex Africa conflict

M23 & Rwanda are trying to redraw the map and it's all about to blow

Nigeria’s war on Boko Haram has more than a USAID problem

Latin America

CELAC Venezuela

Forecast in the Americas: Uncertainty with a chance of Trump

How Brazil will dance with Trump's America

Trump's Latin American sticks could end up stuck in his spokes

Lobbyists pushing disastrous 'Plan Ecuador' for struggling president

Europe

Ursula von der Leyen, Kaja Kallas

European rearmament: Shuffling fake money around a monopoly board?

Can hockey diplomacy ice out chill in US-Russia ties?

Why a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine is pointless

Why Trump probably can’t pull off a ‘reverse Nixon’

north america

Trump should take the victory in Canada and move on

Trump should take the victory in Canada and move on

What awaits Marco Rubio in the Caribbean

Haiti's crisis deepens as foreign troops struggle to curb violence

Trumponomics: Global South is girding for tariffs — or not

Military Industrial Complex

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New DoD EO wants to ax problem programs, but read the fine print

Even if eligible systems are cut, the savings likely will be diverted to shiny, but unproven, new tech toys

Media

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Alexander Vindman's new book is a folly: of history, and the truth

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The Israeli-American Trump mega-donor behind speech crackdowns

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Fareed Zakaria, stuck somewhere in 1950 or 1995, is wrong again

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Global Crises

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How Trump tariffs are affecting allies, frenemies, adversaries

Every corner of the planet is feeling the shock, but some are facing more peril than others.