Trump is using fees from national parks passes to fund supersized $1.6M DC fireworks display: report
$90M in entry fees are being steered to the costly aerial spectacle celebrating the nation’s 250th Independence Day
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Is Hungary about to give Ukraine the EU green light?
Peter Magyar could lift Budapest’s veto on Ukrainian accession to the bloc, but he may have to compromise
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Syrians mourn a former chess champion as her death is confirmed 13 years later
Hundreds of people have flocked to a tent in Damascus to mourn a former national chess champion who went missing 13 years ago along with her husband and six children, now that their deaths in Syria’s civil wa r have finally been confirmed.
What does the UK watchdog’s new Google AI results rule mean for publishers?
Giving news websites the power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramificationsThe UK’s competition watchdog has ordered Google to change how it uses publishers’ content in its AI-powered search results, in a move t…
‘Perturbed’ by Bibi, bullish on midterms and a ‘study’ of Vance and Rubio: 5 things we learned from Trump’s podcast interview
The president also shared his thoughts on nominating Todd Blanche for attorney general after he ousted Pam Bondi
Russia: A case study for sanctions not working as planned
If there’s any country that shows sanctions’ unforeseen consequences, it’s one that has rebuilt self-sufficiency and forged new trade under pressure.
Ukraine hits oil refinery as Russia opens St. Petersburg economic forum – The Washington Post
Ukraine hits oil refinery as Russia opens St. Petersburg economic forum The Washington PostUkrainian drones strike St. Petersburg, hours before ‘Putin’s Davos’ opens CNNUkraine’s drone strikes set a gloomy tone for Putin’s economi…
US cites forced labour concerns as grounds for new tariffs
USTR’s proposal comes from a Section 301 unfair trade practices investigation designed to help rebuild Trump’s tariffs.
Trump Administration Turns to a New Rationale to Justify Old Tariffs
The administration has settled on a more legally and politically durable way to impose tariffs, but some say the focus on forced labor is merely a pretext for protectionism.
Netanyahu downplays US-Israel rift after Trump confirms criticism
US president acknowledges he had harsh words for Netanyahu over Lebanon attacks but says he ‘likes’ the Israeli leader.