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Vance broke with Trump over Houthi airstrikes, group chat report says

A behind-the-scenes foreign policy disagreement between President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance spilled into public Monday, an extraordinary example of Vance breaking with Trump and …

March 24, 2025 9:55 pm CET

America’s global AIDS relief program is on the brink

President Trump is taking apart one of George W. Bush’s proudest achievements.

March 23, 2025 11:15 am CET

Leakers to Musk: We’re ‘not Elon’s servants’

Even before Musk’s comments, federal workers felt vulnerable and increasingly incensed.

March 22, 2025 1:55 pm CET

Trump sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East in escalation against Houthis

The move signals the likelihood of an increased bombing campaign against the Iran-backed group.

March 22, 2025 11:22 am CET

Elon Musk threatens Pentagon leakers after NYT report on secret China war briefing

“They will be found,” warns U.S. President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser as White House lashes out at the media.

March 21, 2025 9:42 am CET

After the North Sea tanker crash, a multi-million dollar battle over who’s to blame

A week after the tanker crash off the English coast, officials are trying to work out the damage done — and who is going to pick up the bill.

March 19, 2025 4:59 am CET

Europe’s military heavyweights call for defense industry deregulation

15 countries are ready to move forward on security guarantees for Ukraine, France’s Lecornu said, without naming them.

March 12, 2025 11:11 pm CET

Europe is doing what you wanted, UK tells US defense boss

John Healey tells Pete Hegseth that Europe is meeting Washington’s challenge to “step up” on security and Ukraine.

March 7, 2025 3:19 am CET

Trump, Vance attack on Zelenskyy angers many. But Russians and (some) Republicans love it.

Ukraine’s supporters defend Kyiv against the U.S. president’s in-person attack, while detractors say he got what he deserved.

March 1, 2025 12:48 am CET

Trump’s defense deputy secretary pick avoids saying Russia invaded Ukraine

Stephen Feinberg, at his confirmation hearing, signaled he’s unlikely to challenge the Pentagon’s striking shift.

February 25, 2025 8:38 pm CET

Macron meets Trump, Europeans head to Kyiv in two-pronged effort to save Ukraine

European leaders hope to reverse Trump’s retreat from Europe and Ukraine’s dire prospects.

February 24, 2025 4:10 am CET

Musk says all federal employees need to explain their work immediately — or be let go

Federal employees received an email Saturday afternoon, and gave them a deadline of Monday night.

February 23, 2025 10:43 am CET
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Trump fires top military leaders in unprecedented shakeup

The Friday night terminations include Chair of the Joint Chiefs Gen. C.Q. Brown.

February 22, 2025 9:11 am CET

US reins in demands on Ukraine amid allies’ outcries

“Everything is on the table,” the Defense secretary said with no mention of concessions he demanded the day before.

February 13, 2025 8:01 pm CET

Europe braces for a future without the US as a reliable ally

European defense leaders are preparing for a tense gathering with the Trump team.

February 13, 2025 11:05 am CET

Pentagon plans to start migrant flights to Guantanamo this weekend

This would make good on the president’s promise to use the base as a detainment facility.

February 1, 2025 12:37 pm CET

‘It will kill people’: Chaos, confusion after Trump halts US foreign aid

The new directive puts some aid organizations at risk of bankruptcy.

January 27, 2025 10:46 pm CET

A reality check for Trump, would-be-ruler of Greenland

Here is what the president-elect can do with the autonomous territory.

January 9, 2025 11:12 am CET

The method in Trump’s Greenland madness

The climate skeptic is responding to the reality of the Arctic’s melting ice: more resource extraction, faster trade routes, new military bases.

January 9, 2025 4:35 am CET

Biden: Investigators checking for links between New Orleans attack, Las Vegas Tesla explosion

No such connection has yet been uncovered, the president said.

January 2, 2025 8:58 am CET

Tech billionaires prepare to invade the Pentagon

A handful of Silicon Valley executives could help transform the country’s largest bureaucracy — and benefit themselves while trying.

December 11, 2024 8:16 pm CET

McConnell takes indirect swipe at Trump on America’s role in the world

“America will not be made great again by those who are content to manage our decline,” he said.

December 8, 2024 10:21 am CET

No new Ukraine funding until Trump assumes power, US House speaker says

The Biden administration pitched Congress on another tranche of funding late last month.

December 4, 2024 7:05 pm CET

Trump considers DeSantis for Defense secretary as Hegseth appears to falter

Hegseth has faced allegations of alcohol abuse and sexual assault.

December 4, 2024 6:31 am CET
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