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Trump's fraught relationship with NATO

President Trump met with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte Thursday in the Oval Office. The meeting comes as the preside...

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Australia offered Trump critical minerals. This is how he sold us fool’s gold

The government needed to present Trump with a deal he couldn’t refuse. But what could Australia offer him?...

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Leonardo DiCaprio slams Australian government over mine expansion approval

Leonardo DiCaprio has slammed the Australian government for its approval of a proposed mine expansion in the Northern Ja...

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Beware of Li Kashing’s supersized value trap

From Chinese tech stocks to European defense shares, President Donald Trump’s second term seems to be lifting the worl...

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Rachel Reeves says increase in lending capacity will help UK defence sector

The Chancellor said the move came on top of increased defence spending by the Government....

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New British bereavement leave rights for miscarriage

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM British parents are set to gain the right to two weeks of bereavement leave after e...

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Can Trump and China’s contrasting economic visions finally settle state vs market debate?

Beyond political and other concerns, the US and Chinese approaches to their economies have intellectual roots stretching...

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Former Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz to appear in Omaha

Former Democratic vice presidential nominee and current Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will appear in Omaha Saturday morning....

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'Stupid fight': Conservative blasts Trump for action 'too absurd to believe'

One conservative commentator is arguing that President Donald Trump's administration is making a major error by attempti...

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Putin gives tepid response to ceasefire proposal

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday responded tentatively to a U.S. proposal that would institute a 30-day ceas...

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Veterans fired by Trump administration speak out

Veterans make up about 30% of the overall federal workforce. Many veterans who were new on the job, classified as probat...

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Barely: House GOP passes government funding bill without help from Democrats

House Republicans this week passed a government funding bill 217-213 without assistance from Democrats, losing only one ...

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More shots fired at Oregon Tesla dealership in ongoing vandalism since Musk began advising Trump

Police in Oregon say gunshots were fired at a Tesla dealership for the second time in a week...

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Schumer says he will vote yes on GOP funding bill

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called it a “Hobson’s choice” and that the Republican bill is a “terrible o...

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Like it or not, Donald Trump is now embedded in Australian politics. Both sides are struggling to deal with it | Michelle Grattan for the Conversation

Albanese is trying to contain the damage of the tariff exemption failure, while pinning the ‘Trumpist’ label on Dutt...

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Justin Fox: IRS cuts indicate Republicans don’t actually care about reducing the national deficit

Reversing the Biden administration’s IRS upgrade — not to mention firing 6,700 people in the middle of tax season �...

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ICC’s success or failure lies on state parties’ cooperation

The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in July 2002 in Rome, Italy, in a bid to hold individuals account...

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Clearing the air

IQAir recently released its 7th annual World Air Quality Report on March 11, shedding light on the most polluted countri...

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Whoever is angry with his brother...

“Do I indeed derive any pleasure from the death of the wicked? says the Lord God? Do I not rather rejoice when he turn...

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Wayang Alimagnum engages young readers with farming and giant robots

If there are two things many Filipino children lack these days, it’s a love for reading and an appreciation for farmin...

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Weather officials warn additional NOAA job cuts could put "communities in harm's way"

One of the agency's partners, the American Meteorological Society, warned separately that "the consequences to the Ameri...

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Kurt Bardella: Democrats, do not ignore Stephen A. Smith

Quite frankly, just by the unapologetically direct way he talks about the Democratic Party’s blind spots, Smith has be...

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Bruce Yandle: Is Musk’s brutal DOGE a tragedy, or caused by one?

Long before DOGE, there was the 1941 Truman Committee, the Reagan administration’s 1981 Grace Commission and Bill Clin...

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Letters: Gavin Newsom joins the crowd with trans athlete stance

Also: Oppose antisemitism | AI initiative | Restore USAID | SAVE Act | Derail agenda. East Bay Times reader letters to t...

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Schumer to support GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has announced he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spe...

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Schumer signals support for considering the GOP spending plan, as shutdown deadline nears

Senate Democrats mounted a last-ditch protest Thursday over a Republican-led government funding bill that already passed...

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Longtime Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva Dies at 77

Grijalva had said last year he would not run for reelection in 2026 while receiving treatments for cancer....

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Dutch Coalition Row Over Defense Spending Eases After Talks

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said he held “constructive talks” with the coalition parties, signaling a compromis...

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Trump threatens to slap Europe with monster grog taxes

Stocks have dropped again after Donald Trump threatened a 200 per cent wine tariff on the EU if it doesn't relent on pla...

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Dark economic clouds loom over Trump and the GOP: From the Politics Desk

President Donald Trump’s economic approach is putting members of his administration and Republicans in Congress on the...

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Argentina’s 2025 mid-term elections scheduled for October 26

The country will not hold primaries for the first time since 2011La entrada Argentina’s 2025 mid-term elections schedu...

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Schumer Says He’ll Support GOP Funding Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown

The minority leader's support all but guarantees that the stopgap funding bill will be able to pass the Senate....

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USPS to cut 10,000 workers through voluntary early retirement program

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy confirmed that the Elon Musk-led DOGE is now working with USPS....

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Fed's expansion of Spring Creek Coal Mine will extend the mine's life by 16 years

Coal from the mine is shipped by rail to power plants in Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota and Washington, as well as interna...

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Senate GOP Rolls Schumer In Government Funding Fight

'I will vote to keep the government open'...

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Elon Musk Disapproval Rating 53% In New Poll: 62% Say Tesla CEO Doesn't Have 'Right Experience' To Make Changes To Government

Billionaire Elon Musk has become a central figure in President Donald Trump's White House administration playing a role ...

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Diddy Slams CNN For Allegedly Altering Cassie Ventura Beating Footage; Cable Newser Destroyed Original Video, Rapper Claims

(Updated with CNN statement) Heading to trial on sex trafficking charges and more in less than two months, Sean “Diddy...

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A simple strategy to supercharge growth

In today’s whiplash business environment of change and uncertainty, there are a few simple, timeless strategies that c...

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State Attorney General Files Suit Challenging Mass Firings at U.S. Department of Education

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has sued the Trump administration over the firing of nearly half of all workers at...

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NY Democrats want MORE crazy people left roaming the streets and subway

The state Senate and Assembly's proposed budgets rejected Gov. Hochul's push to make it easier to involuntarily commit m...

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Letters: San Jose City Council District 3 needs a rep who reflects its views

Also: Homeless responsibility | College antisemitism | American dream | Wealthy agenda | Whose interests? Mercury News r...

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Walz to tour red districts where GOP is too scared to face constituents

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota will be touring a series of Republican-held House districts across the country, wi...

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Chuck Schumer votes to keep government open: 'For Donald Trump, a shutdown would be a gift'

Senate Minority Leader Schumer, D-N.Y. announced that he will vote to keep the government open and warned that a shutdow...

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Trump doubles down on tariff threat: ‘I’m not going to bend’

President Trump called the European Union “hostile and abusive” and threatened to slap a 200 percent tariff on Europ...

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Lammy warns it would be ‘wrong’ for Putin to put conditions on Ukraine ceasefire

Talks between the US and Ukraine produced the idea of a 30-day truce....

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DOGE’s Musk Visits National Security Agency

An agency spokesperson confirmed the visit in a statement to The Epoch Times....

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Canada shoots back against Trump tariffs: Letters to the Editor — March 14, 2025

NY Post readers discuss Canada and the European Union levying retaliatory tariffs against the United States....

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Why we need the Dems to not drive straight off a cliff

The party out of power is supposed to moderate the majority's excesses — but Democrats' over-the-top hysteria is a der...

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Putin seeks †̃clarifications' on US-Ukraine peace plan

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a video address on the occasion of Youth Day in Moscow, Russia, in this pictur...

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Congress poised to force $1 billion cut to local DC budget, surprising many lawmakers

Congress is poised to pass a Trump-endorsed funding bill this week that D.C. officials warn would lead to a $1 billion c...

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Democrats prepare to fold on government shutdown

Senate Democrats are prepared to vote Friday to keep the government open, with not much to show for it.Why it matters: T...

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Gov. Abbott urges Texas pastors to get into school choice fight

Gov. Abbott spoke to a group of Texas pastors urging them to help his effort to get school choice legislation passed thi...

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Calgary man charged in 2022 homicide in Crescent Heights

A man was arrested by Calgary police in almost three-year-old homicide case thanks to tips from the public....

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The 'two-tier' justice scandal could cost taxpayers tens of millions, Robert Jenrick warns

The Shadow Justice Secretary will on Friday demand MPs block the Sentencing Council's plans which are "vandalising the f...

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UK conscription age ranges after ex-army chiefs urge recruitment NOW as WW3 fears grow

The Prime Minister has been urged to think about reintroducing conscription by former British Army chiefs as the global ...

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One person killed in Bawku revenge assault

The shooting of two Level 400 students at the Gambaga College of Education in Gambaga on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, has ...