U.S. The U.S. government shut down at midnight this morning after Congressional Republicans and Democrats were unable to agree on a stopgap spending bill. An estimated 750,000 federal employees will …

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Gaza Following his meeting with Pres. Trump yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu endorsed Trump's 20-point Gaza truce plan. Netanyahu secured key edits to the plan that will make it more pala …

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Gaza U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff hinted that "some sort of breakthrough" on a Gaza peace deal will be announced in the coming days, but it's hard to imagine negotiations have advanced much since Israel …

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Russia Russia's finance ministry proposed raising VAT from 20% to 22% to fund rising defense and social spending. That violates Pres. Putin's pledge from a year ago not to raise taxes again before 2 …

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Ukraine Pres. Trump met with Pres. Zelensky on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly yesterday, and afterwards said his views on the Ukraine war had shifted as his understanding of the military a …

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Coming up this week The 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA) culminates in some dramatic (by diplomatic standards) sessions this week. Several more countries plan to recognize Palestinian statehood at th …

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