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Days before Trump meets Xi Jinping, a bipartisan Senate group is demanding he approve a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan — and explicitly warning him not to trade Taipei's security for trade…
The Trump administration didn't just skip a UN migration forum — it issued a sweeping indictment of the entire global migration…
Four US senators — spanning both parties — have told Trump not to blink on shipbuilding at his Xi summit. With China controlling…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held back-to-back calls with Australian and British top diplomats on 12 May, centering on Iran…
Trump turned a Police Week dinner into an impromptu 2028 audition — polling the crowd on a Vance-Rubio ticket, mocking Newsom as…
Indiana University's Hoosiers went 16-0, beat six top-ten teams including Ohio State and Alabama, and ended up at the White House…
PM Modi's five-nation tour from 15–20 May is more than a diplomatic circuit — it is India's most concentrated European engagement…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has drawn a hard line: crack down on illegal migration, yes — but vigilante violence and…
Trump said Xi will likely raise Taiwan more than he will — and that strong US leadership will prevent a crisis. With energy flows…
