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Thu, 04 Dec 2025 04:01:00 +0000
GOP frustration with Trump’s defense secretary has intensified, with some lawmakers questioning their confidence in him as key committees pursue an aggressive oversight campaign.
By:Noah Robertson, Alex Horton
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:39:15 +0000
European officials, who were not included in the talks, said at a NATO meeting in Brussels that Russia appears to be inflexible in the negotiations.
By:Mary Ilyushina, Ellen Francis
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:41:52 +0000
The plan to forgo jury trials for defendants charged with lower-level crimes is aimed at easing an 80,000-case backlog in a court system booked as far out as 2030.
By:Steve Hendrix
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:10:44 +0000
As Britain’s royal family strips Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of his titles, ordinary places across the country are trying to downplay their links, too.
By:Jennifer Hassan
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:08:27 +0000
The scheduled deportation flight marks a rare moment of cooperation between the Trump administration and Venezuela, as the threat of a U.S. attack looms.
By:Leo Sands
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:06:30 +0000
Alejandro Andres Carranza Medina’s family alleges that the Trump administration committed human rights violations in its campaign against suspected drug trafficking.
By:Frances Vinall
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:33:13 +0000
Federica Mogherini, the E.U.’s former foreign policy chief who is also a former Italian foreign minister, was detained in an investigation of procurement fraud.
By:Beatriz Ríos
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 01:21:09 +0000
The Trump administration’s pardon of convicted drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández raises questions about its war on “narcoterrorism.”
By:Ishaan Tharoor
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:33:55 +0000
The defense secretary’s remarks were the most extensive public accounting yet of his involvement in the military’s lethal attack on alleged drug smugglers on Sept. 2.
By:Tara Copp, Alex Horton
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:15:31 +0000
A former DEA agent called the release “devastating”: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”
By:Tobi Raji, Shayna Jacobs, Samantha Schmidt, Derek Hawkins
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:09:49 +0000
Ahead of the key meeting, Russia professed fresh military victories, hammering home its claim that it can succeed in the war without negotiations if it wants.
By:Mary Ilyushina, Ellen Francis
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:42:01 +0000
From trauma victims to migrant domestic workers, the pope inspired some of Lebanon’s most vulnerable as he presided over a waterfront Mass in Beirut.
By:Mohamad El Chamaa, Suzan Haidamous
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:30:32 +0000
In his first news conference, Pope Leo XIV called for peace in the Middle East and dialogue between the U.S. and Venezuela and described putting trust in God during the conclave in May.
By:Anthony Faiola, Mohamad El Chamaa, Suzan Haidamous
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:56:42 +0000
Two conservative candidates are in the lead after Trump’s endorsement of one injected the United States into a tight, potentially volatile presidential election.
By:Samantha Schmidt
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000
As Steve Witkoff meets with Putin over a Ukraine deal, security assurances remain a sticking point. Ukraine has been offered them before, to little avail.
By:Sammy Westfall
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:17:51 +0000
South Korean police said four people have been charged in connection with the scheme, which hacked into internet-connected surveillance cameras.
By:Frances Vinall, Elise Youn