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Zelenskyy hints at ‘intensive’ talks with Trump as US, Ukraine discuss peace deal
Trump said he’s likely to meet with Zelenskyy next week
Baltics begin decoupling from Russian power grid
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania integrating with Europe’s system
Rwandan, Congolese leaders to meet over eastern DRC conflict
M23 armed group has seized territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC
Stradivari violin made in 1714 sells for $11.3M
The instrument is believed to have influenced Johannes Brahms when he wrote 'Violin Concerto in D Major'
Alaska lawmakers ask Trump to retain Denali's name, not change it to Mount McKinley
Trump, on his first day in office, signed an executive order calling for the name to revert to Mount McKinley
North Korea says its nuclear weapons not a 'bargaining chip' as Trump, Ishiba meet
Two leaders expressed their commitment to ensuring North Korea ends its nuclear weapons program
US approves sale of $7.4B in bombs, missiles to Israel
Transactions still need to be approved by Congress
US Justice Department disbands teams investigating corruption, election interference
New Attorney General Pam Bondi sharply reorients DOJ's priorities to focus on drug cartels, transnational crime
Hamas set to release 3 Israeli hostages as ceasefire deal holds
Trump sees US takeover of Gaza as a ‘real estate transaction’
Wreckage of missing Alaska plane found; no survivors
Plane was flying just south of the Arctic Circle when it went missing
Sweden wants to tighten gun laws after mass shooting
Swedish lawmakers want protection from the AR-15, a rifle used in several US mass shootings
Trump, Ishiba declare ‘new golden age’ for US-Japan ties
Japanese prime minister's visit comes amid Trump’s early foreign policy moves that rattled allies
19 states sue to stop DOGE from accessing Americans' personal data
Treasury Department records contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions
Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, cites country's land expropriation law
White House says law amounts to discrimination against country's white minority
The debate over US foreign aid
The Trump administration has shuttered the United States Agency for International Development, known as USAID. Most of the foreign aid that the U.S. distributes flowed from this agency. The U.S. State Department will take over the distribution of aid. Some people think the aid should be cut altogether and others say it should continue. We talk to both sides; Alex Nowrasteh at the CATO Institute and Michael O'Hanlon at the Brookings Institution.
US homeland security leader official set to visit Guantanamo Bay
Kristi Noem says Thursday's flight to US naval base in Cuba 'transported murderers & vicious gang members out of American streets'
Casino mogul asks US Supreme Court to revisit landmark defamation rule
Court established stringent limit on defamation claims by public figures more than 60 years ago in its New York Times v. Sullivan decision