Arab Leaders Scramble to Counter Trump’s Gaza Plans
Leaders of Gulf states met with their Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts to strategize before a broader Arab summit early next month.
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Trump Appears to Back Away From His Gaza Plan
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Trump's Ukraine policy alarming European leaders
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Trump Plans to Use Military Bases to Detain Migrants
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Senate GOP to vote on its plan for Trump's agenda despite Trump backing House plan
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Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders
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Trump's Ukraine envoy calls Zelensky 'embattled and courageous leader'
President Trump's special envoy to Ukraine and Russia called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an "embattled and courageous leader" after meetings in Kyiv on Friday, a notable shift from ...The Hill - 12h -
US envoy praises Zelenskyy after Trump's censure of the Ukrainian leader
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Senate adopts GOP budget plan in "vote-a-rama," despite Trump backing competing House plan
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US Senate passes budget resolution to fund Trump’s deportation plan
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Trump Plans to Use Military Sites Across the Country to Detain Undocumented Immigrants
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NATO holds military drills as leaders express concerns over Trump's shifting foreign policy
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‘Time is running out’: Lawmakers scramble for a deal to stop a shutdown
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Senate stares down an all-nighter to approve a ‘Plan B’ budget Trump spurned
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Trump’s Plan to Kill Social Security Benefit Tax Could Accelerate Its Insolvency
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What are Trump’s USPS plans? He says the Postal Service is a ‘tremendous loser’ that should ‘operate a lot better.’
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Will Republicans in Congress agree on a budget plan?
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Israeli family mourns 'man of peace' as body returned from Gaza
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Body returned from Gaza is not Shiri Bibas, Israeli military says
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BBC pulls Gaza documentary featuring child whose father was Hamas minister
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BBC pulls Gaza film as it carries out checks over Hamas links
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Israel closes main crossing for aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip
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Fate of Bibas Family Renews Fears for Israel-Gaza Cease-Fire
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Chipotle Plans to Hire 20,000 Workers for ‘Burrito Season’
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Vance keeps Senate budget plan alive
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Chinese Embassy Plan in London Sets Off Opposition
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New Scotland-England border landmark plan submitted
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A Ukrainian man is sentenced for planning sabotage on Russia's behalf
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Downing Street rejects plan for legal migration cap
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