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Trump talks with Putin, spars with South African leader, threatens EU tariff hike in 18th week in office

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President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine, hosted the president of South Africa at the White House and threatened more stringent tariffs against the European Union this week.

During South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Oval Office visit on Wednesday, Trump got into a testy exchange with the South African leader about the treatment of White farmers there. Specifically, Trump aired a video that showed white crosses that Trump said were approximately 1,000 burial sites of White Afrikaner...
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Tensions rise as superpowers scrap for a piece of the Arctic

  • News source: BBC News - World
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As Arctic ice melts, global powers seize new opportunities to extract oil, speed up trade and boost their military presence.
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Massive power outage disrupts Cannes Film Festival

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The outage across southern France temporarily disrupted screenings on the final day of the Cannes Film Festival and left thousands of households without power.
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Ronaldo 'could play' in Club World Cup - Infantino

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"There are discussions" over Cristiano Ronaldo playing at the Club World Cup despite his current club not qualifying, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino.
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Her daughter was taken and sent abroad - 44 years later, they found each other

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Hundreds made damning allegations of fraud, kidnapping and trafficking about an overseas adoption programme.
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Can Donald Trump build the 'Golden Dome' over the US?

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Experts believe that it will take decades and hundreds of billions of dollars to build the 'Golden Dome'.
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McCaul touts money in Trump tax bill to pay Texas back for fighting Biden border policies

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There’s a provision tucked into President Donald Trump’s broadly ranging "big, beautiful bill" that could see Texas get billions of dollars in funds that it spent on the state’s border security under the Biden administration.

The legislation earmarked $12 billion for a grant program allowing states to be reimbursed for costs they incurred trying to stem the flow of illegal immigration during the Democratic administration.

The measure was added to the bill hours before the final vote – but Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, the former chairman of the...
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SCOOP: House Republicans request ban on federally funded 'transgender animal' experiments in 2026 budget

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FIRST ON FOX: A group of House Republicans are requesting Fiscal Year 2026 spending bills to include language prohibiting federal funding for transgender experiments on animals.

Republican Reps. Paul Gosar, Elijah Crane, Abraham J. Hamadeh of Arizona, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Brandon Gill of Texas, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Pete Stauber of Minnesota and Troy E. Nehls of Texas are urging the chairman and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies...
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WATCH: GOP senators rail against staggering $4.7 trillion in untraceable Treasury payments

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Earlier this year, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uncovered $4.7 trillion in untraceable Treasury Department payments.

Prior to the discovery, Treasury Account Symbol (TAS) identification codes were optional for $4.7 trillion in Treasury Department payments, so they were often left blank and were untraceable. The field is now required to increase "insight into where the money is actually going," the Treasury Department and DOGE announced in February.

"Of the 1.5 billion payments that we send out every year, they are...
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Ugandan activist alleges she was raped while in Tanzanian detention

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Tanzanian authorities are not commenting on the allegations, which include sexual assault.
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Rebuked by Trump but praised at home: How Ramaphosa might gain from US showdown

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The calm reaction of South Africa's president to the Oval Office ambush might boost his standing at home.
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Inside Trump's "big, beautiful bill"

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President Donald Trump's sweeping budget package cleared the House this week after a marathon overnight session. The "big beautiful bill" passed in a razor-thin vote, and now advances to the Senate, where it is expected to face even more challenges. Here's what's actually funded by the bill, and how Americans will pay for it.
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Trump returning to West Point for military commencement address

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West Point, N.Y. – President Trump is addressing the 2025 graduating class at West Point on Saturday in his first military commencement address of his second term.

The last time the president gave a speech at the U.S. Military Academy came amid nationwide reckoning following the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. In that address, Mr. Trump focused his speech on thanking the National Guard for "ensuring peace, safety and the constitutional rule of law on our streets." He urged the class to never forget the soldiers who fought to "extinguish the...
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Grading Trump: Where the president stands in the eyes of Americans four months into his second term

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President Donald Trump this week enjoyed one of his biggest legislative victories during his second administration.

"THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL" has PASSED the House of Representatives!" Trump touted in a social media post Thursday.

The president's post came soon after the GOP-controlled House passed Trump's sweeping tax and spending cuts package by a razor-thin margin. The Republican-crafted measure is full of Trump's campaign trail promises and second-term priorities on tax cuts, immigration, defense, energy and the debt limit.

Ahead of the...
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Russia launches major aerial attack on Ukraine capital

  • News source: BBC News - World
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At least 14 people were injured after Moscow fired ballistic missiles and drones at Kyiv.
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