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Saturday, August 16, 2025

After meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict, President Trump announced that no agreement was reached, emphasizing that it was only a preliminary conversation to gauge possibilities for peace. read more


"I just sent Sanctuary City letters to 32 mayors around the country and multiple governors saying, you better be abiding by our federal policies and with our federal law enforcement, because if you aren't, we're going to come after you," read more


The Trump administration's decision to pause military aid to Ukraine earlier this year undercut the country's fighting capability and undermined its negotiating position with Russia, according to a newly disclosed assessment from the US European Command. read more


Papers with U.S. State Department markings, found Friday morning in the business center of an Alaskan hotel, revealed previously undisclosed and potentially sensitive details ... read more


Russia's leader had good reason to look delighted by his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. read more


The US military is deploying more than 4,000 Marines and sailors to the waters around Latin America and the Caribbean as part of a ramped-up effort to combat drug cartels, two US defense officials told CNN ... read more


President Donald Trump says data showing crime decreasing in Washington, D.C., is fake and has a novel way to fix it: releasing his own crime statistics. read more


When U.S. President Donald Trump called Norway's finance minister last month to discuss tariffs, he also told him he wanted the Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian business daily Dagens Naeringsliv reported on Thursday. read more


Critics have expressed skepticism at data coming from the Metropolitan Police Department of the U.S. capital. Snopes looked at FBI data. read more


Hurricane Erin has rapidly intensified into a category five hurricane, packing maximum sustained winds of 160mph (260km/h). read more


U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is discussing a refugee admissions cap of around 40,000 for the coming year ... read more


Treating the media as a battlefield, a secretive army intelligence squad scoured Gaza for material to bolster Israeli hasbara " including questionable claims that would justify the killing of Palestinian reporters. read more


On 10 Aug at 2306 hours on a Washington DC street in the NW, Department of Justice trial attorney Sean Charles Dunn allegedly pointed his finger at a CBP agent on duty and began shouting at him: "F*** you! You f***ing fascists! Why are you here? I don't want you in my city!" The defendant than threw his Subway sandwich at the CBP agent which struck him on the chest. The trial attorney attempted to flee on foot but was apprehended. While being processed, Dunn confessed: "I did it. I threw a sandwich." Dunn was charged with violation of 18 U.S.C. 111(a)(1) (Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and employees of the US) and was then fired by USAG Pam Bondi: Brutal Subway Sandwich Attack!. read more


The U.S. is poised to see supply shortages of 30% and 10%, respectively, of power and distribution transformers this year, as surging electricity consumption drives demand for power infrastructure, Wood Mackenzie said on Thursday. read more


A staff mutiny forced the management of a plush British countryside pub to turn away JD Vance, just weeks after the same venue hosted Kamala Harris. read more


DHS Secretary Kristi L. Noem is living for free in a secure military home typically reserved for the USCG's top admiral. The highly unusual arrangement has raised concern within the agency and from some Democrats, who describe it as a waste of military resources. read more


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