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The fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk has intensified consideration about potential threats, experts said. British authorities had already made extensive security plans. [...]
In a notice to Congress, the Trump administration said the additional $58 million would go to the U.S. Marshals Service. It also said it supported additional security for lawmakers. [...]
Representative Michael McCaul, an 11-term Texas Republican who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced on Sunday that he would retire from Congress. [...]
The secretary of state is visiting Israel to consult with officials on security issues including the war in Gaza, which is testing relations with the United States. [...]
Last week’s failed assassination attempt of the Palestinian negotiating team in Doha, Qatar, raises critical questions that extend far beyond the attack itself. The crux of the problem lies in [...]
“Israel’s strike on Hamas’s political leadership in Qatar’s capital, aimed at forcing an end to the Gaza war, looks like a rare Israeli tactical mistake.” – David Ignatius, “Doha attack [...]
“We’re No. 1 and they’re No. 2 in the world.” That was President Trump’s blunt assessment of global power politics when it came to the United States and Russia following his inconclusive [...]
Donald Trump has been boasting about his trade deals with Japan and Korea, where in exchange for buying down the taxes on their imports from 25 percent to 15 percent, [...]
If there’s one thing we should all be able to agree on, it’s that no one should be murdered for speaking. In the aftermath of Charlie “Prove Me Wrong” Kirk’s [...]