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Senators to File War Powers Resolution if U.S. Strikes Venezuela
A bipartisan group of senators is pledging to introduce legislation to curb President Donald Trump’s ability to use military force against Venezuela if the U.S. military carries out a strike on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

By The Financial District
Dec 16, 20251 min read


Death Toll in Sydney Hanukkah Attack Rises to 16
An attack targeting a Jewish gathering at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday killed at least 16 people, including a 12-year-old.

By The Financial District
Dec 16, 20252 min read


Japan Protests as Chinese Warplanes Lock Their Radar on Its F-15 Jets
Chinese military fighter jets twice locked their radar on Air Self-Defense Force aircraft over international waters southeast of Okinawa Prefecture over the weekend.

By The Financial District
Dec 15, 20251 min read


Miffed by Hegseth’s Controversies, Trump May Fire Pentagon Chief
President Donald Trump is beginning to grow weary of the controversies plaguing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

By The Financial District
Dec 15, 20251 min read


Prosecutor Who Subpoenaed Letitia James Could Be Disqualified: Judge
A federal judge has suggested that she may disqualify a Trump loyalist serving as the top federal prosecutor in the Albany region.

By The Financial District
Dec 15, 20252 min read


Appeals Court Mulls Release of Hundreds of Detained Immigrants
A federal appeals court is reviewing a district judge’s order to release on bond hundreds of immigrants detained in the Chicago area in recent months.

By The Financial District
Dec 15, 20251 min read


Trump Lawyer Alina Habba Quits as Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey
Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, has resigned as the acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey following an appeals court ruling that found she was serving in the position unlawfully.

By The Financial District
Dec 15, 20251 min read


Pope Calls for U.S. to Pursue Dialogue With Venezuela
Pope Leo XVI has called on the United States to pursue dialogue—and, if necessary, economic pressure—rather than threats of military action in its dealings with Venezuela.

By The Financial District
Dec 14, 20251 min read


White House to Withhold SNAP Food Aid From Dem-led States
The Trump administration said that it will move to withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting next week unless those states provide information on aid recipients.

By The Financial District
Dec 12, 20251 min read


Trump: U.S. Has Seized a Venezuela Oil Tanker for Undisclosed Reason
President Donald Trump said that the United States has seized the oil tanker Skipper off the coast of Venezuela as he escalates pressure on the government of President Nicolás Maduro.

By The Financial District
Dec 12, 20252 min read


SC Weighs Another Step to Broaden Power of Trump
Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on a steady march toward increasing the power of the presidency, starting well before Donald Trump’s time in the White House.

By The Financial District
Dec 11, 20251 min read


EU Leader Warns of U.S. Meddling While Putin Flatters Trump Over “Cision”
A top European Union (EU) official has warned the United States against interfering in Europe’s affairs, saying only European citizens can decide which parties should govern them.

By The Financial District
Dec 11, 20251 min read


Japan Mulls Income Tax Hike in 2027 to Cover Defense Spending
Japan's ruling party, led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, is considering raising the country’s income tax in January 2027 to cover part of a substantial increase in defense spending.

By The Financial District
Dec 10, 20251 min read


FBI Nabs Suspect in Pipe Bomb Planting on Eve of Jan. 6 Attack
The FBI said it has arrested a man believed to be responsible for placing pipe bombs near the U.S. Capitol complex nearly five years ago.

By The Financial District
Dec 10, 20251 min read


India Leases Russian Nuke Sub for $2-B
India will pay about $2 billion to lease a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia, finalizing delivery after roughly a decade of negotiations just as Russian President Vladimir Putin visits New Delhi.

By The Financial District
Dec 10, 20251 min read


Putin Taunts Europe: "If You Want War, Let’s Do It Now"
If Europe wants war, Moscow is “ready now,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

By The Financial District
Dec 10, 20251 min read


Milei Absent from Trump’s World Cup Event Over Football Row
Argentine President Javier Milei had planned to go to Washington this week for his friend Donald Trump’s big World Cup event.

By The Financial District
Dec 10, 20251 min read


Ghislaine Maxwell to Seek Release From Prison, Court Filing Says
Ghislaine Maxwell, the close associate and convicted accomplice of the late disgraced financier and accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, intends to file a petition asking a judge to release her from prison.

By The Financial District
Dec 10, 20251 min read


Trump May Oust Noem Over Her Affair With Corey Lewandowski
For Kristi Noem, the price of love may be her job. Donald Trump is reportedly considering firing his Homeland Security secretary over the problematic employment of her alleged lover.

By The Financial District
Dec 10, 20251 min read
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[PART III] THE LAST BORDER IS NOT LAND BUT PRUDENCE
In the final reckoning, the world confronts a paradox: every major power insists it does not want war, yet its doctrines, deployments, and deterrence models push it toward the very brink feared.

By Lito U. Gagni
Dec 9, 20251 min read


Trump Asserts Executive Privilege to Thwart Jan. 6 Lawsuit
President Donald Trump has asserted executive privilege to prevent courtroom adversaries from accessing evidence in a long-running lawsuit that accuses him of stoking violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

By The Financial District
Dec 9, 20251 min read


U.S.–Russia Talks on Ukraine "Productive," Putin Adviser Claims
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in the Kremlin in talks as part of a renewed push by the Trump administration to broker a peace deal to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine.

By The Financial District
Dec 9, 20251 min read
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Putin, NATO, and the Mearsheimer Problem [PART II — THE SCENARIO THAT STRATEGISTS NEVER NAME]
Imagine a single misread signal. A NATO exercise mistaken for mobilization. A Russian missile test framed as a prelude. A cyberattack blamed on the wrong actor.

By Lito U. Gagni
Dec 9, 20251 min read


Nearly Half of Israelis Reject Any Pardon for Netanyahu
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he understands that Netanyahu's pardon request is “deeply unsettling for many people,” and that he “will consider only the good of the state and Israeli society.”

By The Financial District
Dec 8, 20251 min read
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