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Two Republican Senate candidates call for a swift end to the Iran war, breaking from Trump as fuel prices surge ahead of the midterms

Trump once branded Mamdani "my little communist," but after their New York meeting, he praised the mayor and their surprisingly warm relationship

French President Macron met with US President ahead of the 81st UNGA to discuss Red Sea shipping security amidst regional chokepoint disruptions, alongside accelerated air defense interceptor deliveries and proposed energy sector truces in Ukraine

US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage in solidarity with CNN, MS NOW and Politico over revoked credentials

US President Donald Trump is set to address the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he is expected to tout his economic record and international peace efforts while defending the military campaign against Iran and navigating friction over an Arctic security deal in Greenland

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in New York on Monday to lead Tehran's diplomatic delegation at the 81st UN General Assembly, marking the highest-level visit by an Iranian official to the United States since the US-Iran war began in February

The US has deported more than 25,000 people to third countries under secretive deals with 35 nations, an investigation found. Read how the deals work

Iran's Revolutionary Guards threaten new targets and weapons if the US attacks, as the war nears seven months and Tehran says the US plans new action

High-level US and Chinese economic officials concluded eight hours of negotiations in New York, agreeing to establish a bilateral "US-China AI dialogue" and incident notification framework ahead of a planned summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping

French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met in France's North American territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, pledging enhanced cooperation on defense, energy, and fishing amid growing diplomatic tensions with the United States

US troop deaths in the Iran war exceed the Pentagon count by at least four, the Washington Post reports. Defense Secretary Hegseth denies the report

Trump has extended the $100,000 H-1B visa fee order by another year, but the plan still faces legal challenges as courts review the higher fee

Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, accusing them of "fake news" and warning that other outlets could face a similar fate

Trump signed the Russia sanctions bill on Friday, targeting Russian energy and defence and allowing tariffs of up to 100 percent on major buyers of its oil

European Union joined UN Secretary-General António Guterres in expressing deep regret over the US State Department's decision to deny entry visas to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his delegation, calling on Washington to uphold its obligations as UN host state

US President Donald Trump announced an "Infinite Life" security agreement with Denmark and Greenland that grants Washington long-term security control and expanded military access across the Arctic territory while barring strategic investments and military deployments by Russia and China

US President Donald Trump signed into law the "Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026," granting Washington new authority to impose tariffs of up to 100% on major importers of Russian crude oil and natural gas while expanding sanctions on Moscow's defense sector, shadow fleet, and Iran

The United States confirmed Thursday it will permit a scaled-down Iranian delegation, led by President Masoud Pezeshkian, to attend the upcoming UN General Assembly in New York under host country obligations, while simultaneously denying entry visas to Palestinian leadership

A Texas Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed during a routine training exercise in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, prompting a localized evacuation as the pilot ejected safely and was transported to a hospital

Newly unsealed documents in The New York Times' copyright lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI feature internal communications where tech executives privately described AI model training on publisher content as an unprecedented theft of labor and an existential threat to news publishers