The US relied on a spurned friend during the Iran war: Canada

The US embassy in the UAE had to improvise to help Americans without passports after its facilities came under fire.
US President Donald Trump and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House on Oct. 7, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Republican Congress faces major pileup before midterms

It’s not clear how Republicans will handle opposition to the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.
John Thune

‘Life by 1,000 Band-Aids’: Trump has no good options to tame inflation

The economic reality that could doom his party in November is not easy to fix, as Joe Biden learned.
President Donald TrumpKylie Cooper/Reuters

Iran deal status remains uncertain

The fate of an Iran peace deal remained uncertain Monday, as both Washington and Tehran offered conflicting signals on progress.
Men walk on the beach in Bandar Abbas, Iran
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Sen. Schiff takes on Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

The California Democrat called the fund “the most brazen act of self-dealing corruption we’ve ever seen.”
Adam Schiff

Republican Congress faces major pileup before midterms

It’s not clear how Republicans will handle opposition to the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.
John Thune

‘Life by 1,000 Band-Aids’: Trump has no good options to tame inflation

The economic reality that could doom his party in November is not easy to fix, as Joe Biden learned.
President Donald TrumpKylie Cooper/Reuters

Iran deal status remains uncertain

The fate of an Iran peace deal remained uncertain Monday, as both Washington and Tehran offered conflicting signals on progress.

No ‘immediate’ tariffs on semiconductors

The US will not impose tariffs on semiconductors in the near future, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Friday.

Trump administration clarifies new green card policy

Most people seeking green cards will have to leave the country to apply for permanent residency, rather than do it from inside the US, the Trump administration said Friday.

Gabbard resigns, adding to Trump’s long to-do list

Any successor to the departing national intelligence director would have to get through an increasingly frustrated Senate Republican Conference.

Senators pitch bipartisan affirmation of US-Taiwan ties amid arms sale pause

The president has described a paused $14 billion weapons package for the self-governing island as a “negotiating chip” with China.

Trump faces further Republican rebellion

The latest displeasure comes over an “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” wth Trump’s standing among GOP legislators is at its lowest point of his second term.

Debatable: Taiwan arms sales

Members of Congress broadly support defensive weapon sales to Taiwan, but there’s friction over how far US support for the self-governing island should go.

Ebola outbreak prompts scrutiny of Trump cuts

Congressional Democrats and health experts say slashing USAID hampered the virus response
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