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The commentators joined Amna Nawaz to discuss Xi Jinping’s state visit and Trump’s ban on some journalists entering the White House.
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An internal Army message seeks information on units that could be available within four months as the military continues planning focused on Cuba.
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Tehran says its plan could reopen the waterway and restart negotiations with Washington before the November midterm elections.
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President Trump and China’s President Xi thanked each other for past hospitality and discussed opportunities to meet again.
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Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook joined the two presidents at a White House dinner focused on a consequential economic relationship.
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A Democratic-led resolution seeking to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers involving Iran failed in the Senate.
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The White House visit paired red-carpet ceremony and personal diplomacy with Trump’s earlier accusations against China.
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A Senate measure addressing war powers involving Iran failed to secure enough support, even with new backing from Republican senators.
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The U.S. is trying to recover unserviceable F-35 components diverted while being shipped from Australia to the United States.
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The fish-centered dinner includes squash soup, sesame-crusted sea bass and a dessert made with White House honey.
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Republican lawmakers are pressing the Pentagon to explain how sensitive F-35 parts were diverted to Hong Kong and ended up in China.
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Four Republicans joined nearly all Senate Democrats, but the chamber defeated a House-passed resolution requiring U.S. troops to leave the Iran conflict.
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Raphael Warnock and Katie Britt asked the Justice Department to help state and local police prevent misuse of automated plate readers.
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A dispute over access for three outlets has focused attention on the rotating group that reports on the president in restricted spaces.
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The president said Iran could face destruction if diplomacy fails but predicted an agreement after the U.S. midterm elections.
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Analysts say model copying and free software could weaken U.S. technology leadership and create new security risks.
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A State Department spokesman discussed Trump’s United Nations address and what it means for America’s role in the world.
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The advisory committee will focus on homeland security and defense under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leadership.
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Trump’s dismissal of AI danger warnings has sharpened a debate over whether federal safeguards could weaken the U.S. position against China.
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The U.N. ambassador said Trump may restrict White House access for reporters he believes are not acting in good faith.
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President Trump’s week combines diplomacy at the United Nations, a White House visit by China’s president and attention to artificial intelligence.
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The agreement keeps Greenland under its current sovereignty while expanding US access, basing and overflight rights without an end date.
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Lawmakers in both parties said Elbridge Colby did not give clear answers about the Iran war or the administration’s defense strategy.
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Forty-six senators want the Pentagon to detail war expenses as Congress considers a billion request for additional funding.
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A symbolic House vote and Vice President Vance’s midterm appeal reveal disagreement among Republicans over the Iran war.
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Nicole Saphier told senators that the MMR vaccine combats measles and that childhood vaccines do not cause autism.
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The measures are tied to the administration’s allegation that white people face discrimination in South Africa.
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The House approved a measure Tuesday directing President Donald Trump to end the war with Iran.
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The former Army secretary returned to public view after a tenure focused in part on lessons from the war in Ukraine.
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President Trump spoke on both nights of a Republican gathering in Dallas before attending a 9/11 memorial service at the Pentagon on Friday.