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Houthis in Yemen Won’t Be Defeated by Airstrikes Alone, Experts Say

Houthis in Yemen Won’t Be Defeated by Airstrikes Alone, Experts Say

The bombshell publication of a group chat involving Trump administration officials discussing U.S. battle plans revealed in unusually stark fashion what the Trump administration hopes to achieve with airstrikes this month against the Houthi militia in Yemen. The attacks, some of the chat’s participants said, were meant to deter the Houthis from attacking commercial ships […]

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JD Vance to Lead Controversial Visit to Greenland

JD Vance to Lead Controversial Visit to Greenland

The Trump administration seems like it just doubled down on Greenland. Vice President JD Vance announced on Tuesday that he was headed to the island later this week, taking over a controversial visit that officials in Greenland have made very clear they don’t want at all. Earlier this week, the Trump administration said that Usha

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Trump’s Moves on Greenland Appear to Be Backfiring

Trump’s Moves on Greenland Appear to Be Backfiring

For more than 150 years, U.S. officials have repeatedly wanted, as President Trump puts it, to “get” Greenland. The idea came up in the 1860s, then again before and after the world wars. In a way, the timing couldn’t be better than now, with Greenlanders re-examining their painful colonial history under Denmark and many people

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Kremlin Says Putin Met With Trump’s Envoy, Steve Witkoff

Kremlin Says Putin Met With Trump’s Envoy, Steve Witkoff

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy, in Moscow late Thursday and now expects to talk to President Trump about a possible cease-fire in Ukraine, the Kremlin said. Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, told reporters on Friday that there was “certainly” reason to feel “cautious optimism” about

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U.S. and Ukraine Discuss a 30-Day Cease-Fire: What to Know

U.S. and Ukraine Discuss a 30-Day Cease-Fire: What to Know

Ukraine said it would support a Trump administration proposal for a 30-day cease-fire with Russia after talks in Saudi Arabia, as the United States agreed to immediately lift its pause on intelligence sharing and military assistance to Ukraine. The announcement on Tuesday gave new momentum to efforts to halt the fighting. The United States and

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