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... In another sign of tension between allies, the British government on Tuesday defended its decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after Trump attacked the plan, which his administration previously supported. Trump said that relinquishing the remote Indian Ocean archipelago, home to a strategically important American naval ...
... there. Is there merit to this claim that Denmark, Greenland and NATO allies have not done enough to address those threats? Charles Kupchan: Well, what Trump says he wants to get out of the relationship with Greenland is sensible, right? He's worried about the naval situation. And the Chinese ...
... like putting together boxes of meals at a regional food bank, while, in California, admission to state parks was kept free. That's after the Trump administration removed MLK Day from its list of days when you can enter national parks for free. Instead, it added Flag Day, which is ...
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL): I strongly disagree with him. That is absolutely not what the Constitution says. But, in fact, it is where Republicans are. They have basically given their powers over to the White House. Jameel Jaffer, George Mason University: President Trump has been running the table on ...
... things go from here. And this is what -- I started this conversation by saying, look, where the Republican base is, is pretty consistent with where Trump is, or they like where Donald Trump is going. Where they do draw a line, at least in the polling that we're seeing ...
... going to do it, that might makes right’ — that’s a troublesome development,” he said. “There’s the rule of law that should be followed.” Trump has insisted that capturing Maduro was legal. On Greenland, Trump has argued repeatedly that the U.S. needs control of the resource-rich island ...
... Benjamin Netanyahu’s office was rare criticism of its close ally in Washington. The executive committee’s members include U.S. Secretary of State Rubio, Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, World Bank President Ajay Banga and Trump’s ...
... Pence said he supports the United States ultimately owning Greenland, but not how Trump is trying to accomplish it. He said he had concerns whether Trump had the constitutional authority to impose unilateral tariffs on NATO allies, as well as about a threat of a military invasion. Trump’s current ...
... together with the Mercosur deal, it provides a clear victory for the EU in the wake of the global economic chaos unleashed by the second Trump administration. "We can see very clearly that the value of responsible, mature leadership on the global stage is paying off in terms of the ...
... Their wealth has risen by more than four-fifths since 2020, while nearly half the world’s population lives in poverty, the group said. The Trump administration has led a “pro-billionaire agenda,” the group said, through actions such as slashing taxes for the wealthiest, fostering the growth of AI ...
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