U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the bombing of a speedboat with 11 passengers that was suspected of delivering drugs from Venezuela to the U.S., and said the strike should be seen as a warning for future drug smugglers that they will be met with lethal force by federal forces.
U.S. President Donald Trump gave an interview earlier this month where he repeated his previous claim that no president in history has done more for Israel, while warning that the influence of the pro-Israel lobby is waning in Washington, D.C.
Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, announced last week that the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” will provide Ukraine with additional long-range missiles in response to new Russian strikes across the country, all while peace talks between Moscow and Washington have stalled.
Ray Dalio, the hedge fund billionaire, said in an interview with the Financial Times last week that the U.S. under President Donald Trump, and considering the wealth gap in the country, is “analogous to what happened around the world in the 1930-40 period.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a security cabinet meeting last week that U.S. President Donald Trump encouraged him to go all out in Gaza and to avoid seeking “partial deals” with Hamas to receive some of the remaining 50 hostages—20 of whom are believed to be alive—still inside the enclave.
The U.S. military has been building up its forces off the coast of Venezuela under the auspices of fighting drug cartels in the region and appears to be preparing for a military confrontation with the South American country.
U.S. President Donald Trump last week said Ukraine and Russia have up to “two weeks” to make significant steps towards a peace deal before he decides on his administration’s next moves vis-à-vis the war.
The U.S. announced last week that it planned to make an $8.9 billion investment—about a 10 percent stake—in Intel, the Santa Clara, Calif., based tech company to spark the domestic production of semiconductors as global competition heats up.
A recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump risks putting more homeless people on the streets and could disproportionately impact veterans in the U.S.
The Democratic Party in the U.S. keeps losing voter support.