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 Joe Biden at a Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony

Biden thanks US troops for defending Israel in last military address

The road to that deal was not easy, Biden said, adding he laid down the elements of that deal in May that were embraced by countries around the world.

 A Southwest Airlines jetliner departs from Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago

Southwest pilot forcibly removed from cockpit for being too drunk

The flight was delayed by almost five hours due to Southwest Airlines searching for a replacement pilot.

By JAMES GENN
16/01/2025

Trump administration will be the most pro-Israel in American history, Rubio says

Marco Rubio, nominated as Secretary of State, pledges strong pro-Israel stance and vows to revoke visas of Hamas supporters during Senate confirmation hearing.

US President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office

State Dept. says working with Trump team on deal was in US national interest

Miller said it's "very much in the interest" of the Trump administration to push to turn this agreement from phase one into an end to the war, which happens in phase two and phase three.

Blinken: Gaza hostage deal on the brink - we await final word from Hamas

Blinken said the State Department assesses that Hamas has recruited almost as many new terrorists as it lost, a recipe for "perpetual war."

Vance: Trump will let IDF 'knock out' Hamas, if hostages not released before Jan. 20

J.D. Vance reveals the incoming administration's plans to address the Gaza hostage crisis and domestic disaster relief, promising decisive action on both fronts.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands they meet in Helsinki

Trump says Putin wants to meet him, meeting being set up

"President Putin wants to meet. He has said that, even publicly, we have to get that war over with. That's a bloody mess," Trump said about the Russia-Ukraine war.

By REUTERS
10/01/2025
  Jeffrey Sachs (R) pictured during his appearance at the Cambridge Union in October 2024

'Dark son of a b****': Trump posts video of economist slamming Netanyahu

Sachs ranted about Netanyahu's obsession to manipulate US foreign policy to "get rid of Hamas and Hezbollah" by removing regimes that support them via military force.

By JAMES GENN
10/01/2025

In vote of 243-140, ICC sanctions bill passes House, heads to Senate

The “Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act,” reintroduced this week by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), received overwhelming Republican support.

Trump implies Hezbollah involved in Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection

"We have to find out about Hezbollah, we have to find out about who exactly was in that whole thing because people who did some bad things were not prosecuted,” Trump said.

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