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PORT-AU-PRINCE — El Salvador has rushed about 2,000 soldiers to Haiti in a matter of days, in the first major overseas deployment of President Nayib Bukele’s anti-gang campaign, after four…
NEW YORK — Greece used its turn chairing the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, 29 October 2026, to demand an urgent international truce for commercial shipping, only hours after…
A powerful storm system is about to turn Halloween weekend into a washout for millions of Americans — and it will not stop there. Forecasters warned on Thursday, 29 October…
WASHINGTON — In a rare display of unanimity, the United States Senate passed a sweeping package of tax administration reforms on 30 September 2026, approving the Taxpayer Assistance and Service…
WASHINGTON — With days to go before voters decide who controls the House of Representatives, House Democrats are drafting legislation that would place new limits on presidential power, according to…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on 22 October 2026 aimed at lowering the cost of owning a home, directing federal housing agencies to make mortgage…
WASHINGTON — The White House has redrawn the map of its tariff fight with Canada, effective Friday 30 October 2026, lifting a 50 percent additional duty from a set of…
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has barred Pentagon personnel from using nonpublic government information to place financial bets on military operations, warning in a memorandum dated 20 October 2026…
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced on Thursday 29 October 2026 the first charges in a nationwide investigation it calls Operation Ghostbusters, an effort to dismantle an alleged fraud scheme…
BANGKOK — Thai authorities have moved to seize more than $1 billion in assets allegedly laundered from the proceeds of Southeast Asian online scam syndicates, in one of the largest…