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Photos show how Air Force One has changed through the years

Air Force One Rebecca Blackwell/AP Any Air Force plane carrying a US president is called Air Force One. President John F. Kennedy was the first to use a jet designed specifically for a US president. P...

1dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

The Supreme Court is about to weigh in on the Fed's independence in a case that goes beyond Jerome Powell

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; SAUL LOEB/Getty Images; Tom Williams/Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over whether Trump can fire Fed board member Lisa Cook. The ora...

3dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Democrats push FTC to investigate Trump Mobile

Elizabeth Warren and other Democrat lawmakers have written an open letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking for an investigation into alleged "false advertising and deceptive practices" fro...

6dThe VergePoliticsImpact

Germany's AfD receives millions in public funding

The right-wing extremist party Alternative for Germany (AfD) profits significantly from public funding. Is democracy in Germany funding its own downfall?...

4dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Jagan Chapagain: Is the global humanitarian system breaking down?

The IFRC chief on US aid cuts, attacks on aid workers and whether neutrality can survive modern wars....

4dAl JazeeraPoliticsImpact

Student-loan borrowers behind on payments now have more time to figure out a plan — and protect their tax refunds

Some student-loan borrowers are at risk of having their tax refunds seized this year. Allison Robbert/For The Washington Post via Getty Images The Education Department temporarily paused seizure of ta...

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Google cofounder Larry Page reportedly bought multiple Florida properties ahead of proposed California billionaire tax

Google cofounder Larry Page reportedly purchased property in South Florida. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages Google cofounder Larry Page bought property in Florida amid California's proposed billionair...

5dBusiness Insidereconomics

South Korean prosecutors demand death penalty for ex-leader Yoon

South Korean prosecutors called on Tuesday for the death penalty to be handed down to former president Yoon Suk Yeol for his December 2024 declaration of martial law, which plunged the country into ch...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

Citi CFO says a credit card cap would have a 'deleterious' impact on the economy

Citi reported fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Citi's CFO Mark Mason said Trump's proposed credit card cap would have a 'deleterious' impact on the economy. ...

Jan 14Business InsidereconomicsImpact

Syria: No end to conflict between Kurds, central government

The past week's fighting between the Syrian army and Syrian Kurdish paramilitaries shows how difficult the military integration of the two will be to achieve....

Jan 14Deutsche WellePolitics

Why the White House keeps shitposting

Screens at the White House display AI-modified videos of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that were shared on social media by President...

Jan 13The VergePoliticsImpact

End of de-facto Kurdish autonomy as Damascus takes control of Northeast Syria

The Syrian government Sunday announced a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces, taking almost full control of the country and dismantling the Kurdish-led forces that controlled the northeast for...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Former Sudanese PM Hamdok speaks on FRANCE 24

Sudan's army has reportedly received and is considering a new proposal from the United States and Saudi Arabia for a truce with its rival paramilitary. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with former Sudanes...

20hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Trump taps Blair, Rubio for Gaza 'Board of Peace'

US President Donald Trump boasted it is the "Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place." The body will oversee the transitional government in the war-ravaged Palestinia...

5dDeutsche WellePolitics

Iran: Donald Trump says killings have halted after anti-government protests

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s been told "on good authority" that plans for executions in Iran have stopped. Tehran, on its end, has signaled fast trials and executions ahead in it...

Jan 15France 24PoliticsImpact

'We need a stabilised, democratic Syria: Economic recovery without freedom is meaningless'

François Picard is pleased to welcome Kurdish humanitarian activist Arya Jemo amid the rapidly shifting sociopolitical and economic dynamics in Syria. Mr. Jemo shares themes of political betrayal, ter...

19hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Trump's hugely anticipated Davos speech looks set for a delay after Air Force One had to turn around

Trump is traveling to Switzerland on a Boeing C-32A, pictured on Tuesday night, instead of his usual Air Force One. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Air Force One returned to Joint Base Andrews after a &...

1dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

The US is fast-tracking permits for deep-sea mining

A sample of a polymetallic nodule at the Viridian Biometals lab in Pasadena, California. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration took the next step toward unilaterally jumpstarting deep-sea min...

23hThe VergePoliticsImpact

Iran's exiled crown prince asks Europe's help to end regime

The eldest son of the last shah, Reza Pahlavi, has said Iran's regime is on its "last legs" and called on countries to take action in support of demonstrators....

5dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Rescue or Crime? Humanitarian aid workers on trial in Greece

Humanitarian aid workers face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty of facilitating the illegal entry of migrants to Greece. The trial has been dubbed "the largest case of the criminalization of so...

Jan 14Deutsche WellePoliticsImpact
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