Why is the US sliding toward authoritarianism?
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After a brief easing of tensions, relations between the United States and Iran remain strained, with the prospect of potential U.S. strikes weighing heavily, as the Pentagon announced on January 15 th...
The US military conducted its first strike on a vessel suspected of drug-trafficking in the eastern Pacific since late last year, killing two people and prompting a US Coast Guard search for a third s...
Many US states issued a state of emergency as residents prepare for an ice storm. The cold front is expected to hit Texas and travel all the way to the northeastern cities of New York and Boston....
The Justice Department will drop its case against Nathaniel Chastain, a former OpenSea manager who successfully appealed a wire fraud and money laundering conviction....
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Abundant but largely untapped rare earth deposits could offer leverage as diplomatic ties improve...
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A delegation of mostly Democratic Senators is in the Danish capital to push back on Trump's threats to seize the Arctic island. Meanwhile, European soldiers have started arriving in Greenland. DW has ...
The U.S. seized another tanker in the Caribbean Thursday morning....
Danish and Greenlandic officials said they still have a “fundamental disagreement” with President Donald Trump over Greenland after meeting in Washington with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of ...
S&P 500 on course for worst day since mid-December as tech shares also hit...
DHS said the shot person was armed and the officer "fired defensive shots." Minnesota Governor Tim Walz stressed the state, rather than federal authorities, must handle the probe into the shooting....
A "framework" agreement between the US and NATO has defused the dispute over Greenland. There is cautious relief among residents, but also fear of becoming a geopolitical pawn once again....
Nearly all stablecoins track the U.S. dollar. Experiments with baskets and commodities show how hard that grip is to loosen....
The United Nations announced it will assume control of the Al-Hol camp in north-eastern Syria, which houses thousands of people suspected of having links to the Islamic State group, after Kurdish-led ...
Freezing rain and snow fall in Texas, with the storm expected to move to the northeast this weekend. More than 210 million people were under cold weather advisories or warnings....
Chinese-owned video platform TikTok has sealed a deal to create a joint venture with American investors. The move allows the popular social app to dodge the threat of being banned in the US....
EU wants to revive trade ties with the US, but warned the bloc will stand up for its interests. It also announced after an emergency summit that it will double its investment in Greenland....
Ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith said there was "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that Donald Trump "engaged in criminal activity" to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump has called the inquiry poli...