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President Donald Trump signed into law on April 30 a bipartisan appropriations measure restoring funding to most of the Department of Homeland Security, ending what had become the longest shutdown of a federal department in U.S. history. The partial shutdown, which affected only DHS, began Feb. 14 and surpassed all prior records for duration by…
The British government formally declared an antisemitism emergency on April 30 and announced £25 million (approximately $34 million) in new security funding following a double stabbing and a pattern of arson attacks targeting Jewish sites across London. The government pledged to increase security for Jewish communities after a string of arson attacks and a double…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 30 that the administration's current ceasefire with Iran has frozen the 60-day clock under the War Powers Resolution of 1973, a legal position that Democratic members immediately rejected as unsupported by the statute. Hegseth argued that President Donald Trump's extension of the ceasefire…
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the United States is reviewing a potential reduction of its military forces in Germany, a declaration that blindsided Defense Department officials and arrived with no prior interagency coordination. Trump posted on Truth Social that "The United States is studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany, with…
The Department of Justice unsealed a grand jury indictment on April 30 charging Sinaloa Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other current and former Mexican officials with narcotics importation conspiracy and related weapons offenses, placing Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in a direct confrontation between her domestic political base and her government’s working relationship with Washington…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz publicly accused the Trump administration on April 27 of entering the Iran war without a viable exit strategy and of being outmaneuvered by Tehran at the negotiating table, marking his sharpest departure yet from the political support he extended to Washington when Operation Epic Fury began on Feb. 28. The remarks,…
NATO is actively deliberating whether to end its practice of holding annual leaders' summits, with some member states pushing for a biennial format and at least one diplomat floating the option of canceling the 2028 gathering entirely, according to six sources, including a senior European official and five diplomats from NATO member countries, who spoke…
King Charles III and Queen Camilla completed a state visit to the United States this week, traveling to Washington, New York, and Virginia against the most strained backdrop the bilateral relationship has seen in years. The visit coincided with the United States Semiquincentennial, marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, but the ceremonial…
Iran transmitted a new proposal to the Trump administration offering to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the ongoing conflict in exchange for the lifting of the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports, while deferring nuclear negotiations to a later phase. The proposal was relayed through Pakistani mediators, citing a U.S. official and two…
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, was arraigned in U.S. District Court on charges arising from the April 25 shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, facing one count of attempted assassination of the president, transportation of a firearm and ammunition in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony, and discharge of…