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Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, left, works with Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister, at 10 Downing Street in London, UK, on Sunday, June 14, 2026. Andy Rain | Bloomberg | Getty Images World leaders welcomed the U.S.-Iran agreement to end the Middle East war, with some European nations reportedly signaling they were prepared to lift…
US President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2026. Kent Nishimura | AFP | Getty Images An anticipated deal to stop the war with Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz hangs in the balance as Israel and Tehran-backed Hezbollah…
A tarp covers the newly removed name of US President Donald Trump from the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, June 13, 2026. A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administrations last-minute bid to keep the presidents name on the Kennedy Center as a Friday removal deadline neared. Bloomberg | Bloomberg…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a proclamation signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Jim Lo Scalzo | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Saturday said that an agreement to end the war with Iran will be signed on Sunday, followed…
The U.S. and Iran are “closer to a peace deal than ever before,” Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday. “With finalisation likely expected in the next 24 hours, Pakistan is preparing for the electronic signing of the peace deal immediately after, followed by technical level talks next week,” Sharif said in a post…
Workers erect scaffolding at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, June 12, 2026. Andrew Leyden | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s name must come off the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington by Friday night, as a federal appeals court rejected a last-minute bid to block a lower-court judge’s…
President Donald Trump on Friday insisted that the terms of a war-ending deal that have been circulating in Iranian state media “have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing.” Iran’s Mehr News Agency had reported that a draft deal includes a commitment from the U.S. to lift oil sanctions and…
Markets head into the first Fed meeting run by new Chair Kevin Warsh with almost no idea what he thinks about the recent surge in job growth, the acceleration in inflation or the path of interest rates. And that may be by design. Warsh has strongly criticized Fed communications, saying they have led to policy…
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announces charges in connection with an international car theft ring during a press conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 22, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters A federal judge in Washington on Thursday denied a prosecutor’s request to erase the record of the…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk holds a mobile phone as he arrives to attend a state banquet with U.S. President DonaldΒ Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 14, 2026. Evan Vucci | Reuters Iran will treat all of Elon Musk’s companies in the Middle East, including…