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Canadian provinces refuse to back down as US tariff talks stay stuck
Trade talks between Canada and the United States remain stalled after Washington threatened tariffs of up to 50%.
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Senate Democrats demand explanation for 17-month pause on new Russia sanctions
Senate Democrats are asking the Trump administration why it has issued no new sanctions in 17 months against networks that help Russia dodge existing sanctions imposed over its war in Ukraine.
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Ukraine Buys Missiles From Turkey as US Stocks Run Low After Iran War
Ukraine bought 70 ATACMS, a US-made long-range missile, from Turkey instead of the US.
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Trump says Iran will be hit hard if nuclear talks fail again
President Trump told Fox News that Iran will face a heavy military strike if nuclear negotiations break down again, keeping that option open even as Iran, the United States and Oman say they are close to a deal reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that carries about a fifth of the world's oil and gas out of the Gulf.
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Senate Pushes Toward Final Vote on Russia Sanctions Bill as Fears Grow It Could Hit EU Allies
Since clearing its 86-12 procedural vote, the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 has been narrowed to cap tariffs at 100 percent on the top five Russian energy buyers. Twelve EU states, including Czechia, still import some Russian energy, and Democrats warn the tariff power Trump would gain never expires.
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The Tariff Wall Draws Fire: Canada Weighs Its 'Full Range,' Allies Call It 'Unjustified'
Washington's new tariff wall has moved the story from complaint to counter-move, with Canada threatening its 'full range' of retaliation and allies from Brussels to Canberra contesting the reasoning itself.
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Trump Turns the Hormuz War Into a Toll Booth: A Third Night of Strikes and a $200B Chokepoint Plan
After a third consecutive night of strikes on Iran, Trump has floated a tolling scheme in the Strait of Hormuz that he says could raise nearly $200 billion a year. The war is becoming a US-run chokepoint that reprices global energy trade and puts every Gulf-dependent ally on notice.
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Trump Says US Will Become 'the Guardian' of Hormuz After Fresh Strikes on Iran
President Trump said the US will 'keep' and 'probably run' the Strait of Hormuz after overnight airstrikes on Iran, turning a weekend exchange of fire into an open contest over the passage that carries a large share of the world's seaborne oil.
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Zelensky's Reshuffle Meets a Washington Void as Kyiv Loses Its Senate Champion
Volodymyr Zelensky's cabinet reshuffle was already reshaping Kyiv's wartime strategy. Then Lindsey Graham, the sanctions bill's chief architect in the Senate, died hours after his last visit to the Ukrainian capital.
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Nancy Mace Eyes Graham's Seat — While Her Party Quietly Blocks the Exit Door
Rep. Nancy Mace is openly interested in Lindsey Graham's vacant Senate seat, while Politico reports top House Republicans are privately working to keep their own members from being appointed. The fight over the Senate's loudest pro-Ukraine seat now runs straight through the House majority math.
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Graham's Seat Gets Filled Twice — and Kyiv Is Watching Both Times
South Carolina's replacement machinery is now in motion: a temporary appointee, a special Republican primary, a November election. The process will decide more than one seat — it doubles as a test of where the Republican line on Ukraine goes next.
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Rep. Ro Khanna Says Armed Israeli Settlers Detained Him in West Bank, Fueling Calls for Congressional Rebuke
A sitting US congressman says he was held for more than an hour by armed Israeli settlers during a West Bank trip — and now it's a live question of what, if anything, Congress does about it.