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How Putin Got His Preferred U.S. Envoy: Come Alone, No CIA www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
How Putin Got His Preferred U.S. Envoy: Come Alone, No CIA
The Kremlin fueled the rise of Trump’s friend Steve Witkoff with a prisoner release, sidelining career diplomats.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
How Putin Got His Preferred U.S. Envoy: Come Alone, No CIA www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Joint Statement on the Seventh United States-Qatar Strategic Dialogue: An Enduring Strategic Partnership www.state.gov/releases/off...
Joint Statement on the Seventh United States-Qatar Strategic Dialogue: An Enduring Strategic Partnership - United States Department of State
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the State of Qatar. Begin Text. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Prime Minister and Minister o...
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December 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Joint Statement on the Seventh United States-Qatar Strategic Dialogue: An Enduring Strategic Partnership www.state.gov/releases/off...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press www.state.gov/releases/off...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press - United States Department of State
SECRETARY RUBIO: Are you guys okay if we start early? QUESTION: Sure. QUESTION: Yeah. SECRETARY RUBIO: Nah, let’s just wait five minutes. (Laughter.) All right. Well, thank you, guys, for coming...
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December 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press www.state.gov/releases/off...
Trump ousts more Biden-era ambassadors www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump ousts more Biden-era ambassadors
The envoys are career Foreign Service officers, making the decision to remove them unusual.
www.politico.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Trump ousts more Biden-era ambassadors www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
U.S. Pitches ‘Project Sunrise’ Plan to Turn Gaza Into High-Tech Metropolis www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Exclusive | U.S. Pitches ‘Project Sunrise’ Plan to Turn Gaza Into High-Tech Metropolis
The Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff drafted blueprint could see the U.S. commit to roughly 20% of some reconstruction costs over 10 years.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
U.S. Pitches ‘Project Sunrise’ Plan to Turn Gaza Into High-Tech Metropolis www.wsj.com/world/middle...
US conducts strikes in Syria in response to attack that killed two American soldiers www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/p...
US conducts strikes in Syria in response to attack that killed two American soldiers | CNN Politics
The US struck multiple targets in Syria on Friday that the US military tied to ISIS as retaliation for the recent attack against American troops there that killed two service members, according to two...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
US conducts strikes in Syria in response to attack that killed two American soldiers www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/p...
China’s strategic missile defense exacerbates arms race instability thebulletin.org/2025/12/chin...
China's strategic missile defense exacerbates arms race instability
China’s first publicly acknowledged missile defense system capable of midcourse interception of long-range missiles, the HQ-29, is raising questions about Chinese intentions and threatening to intensi...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
China’s strategic missile defense exacerbates arms race instability thebulletin.org/2025/12/chin...
Amb. Chas Freeman & Trita Parsi: The Middle East You Knew Is Disappearing www.youtube.com/watch?v=R550...
Amb. Chas Freeman & Trita Parsi: The Middle East You Knew Is Disappearing
YouTube video by Dialogue Works
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December 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Amb. Chas Freeman & Trita Parsi: The Middle East You Knew Is Disappearing www.youtube.com/watch?v=R550...
Building a key gateway for China’s high-standard opening-up www.globaltimes.cn/page/202512/...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Building a key gateway for China’s high-standard opening-up www.globaltimes.cn/page/202512/...
Russian citizen in Israel on work permit indicted over suspected espionage tied to Iran www.timesofisrael.com/russian-citi...
Russian citizen in Israel on work permit indicted over suspected espionage tied to Iran
Prosecutors accuse Vitaly Zvyagintsev of sending Iranian agent footage of military vessels and strategic area before he was arrested at airbase earlier this month
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December 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Russian citizen in Israel on work permit indicted over suspected espionage tied to Iran www.timesofisrael.com/russian-citi...
Macron Says Europe Will Have to Reach Out to Putin Over Ukraine www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Macron Says Europe Will Have to Reach Out to Putin Over Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe will have to find a way to directly engage with the Russian leader as the US pushes ahead with peace talks.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Macron Says Europe Will Have to Reach Out to Putin Over Ukraine www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ukraine Strikes Russia-Linked Tanker In The Mediterranean With ‘Bomber Drone’ www.twz.com/news-feature...
Ukraine Strikes Russia-Linked Tanker In The Mediterranean With ‘Bomber Drone’
The Ukrainian drone attack on the tanker, part of the Russian shadow fleet, is the first one of its kind outside of the Black Sea. The Ukrainian drone attack on the Oman-flagged tanker, part of the R...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Ukraine Strikes Russia-Linked Tanker In The Mediterranean With ‘Bomber Drone’ www.twz.com/news-feature...
US-China recoupling in an age of decoupling www.high-capacity.com/p/us-china-r...
US-China recoupling in an age of decoupling
Love will find a way? Powerful forces keep pulling the US and China together even as geopolitics tries to pull them apart.
www.high-capacity.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
US-China recoupling in an age of decoupling www.high-capacity.com/p/us-china-r...
Secretary Rubio’s Call with Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak www.state.gov/releases/off...
Secretary Rubio’s Call with Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak - United States Department of State
The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott: Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow. The Secretary underscored the United St...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Secretary Rubio’s Call with Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak www.state.gov/releases/off...
Fourteenth U.S.-Vietnam Political, Security and Defense Dialogue www.state.gov/releases/off...
Fourteenth U.S.-Vietnam Political, Security and Defense Dialogue - United States Department of State
Senior Bureau Official for Political-Military Affairs Fleet White welcomed Vice Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang in Washington, D.C., December 18, 2025, to discuss security cooperation and regional s...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Fourteenth U.S.-Vietnam Political, Security and Defense Dialogue www.state.gov/releases/off...
China's commerce minister meets with AMD CEO in Beijing www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
China's commerce minister meets with AMD CEO in Beijing
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met with U.S. computer processor manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices' CEO Lisa Su in Beijing on Thursday, according to a statement released by Wang's ministry on ...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
China's commerce minister meets with AMD CEO in Beijing www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Kuwait set to sign multibillion-dollar port deal with China thecradle.co/articles/kuw...
Kuwait set to sign multibillion-dollar port deal with China
The major deal comes as Kuwait pushes economic diversification and a stronger regional role in West Asia
thecradle.co
December 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Kuwait set to sign multibillion-dollar port deal with China thecradle.co/articles/kuw...
China cuts US Treasury holdings to lowest level since 2008 amid debt ceiling fears www.scmp.com/economy/chin...
China cuts US Treasury holdings to lowest level since 2008
The stockpile has now fallen to nearly half its November 2013 peak, financial data shows, as long-term sell-off continues.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
China cuts US Treasury holdings to lowest level since 2008 amid debt ceiling fears www.scmp.com/economy/chin...
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT [on the NDAA 2026] www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
Statement by the President
Today, I have signed into law S. 1071, the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026" (the "Act"). The Act authorizes fiscal year
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December 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT [on the NDAA 2026] www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
EU fails to strike deal on frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine www.politico.eu/article/eu-d...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
EU fails to strike deal on frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine www.politico.eu/article/eu-d...
TikTok Says It Signed Agreements for New US Joint Venture www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
TikTok Says It Signed Agreements to Create New US Joint Venture
TikTok’s long-delayed plan to separate from Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. was put in motion Thursday when the video sharing sensation said it’s being bought by a group of buyers led by Oracle Corp.
www.bloomberg.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
TikTok Says It Signed Agreements for New US Joint Venture www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Donald Trump as Our President Caligula
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December 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Donald Trump as Our President Caligula
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Meeks Introduces Bill to Block Sales of Advanced AI Chips to China democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-releas...
Meeks Introduces Bill to Block Sales of Advanced AI Chips to China
democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov
December 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Meeks Introduces Bill to Block Sales of Advanced AI Chips to China democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-releas...
The D.N.C. Is Scrapping Its Report on What Went Wrong in 2024 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
The D.N.C. Is Scrapping Its Report on What Went Wrong in 2024
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December 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The D.N.C. Is Scrapping Its Report on What Went Wrong in 2024 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
UAE revealed as secret buyer in $2.3 billion Israeli arms deal www.newarab.com/news/uae-rev...
UAE revealed as secret buyer in $2.3 billion Israeli arms deal
The UAE has secretly signed a $2.3 billion deal with Israel’s notorious Elbit Systems arms manufacturer – the second largest weapons deal in Israeli history
www.newarab.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
UAE revealed as secret buyer in $2.3 billion Israeli arms deal www.newarab.com/news/uae-rev...