
US says it is open to talks with Cuba if it changes government
Marco Rubio made comments after Trump called Cuba a 'failed state' at the UN, prompting Cuban delegation to walk out.

Marco Rubio made comments after Trump called Cuba a 'failed state' at the UN, prompting Cuban delegation to walk out.

It is the second time the leaders are meeting this year after the Beijing summit in May.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak to reporters Wednesday afternoon as Democrats ramp up their efforts to win control of the House in November, including pushback against President Trump’s agenda. Democrats have leaned heavily on affordability concerns while also condemning the Trump administration’s ongoing war with Iran and raising alarms about rapidly evolving…

Top trade adviser Peter Navarro on Wednesday called on cabinet officials and supporters of President Trump to boycott appearing on Fox News over the network’s decision to voice support for three news outlets the president banned from the White House last week. In a string of social media posts, Navarro, a frequent critic of the…

Top Senate Democrats are pushing for Congress to pass a trio of bills cracking down on AI chip sales to China as President Trump prepares to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) argued Wednesday that the U.S.…

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the U.N. General Assembly a day after President Trump threatened from the same podium to "annihilate" Iran.

The Trump administration has issued a formal invitation for Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the Group of 20 summit to be held in Miami in December. “We’ve invited President Putin to the G20,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters Wednesday at a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. …

Kremlin yet to respond publicly to US invitation that is likely to raise concerns from Ukraine and EU countries The United States has invited Vladimir Putin to take part in the G20 scheduled in Miami in December in what would be the first major summit with the Russian leader present since he launched his invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The invitation, which marks a significant reversal by the Trump administration of Russia’s international isolation, was announced by secretary of state Marco Rubio during a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations conference in New York. Continue reading...


Lawmakers in both parties are expected to introduce legislation to establish a federal film & TV tax incentive as soon as Thursday, according to sources familiar with the plans. The introduction of the legislation has been anticipated since President Donald Trump announced his support for such an incentive as a way to lure productions back […]
Losses for President Donald Trump’s Republican Party in the midterms are expected in large part because of voters’ frustrations with the elevated cost of living.

In 2014, a philosopher saw almost all of this coming and wrote a famous book about ‘superintelligence’. At the UN this week, Trump championed the term. It seems that he and his Silicon Valley friends are having some deeply concerning conversations, writes Holly Baxter

The clash comes days before Trump meets Xi Jinping in New York.

Agreement with Mauritius over Diego Garcia unlikely to be revived unless president changes his mind, insiders believe The Chagos Islands deal is on hold for as long as Donald Trump objects to it, UK officials believe, with no immediate signs it can be adapted to suit the US president. After Trump savaged the three-way plan as “a terrible deal” during a meeting with Andy Burnham at the UN general assembly , the prime minister said he was “confident” the UK would be able to find a solution to revive the idea. Continue reading...
On Sunday, Trump claimed on Truth Social that fuel costs were ‘much higher’ when his predecessor Joe Biden was in office
Planning for the December gathering in Miami comes as security experts warn that escalations between Ukraine and Russia risk deepening the war.
Instead of providing a real solution to end this war, during a speech at the United Nations yesterday, Donald Trump described himself as a “peacemaker,” but at the same time spoke about annihilating the Islamic Republic.

After ten months of talks, the governments of Copenhagen, Washington and Nuuk have signed a deal settling the fate of Greenland. Trump claims it gives him "permanent control" over the Arctic island.

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Masoud Pezeshkian tells general assembly: ‘We are ready for dialogue and diplomacy and negotiations but without the language of force’ Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, turned the tables on Donald Trump, describing America as the true bully and terrorist in the Middle East while also insisting that Iran had always shown a commitment to the negotiating table. In a defiant speech to the UN general assembly in New York, his first since the US and Israel launched an all-out war on Iran, Pezeshkian repeatedly vowed that Tehran would never bend the knee to America. Continue reading...