Category: World News
With Trump’s Backing Uncertain, Europe Scrambles to Shore Up Its Own Defenses
New York Times European leaders will gather Monday to plot a rough path forward on defense. Wavering support from President Trump is likely to drive the debate. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/world/europe/europe-trump-defense-budgets.html
Read MorePanama pledges to end key canal deal with China, work with US after Rubio visit
Fox News Panama’s president vowed Sunday to end a key development deal with China after meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and after complaints from President Donald Trump that the Latin American country had ceded control over its critical shipping canal to Beijing. José Raúl Mulino, Panama’s president, said his nation’s sovereignty over the…
Read MoreTrump Tariffs Threaten to Upend Global Economic Order
New York Times The invoking of national security to unravel trade agreements could scramble the international trading system in China’s favor. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/trump-tariffs-global-economic-order.html
Read MoreDHS to end temporary protection for approximately 350,000 Venezuelans
Washington Post Kristi Noem’s decision to end temporary protective status for a large group of Venezuelans puts them at risk of being forced to return to the autocratic regime they fled. https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/02/02/venezuela-tps-immigration-trump-noem/
Read MoreTrump Favors Blunt Force in Dealing With Foreign Allies and Enemies Alike
New York Times With Canada, Mexico, China, Colombia and the Middle East, President Trump has wasted no time threatening to use American might to force recalcitrant countries to back down and do what he wants. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/trump-tariffs-migrants-power.html
Read MoreUSAID security officials on leave after refusing access to Musk allies
Washington Post Billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk has been denigrating USAID, which is the world’s largest provider of food assistance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/02/usaid-trump-musk/
Read MoreTrump launches a baffling trade war against Canada and Mexico
Washington Post Trump knows the United States has more leverage over its neighbors than they do over his country. But exploiting that position of strength could cause a historic rupture. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/02/trump-tariffs-baffling-trade-war/
Read MoreJailed ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan draws parallels to President Trump in fight for justice
Fox News FIRST ON FOX: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was jailed last month on charges of corruption, is being compared by supporters to President Donald Trump given the way they say authorities in Pakistan have persecuted him. Many have linked his situation to Trump’s and blamed the government for jailing the popular…
Read MoreArab countries reject Trump proposal to move Palestinians from Gaza into Egypt and Jordan
Fox News A group of powerful Arab nations released a statement on Saturday rejecting President Donald Trump’s proposal that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip be relocated to Egypt and Jordan. The foreign ministers of Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, as well as the Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the…
Read MoreLive briefing: Netanyahu heads to Washington for Trump’s first meeting with foreign leader
Washington Post The Israeli prime minister’s trip comes as negotiations for a second phase of a Gaza ceasefire are set to begin. Syria’s new president visits Saudi Arabia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/02/israel-war-gaza-ceasefire-hostages-news-hamas/
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