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Press freedom at lowest level in 25 years amid growing authoritarian pressure

Trump administration’s decision to cut off funding to the US Agency for Global Media

The UAE’s OPEC exit is not about oil; it is the end of Gulf solidarity

Trump administration said so explicitly, linking American military support in the Gulf to oil prices

How US and Iran are playing a crypto cat-and-mouse game over sanctions

Trump administration tries to increase economic pressure on Iran amid negotiations to end their war. “We will

Calls grow to ban Palantir in Australia after manifesto described by UK MP as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’

Trump administrations. ## Code of conduct ‘no concern’ for Palantir Palantir has identified Australia as a lucrative

US military equipment worth billions of dollars destroyed in Iran war

Trump administration would want to be looking like losing equipment [and] personnel,” Ashour told Al Jazeera

Bari Weiss appoints editor viewed as pro-Israel in latest CBS News shakeup

Trump administration. She has overseen several rounds of [layoffs](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/20/bari-weiss-cbs-news-layoffs) at the network

Senate Republicans again block effort to halt Trump’s war in Iran

Trump administration](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration) notified Congress that it was carrying out strikes on Iran

Trump says Tennessee next to redistrict after US Voting Rights Act ruling

Trump administration, but margins are expected to be tight, with only a handful of seats

Spirit Airlines begins ‘wind-down’, cancels all flights over fuel crisis

Trump administration made an extraordinary effort to try and save Spirit, but you can’t breathe

Trump announces 25 percent tariffs on European Union cars, trucks

Trump administration was expected to soon [begin issuing](/economy/2026/4/20/us-launches-tariff-refund-system-as-thousands-of-importers-line-up) the first of an estimated $166 billion

May Day in the age of AI: The new war on workers

Trump administration is “committed to winning the AI race to usher in a new era of human

A United jet struck a light pole and a truck near Newark airport, police say

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Germany says it foresaw Trump’s withdrawal of US troops as row over Iran comments grows – live

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Jeanine Pirro says she has evidence officer was shot at White House press dinner

Trump administration policies, slammed security at the Hilton and apologized to his family for his actions

US confirms three new cases of flesh-eating screwworm in livestock

Trump administration pushed for resignations, leaving fewer specialists to respond to animal disease outbreaks and adding

China blocks US sanctions against five ‘teapot’ refineries

Trump administration imposed sanctions on the other four refineries named by the Chinese ministry, among

Middle East crisis live: tanker hit by ‘projectiles’ in strait of Hormuz after Trump says US will help ‘guide’ stranded ships

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US trade court rules against Trump’s 10 percent global tariffs

Trump administration had argued that a serious balance-of-payments deficit existed in the form

Middle East crisis live: US targets Iranian boats amid tense push for control of strait of Hormuz

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Commerce chief Lutnick to face Epstein grilling in closed-door interview – US politics live

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