Plus, the Trump administration used taxpayer dollars for pro-Trump ads and billionaire Peter Thiel was behind the secretive purchase of Casa Encantada.

His Europe trip was one part of a bigger plan

The couple described Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev as a "dear friend" who generously funded a three-day party for the Trumps in the Bahamas with no political motive whatsoever.

Throughout Europe there’s a growing push to “de-risk” from the U.S., and gold is one front in that campaign.

An ​earthquake of ‌magnitude 5.3 ​struck ​Tibet on ⁠Wednesday, ​the European-Mediterranean ​Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. ​The ​quake was ‌at ⁠a depth of ​35 ​km (21.75 ⁠miles), EMSC ​said.

His refusal to back down is rooted in Russia’s gangster politics

Parton was prolific in a career spanning six decades during which she penned some 3,000 tunes, including the iconic ballad 'I Will Always Love You,' which became an international smash for Whitney Houston.

The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States.

The US gross national debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time, Treasury data showed on Wednesday, exceeding earlier forecasts as borrowing, interest costs and long-term obligations rose. Total public debt reached $40.05 trillion on Tuesday, above a Congressional Budget Office forecast of $39.4 trillion by end-fiscal 2026.

Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an internal review by the bank’s anti-money laundering team.

The geometric earthwork structures, carved into the ground with embankments and ditches, are in some cases more than 2,500 years old, researchers said.

It may be a harbinger of things to come

Berlin's ​Christopher Street ‌Day Pride ​parade ​was called off ⁠by ​the organizer ​on Saturday after a ​car ​crashed into a ‌crowd ⁠at the city's ​Tiergarten ​park, ⁠leaving several ​people ​injured, ⁠police said on ⁠X.

At least 44,000 were evacuated from southwestern France over the past two days as wildfires continued to sweep through the region and destroyed 12,500 hectares of forest, the local prefect said Friday.…

A merchant ship hijacked in Yemeni waters in the Gulf of ​Aden last week is now being ‌held by Somali pirates, two residents of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region told Reuters on Thursday.

Samsung Electronics on Monday launched its first U.S. co-branded credit card with Barclays, deepening its push into the financial services space in the country and signaling ​plans to broaden its offerings in the future.

President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday finalized rules imposing stricter limits on how long foreign students and journalists may stay in the United States, tightening legal immigration. Student visas would be capped at four years, while journalists would be limited to 240-day stays. Chinese journalists would face 90-day limits.

A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Department of Justice cannot have access to personal information for every person who worked during the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County.

The U.S. ‌military conducted ​strikes ​in the ⁠area ​of ​the Strait of ​Hormuz, ​an Axios ‌reporter ⁠said on X ​on ​Friday, ⁠citing ​a ​U.S. ⁠official.

Several earthquakes shook Venezuela's capital of Caracas on Wednesday afternoon, Reuters witnesses reported.

Incentives would be tied to Tehran’s ‘performance’ including over opening of the Strait of Hormuz and nuclear talks

Head of West Bank village council tells PA news agency that worshipers put out the fire before it could spread beyond the entrance, as settlers fled the scene; no injuries reported

French presidential hopeful Gabriel Attal said it shows "the AI war has already begun"

AI giant Anthropic said in a statement released Friday that it had disabled its most advanced AI models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, after the US government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, citing unspecified national security concerns. 

Officials previously said that the $1.8 billion fund, which was hit with several legal challenges, wouldn’t be moving forward.

Kevin Warsh, the unlucky new chairman, has seen his case for lower interest rates disintegrate

U.S. President Donald ​Trump and ‌his allies have ​discussed pushing ​lawmakers to pass ⁠a ​resolution aimed ​at voiding his first-term impeachments, ​the ​Wall Street Journal reported ‌on ⁠Thursday, citing people familiar ​with ​the ⁠matter.