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The Texas native is top donor to several statewide Democratic candidates and a major player in super PACs helping James Talarico.

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

Jared Kushner represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.

Opinion: If NSA Bahrain is not reconstituted to pre-attack capabilities, it will fundamentally change how the U.S. Navy operates, the author of this op-ed writes.

When the U.S.-Iran war began, more than 1,000 dependents of U.S. Navy personnel in Bahrain were ordered to evacuate. After six months in temporary conditions, they want to know what the plan is.

Sweden's military will participate in ​the surveillance and protection of Finland's territory with Gripen ‌fighter jets and corvette warship, at least until the end of 2026, Finland's defence forces s...

SF chief economist warns of an 'uptick in evictions' as AI companies wreck the city.

The Israeli prime minister made clear that he will not tolerate Turkish military fortification farther south in Syria — “You are respected when you are strong”

Tech industry is perplexed by Trump’s plan to win AI race by taxing data centers.

A day after he ordered ​the United States to scale back military exercises with South Korea and called North Korea "unthreatening and respectful," U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that North...

The Russia-linked ransomware group Cl0p claims to have hacked global corporations Shell and Philips. The two are among nearly 50 companies Cl0p has listed on its website, alongside General Electric an...

The impact of the Iran war on education isn't as visible as the widespread school closures of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the conflict is hitting the poorest children first.

Lebanon’s parliament on Tuesday abolished the death penalty, making it the first country in the Middle East to replace capital punishment with a sentence of life imprisonment with hard labour.