German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s warning last month might lack the fateful portents of Sir Edward Grey’s lament on the eve ...

Senate Democrats again blocked Republicans’ stopgap funding bill from advancing in a 50 to 43 vote. The parties remain in a standoff over health care subsidies as the shutdown drags on.

The Pentagon has given the White House the green light to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles after assessing ...

President Donald Trump said his administration has “identified funds” to pay military troops on October 15 as the government shutdown is headed into a third week. Follow for live news updates.

Fighting for control of the strategic hub of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine is intensifying, with the Russian Defense Ministry claiming to have eliminated a group of Ukrainian special forces sent to help ...

The Pentagon said in a statement that it “has identified approximately $8 billion of unobligated research development testing and evaluation funds” from the prior fiscal year that will be used to ...

President Donald Trump will meet with key leaders over the next several days in Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, including a closely watched sit-down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Follow for live ...

The government shutdown is on track to extend into a third week. Congress remains deadlocked on a funding plan, and the Senate isn’t scheduled to hold any votes until Tuesday. Follow for live updates.

The US budget deficit slipped to $1.775 trillion in fiscal year 2025, down $41 billion from the prior fiscal year, the Treasury Department said Thursday. Tariff revenue shot up to $195 billion for the ...

Ukraine said Wednesday it had assassinated a Russian officer responsible for war crimes, targeting him in a car bomb inside Russia.

The US has imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies as it called on Moscow to agree to an immediate ceasefire in its war with Ukraine.

Our coverage of the government shutdown and the Trump administration has ended for the day. Explore more stories here or scroll through the posts below. President Donald Trump said today that while he ...