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U.S. President Donald Trump holds an umbrella as he disembarks Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland, U.S., August 2, 2026. REUTERS/Daniel Heuer
VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE

Murdoch Paper Calls Out Trump’s ‘Signals of Weakness’

The media mogul’s flagship paper opened its piece with a biting jab about Trump’s habit of prematurely proclaiming peace.

Erkki Forster

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 19, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
BOOMERANG BLUSTER

Trump’s Ultimatum Boomerangs as Enemy Issues New Threat

The president’s attempt to bully Iran into submission didn’t go as planned.

Erkki Forster

A smoke plume rises from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 16, 2026.
FLIGHTS GROUNDED

World’s Busiest Airport Plunged Into Chaos by Drone Strike

The attack caused a major fuel tank fire at the international transportation hub.

Ewan Palmer

Donald Trump
IT BEGINS

Iran Launches Massive Strikes in Response to Trump’s New War

The MAGA president just set a match to one of the most combustible regions on the planet.

Will Neal

President Donald Trump insisted as recently as Wednesday that the administration would send out $2,000 dividend checks to low and middle income Americans, but some Republican lawmakers are not onboard.
GOSSIP GIRL

Trash-Talking Trump Pushed Two Allies Into Vicious Fight

The president has offered to “settle” a feud that he’s now accused of starting with a catty phone call.

Wiktoria Gucia

Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
HOT SEAT

Eric Trump Flinches at Being Cornered on Crypto Grift

The president’s eldest son was pressed on revelations that a UAE-linked firm bought a major stake in the family’s crypto business.

Isabel van Brugen

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SOCOTRA ISLAND, YEMEN - OCTOBER 15: A Soviet tank lies in the sand on October 15, 2025 in Socotra, Yemen. Socotra, the largest island in an eponymous archipelago, lies 150 miles off the Horn of Africa, and even farther from mainland Yemen. Its relative isolation has mitigated the impact of Yemen's long-running and stalemated civil war, rendering it safe enough to attract a small but steady stream of foreign tourists. However, it has not been untouched by regional hostilities. In recent years, the UAE-backed secessionist group Southern Transitional Council wrested control of the island from the Saudi-backed internationally recognized government. The STC ultimately joined the government's Presidential Leadership Council, but the UAE retains considerable military and economic influence in the archipelago. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
FLIGHTS GROUNDED

Hundreds of Tourists Stranded on Paradise Island

Flights ground to a halt on Yemen’s Socotra island after a rupture between Gulf allies left visitors cut off with little cash and no clear way home.

Leigh Kimmins

Donald Trump
TRUMPONOMICS

Trump’s Big Investment Brag Is Off by About $14 Trillion

The president claims he’s brought in $21 trillion worth of investments.

Janna Brancolini

Russia is the first country to formally recognized the Taliban.
‘COURAGEOUS STEP’

Russia First Country to Recognize Afghanistan’s Taliban Rule

Russia has been gradually strengthening its relationship with the Taliban over the years.

Jasmine Venet

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 21: Elon Musk listens as reporters ask U.S. President Donald Trump and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa questions during a press availability in the Oval Office at the White House on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Relations between the two countries have been strained since Trump signed an executive order in February that claimed white South Africans are the victims of government land confiscation and race-based “genocide,” while admitting some of those Afrikaners as refugees to the United States. Trump also halted all foreign aid to South Africa and expelled the country’s Ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
SILICON VALLEY SLEIGHT

Musk Plotted to Wreck His Nemesis’ Big Deal After Snub

President Donald Trump’s “first buddy” tagged along on the Middle East trip, where his rival was striking a lucrative artificial intelligence deal.

Leigh Kimmins

Donald Trump holds a sample of oil that he was gifted as he attends a business forum at Qasr Al Watan in the UAE.
CRUDE COMMENT

Trump Tells Gulf Hosts He’s ‘Not Thrilled’ With Their Gift

Next to a $400 million jet, everything looks cheap.

Ewan Palmer

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