The White House issued an announcement celebrating Diwali and wishing every “American celebrating Diwali” abiding “serenity, prosperity, and peace.”

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The White House has begun demolishing the East Wing to make way for a new $250 million ballroom, a project funded by President Trump and private donors.

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals approved President Trump’s deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard troops under federal command to secure Portland.

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Donald Trump is considering commuting Diddy's sentence as early as this week, according to a high-ranking White House official.

Sanae Takaichi has become the new Prime Minister of Japan, the first female to ever hold that role.

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Israeli spokesperson Yishai Fleisher tells Tommy Robinson the British "have a special place in hell for turning on the Jewish people."

Robinson offers no resistance and assures Fleisher that the British love Israel and Jews.

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President Trump said he hopes “Hamas will do what is right,” and warned that if not, their demise would be “fast, swift, and brutal.”

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Colombia's President, Gustavo Petro, threatens to "get rid of Trump" if Trump does not change.

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Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance have arrived at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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The contenders for “Miss Germany.”

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Vice President JD Vance said Hamas “has to comply with the deal,” warning that “very bad things are going to happen” if it doesn’t, while adding that “to give it a chance to succeed, we’ve got to be a little bit flexible.”

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Vice President JD Vance said President Trump’s peace plan in the Middle East is going “better than [he] expected” and praised the Israeli government for being “remarkably helpful.”

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President Trump has been awarded the Richard Nixon Foundation’s Architect of Peace Award.

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Images show Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, a self-described socialist, with a tattoo that appears to be a “Totenkopf,” a Nazi-era symbol.

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Dominique Buffin has faced a call to resign over the heist at the Louvre

Vice President JD Vance noted that this is only his second visit to Israel, adding that the country “means a great deal” to him as a Christian.

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Joe Biden completed a round of radiation therapy at Penn Medicine’s Oncology Center in Philadelphia, marking a key milestone in his cancer treatment as he rang the traditional end-of-treatment bell.

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Walmart Inc. has paused offers to candidates requiring H-1B visas, people familiar with the matter said, the latest example of how the Trump administration’s $100,000 visa fees are disrupting workforces.

Europe now has zero companies left in the world’s top 25 by market value, a list now dominated almost entirely by US firms.

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A small contingent of British military planning officers has been sent to Israel to join a task force led by the United States to support stabilisation efforts in Gaza, the UK defence ministry said.

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Atlas, its new AI-powered web browser, debuting first on Mac.

The browser integrates ChatGPT directly into the browsing experience, allowing users to summarize, research, and automate tasks in real-time through an embedded sidebar.…