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Pro-AI group plans $100mn push in US midterms
WASHINGTON (Realist English). A new pro-artificial intelligence political group backed by allies of U.S. President Donald Trump plans to spend...
Trump dismisses Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump has removed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from her position following growing criticism...
ICE claims authority to force entry into homes without judge’s warrant
MINNEAPOLIS (Realist English). Federal immigration officers are asserting broad new powers to forcibly enter private homes without a judge’s warrant,...
New York’s new mayor sworn in on historic Quran, marking multiple firsts
Zohran Mamdani becomes the city’s first Muslim, South Asian and African-born mayor NEW YORK (Realist English). Zohran Mamdani took his...
Musk says Trump-era cost-cutting unit DOGE was only “somewhat successful,” rules out ever doing it again
AUSTIN (Realist English). Elon Musk said the Trump administration’s cost-cutting task force known as DOGE — the Department of Government...
Trump orders security surge in Washington after Afghan national arrested for shooting two National Guard troops
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump ordered a security reinforcement in the U.S. capital and called for a sweeping review...
Trump plunges into 2026 midterms early as GOP scrambles over economy and slipping polls
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump is moving aggressively to shape next year’s midterm elections, taking an unusually hands-on role...
Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from Congress after rift with Trump
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of the most polarizing figures in US politics, announced on Friday that...
Trump signs bill ending record 43-day government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, reopening...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
Is Iran’s survival not a victory? Tehran under US and Israeli pressure
TEL AVIV (Realist English). For decades, Iran defined victory in expansive terms: exporting revolution, rolling back US influence, and ultimately eliminating...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
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