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Zohran Mamdani becomes New York City’s first Muslim mayor
NEW YORK (Realist English). Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, making history as the...
Thousands rally across the U.S. in “No Kings” protests against Trump’s rule
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Tens of thousands of Americans took to the streets across the United States on Saturday to protest...
Trump weighs invoking Insurrection Act as National Guard troops deploy to Chicago amid legal battles
CHICAGO (Realist English). Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers gathered Tuesday at an Army Reserve base outside Chicago, as President...
Defense Secretary Hegseth fires Navy chief of staff amid internal power struggle
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday dismissed Jon Harrison, chief of staff to Navy Secretary John...
White House warns shutdown could cost $15bn a week and deepen job losses
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump’s economic advisers have warned that a prolonged government shutdown could inflict serious damage on...
US hours from shutdown as parties trade blame over health care and spending
WASHINGTON (Realist English). With a government shutdown set to begin at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Democrats and Republicans remained deadlocked on...
Trump orders troop deployment to Portland, authorizes use of ‘full force’ against domestic threats
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he has instructed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to deploy troops...
Hegseth rules Wounded Knee Medals of Honor will remain despite massacre legacy
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that 19 soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor for their...
Former FBI Director James Comey indicted by federal grand jury
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of making...
Nancy Pelosi to retire from Congress after nearly 40 years in office
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Nancy Pelosi, the trailblazing California Democrat who became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the...
Japan weighs expanding defense budget to include space and infrastructure projects
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan is considering a significant expansion of what qualifies as defense-related spending, potentially counting space, infrastructure, and...
Putin convenes Security Council over Trump’s call to resume U.S. nuclear testing
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Friday to discuss Washington’s...
Putin appoints Vitaly Korolyov as acting governor of Tver region
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Vitaly Korolyov as acting governor of the Tver region, according to...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
Russia’s elite: from Soviet nomenklatura to state corporations
MOSCOW (Realist English). The specificity of the Russian elite is defined by the nature of its origins: it grew out...
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