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“Arrest me, let’s go”: Newsom defies Trump amid immigration raid unrest
LOS ANGELES (Realist English). California Governor Gavin Newsom publicly challenged the Trump administration’s threats of arrest on Sunday, refusing to...
Trump orders National Guard to Los Angeles amid immigration protests
LOS ANGELES (Realist English). President Donald Trump has ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles, escalating a confrontation with...
Trump and Musk alliance collapses in public feud over policy, ego, and influence
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The alliance between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk imploded in spectacular fashion on Thursday, unraveling in...
Healthcare flashpoint: Obama sounds alarm on Republican plan
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Former President Barack Obama has issued a rare public warning about efforts by Congressional Republicans to significantly...
Elon Musk steps down from Trump administration role amid budget policy rift
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Elon Musk has announced the end of his tenure as a special government official under President Donald...
Trump and Rubio move to dismantle National Security Council
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are spearheading a dramatic restructuring of the National...
Pentagon to cut top generals by 20% under Hegseth’s reform directive
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered a 20% reduction in the number of four-star generals...
Ken Griffin slams Trump’s tariff plans as ‘toxic’ for GOP, calls for new leadership
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Billionaire investor Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of the hedge fund Citadel, has sharply criticized President Donald...
Biden slams Trump’s first 100 days: ‘Staggering damage’ to public institutions
WASHINGTON (Realist English). In his first public address since stepping down from office, former president Joe Biden delivered a sharp...
Armenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
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...
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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