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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia launched a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities in overnight attacks, officials reported on Thursday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow was “hesitating” about another round of U.S.-brokered talks on stopping the fighting. Washington has proposed further negotiations next week between Russian and Ukrainian delegations either in Miami or Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, which was the location of the last meeting, Zelenskyy said late Wednesday. Ukraine “immediately confirmed” it would attend, he said. “So far, as I understand it, Russia is hesitating,” Zelenskyy told reporters in a messaging…

The federal government is shedding jobs, but private employers are still adding them — even after excluding health care. A viral statistic suggesting otherwise has drawn more than 600,000 views on X, creating a narrative of broad-based labor market collapse. But the data tells a different story. In January, private employers added 172,000 jobs, while government payrolls fell by 42,000. Health care accounted for 82,000 of the private gains. Subtracting health care from total private sector growth: 172,000 minus 82,000 equals 90,000 jobs added outside health care. Over the past 12 months, health care payrolls expanded by about 437,000 jobs…

President Donald Trump’s administration has uncovered immigration fraud in the majority of cases referred to and completed by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fraud investigators thus far. During a congressional hearing this week, USCIS Director Joe Edlow told Congress that fraud investigators at the agency have cracked down on immigration fraud and have uncovered a shocking number of cases where immigrants secured visas or green cards through fraudulent means. “Over the past year, USCIS has implemented rigorous measures to detect, deter, and disrupt fraud at every stage of the immigration process,” Edlow told Congress: Since January 20, 2025,…

Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he disapproves of the Justice Department surveilling lawmakers who come to agency headquarters to review the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files. “I don’t think it’s appropriate for anybody to be tracking that,” Johnson told reporters. “So I will echo that to anybody involved with DOJ, and I’m sure it was an oversight. That’s my guess.” This week, members of Congress have been invited to a DOJ office building to read materials related to the federal case against Epstein that have not been scrubbed for public consumption. “Members should obviously have the right to peruse those at…

Washington has sought to push Chinese competition out of Latin America and assert dominance in the Western Hemisphere Peru could lose its sovereignty to China over Chinese ownership of a major port in the South American country, the US has claimed.The State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs issued the warning after a Peruvian court temporarily restricted state regulator Ositran from supervising the Chancay port, which is owned by China.The administration of US President Donald Trump has been trying to assert dominance over the Western Hemisphere, where China has long built influence through loans and trade.The Bureau said on X…

The cabinet has approved a bill allowing authorities to ban vessels from territorial waters during times of “exceptional pressure” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday authorizing naval blockades to prevent migrant boats from entering the country’s territorial waters. The proposal comes amid a crackdown on illegal migration in the EU country.The bill, which must still pass both houses of parliament, empowers authorities to impose a ban on vessel passage for up to 30 days, or up to six months under certain drafts, during periods of “exceptional pressure” constituting a “serious threat to public order…

Ford announced significant financial losses for 2025 driven by its struggling electric vehicle division, with the automaker projecting continued losses in the segment for at least three more years. The New York Times reports that Ford Motor Company reported substantial financial losses this week, primarily attributed to its electric vehicle operations, as the automaker significantly restructures its EV strategy. The company’s electric vehicle division lost $4.8 billion in 2025 and is projected to lose between $4 billion and $4.5 billion in 2026, with profitability not expected until approximately 2029. The announcement marks a dramatic reversal for Ford, which several years ago…

Wednesday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) said Attorney General Pam Bondi’s behavior at the House Judiciary Committee hearing was “bizarre and unhinged.” Lofgren said, “The attorney general’s behavior today was bizarre and unhinged. For the most part, I think we were asking. I know I was asking you a real question, about whether apparent misconduct, apparent maybe potential crimes were being investigated, and in fact, they aren’t. And instead of talking about that, she goes on, the attack goes off on nonsense. You know, it was weird. She was. It was weird behavior. But in the end, we didn’t…

Two dozen House members could miss a major national security gathering in Munich this weekend, thanks to the Senate’s struggles to strike a deal that would avert a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. With DHS funding past Friday in doubt, Speaker Mike Johnson told members this week they will not be allowed to travel with official funding during the upcoming recess. That includes military flights, which are frequently arranged for congressional delegations overseas. House members could arrange commercial flights, but it’s unclear whether they could seek House reimbursement for them. Among the trips in doubt is the Munich…

The shift to a new global order will have to be fought for, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said The future belongs to the multipolar world, but building it will not come without a struggle, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.During an interview with RT on Thursday, dedicated to Diplomatic Workers’ Day, Zakharova was asked if the current instability on the international stage was connected to the emergence of a polycentric model.“Yes, we are certainly moving towards a polycentric world. But this polycentric world is not chaos,” the spokeswoman replied.The new global order will “feature centers of…