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President Trump dismissed diplomacy with Tehran in a social media post and told Vice President JD Vance to focus on rooting out fraud in federal programmes. Marcus and Claire on the new assignment, the Iran war as spending leverage, and the December...
The Protect College Sports Act passed the Senate 77 to 22 in September, but it must clear the House before the new Congress is sworn in or the whole process starts over. Marcus and Claire on the final lobbying push, the objections from both parties,...
Republicans have six weeks to confirm about two dozen of President Trump's judicial nominees before Democrats take the Senate, and the sprint is already hitting speed bumps. Marcus and Claire on the Texas phone call, the appeals court switcheroo, and...
Prime Minister Andy Burnham told COP31 the consensus on climate change is gone, pledging a new era of British leadership and naming the world's first climate security envoy. Marcus and Claire on the 764-word speech, the 22,500 air miles, the record...
Eight years since the last farm bill and three years past its deadline, passage in the lame duck suddenly looks likely after the midterms changed who holds the cards. Marcus and Claire on the Klobuchar-Boozman talks, the pesticide fight, and the bill...
Fifty-three countries and organisations, led by the UK, Qatar, and Jordan, have demanded immediate and unimpeded humanitarian access into Gaza, where 150,000 tents sit outside the crossings while storms flood the camps. Marcus and Claire on the joint...
Two days of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi produced the war's biggest prisoner exchange, but no ceasefire and no deal on territory. Marcus and Claire on the Dublin debrief, Europe's promised seat at the next round, and Moscow's non-aggression pact...
Prime Minister Andy Burnham flew from COP31 to Dublin, announcing sanctions on all ten of Russia's major oil producers and predicting EU reset talks will go down to the wire. Marcus and Claire on the Dublin summit, the Zelensky meeting, and the...
An Israeli strike on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis killed six people, including a medical professional, according to Palestinian officials. Marcus and Claire on the strike, Gaza's collapsing health system, and a war the world has stopped...
G7 foreign ministers warned that China's increasingly assertive activities in the waters east of Taiwan threaten regional stability and freedom of navigation. Marcus and Claire on the Paris declaration, the area-denial drills, Beijing's angry reply,...
Indonesia's Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka resigned on 12 November after court rulings found his education documents did not meet election requirements. Marcus and Claire on the 60-day succession clock, the strain on Prabowo's alliance with the...
On Veterans Day, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was caught on camera being admonished by a sentry at Arlington National Cemetery. Marcus and Claire on the footage, the protocol of the Old Guard, and a Pentagon chief already under fire in the lame duck.
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang resigned on 12 November after admitting an affair with a woman suspected by US intelligence of being a Chinese operative. Marcus and Claire on the national-security questions facing the world's most important chip...
Congress has given itself 24 hours to find the next head of the Government Accountability Office, after the vacancy sat open for eleven months. Marcus and Claire on Rand Paul's one-day deadline, the 'sham process' charge from Schumer and Jeffries, and...
Labour MPs in the Reindustrialisation Research Group warn Andy Burnham's ten-year plan may be neither radical nor detailed enough, as the blueprint slips toward January. Marcus and Claire on the energy-price squeeze, the 'last chance' interview, and...
The AP called Mississippi's Senate race for Democrat Scott Colom, eight days after the vote, by 4,669 votes over Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. Marcus and Claire on the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction, the 55-seat Democratic...
Two days of US-Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi produced agreement on the war's biggest prisoner exchange, but no ceasefire. Marcus and Claire on Kushner and Witkoff's trip to Moscow, the Dublin stop to meet Zelensky, and Europe's demand for a seat...
With the leaders' summit over in Antalya, COP31 negotiators face clashing demands on electrification, finance and fossil fuels, with the 1.5C limit already set to be breached. Marcus and Claire on Turkey's 35-percent proposal and the eight days left...
The bipartisan SILVER Act, aimed at spreading America's precious-metals depositories beyond New York City, is gaining cosponsors as supporters try to fold it into the defence bill. Marcus and Claire on the national-security case for more vaults and...
Republicans are racing to confirm about two dozen of President Trump's judicial nominees before Democrats take the Senate in January. Marcus and Claire on the appeals-court switcheroo, the imperilled Oklahoma pick, and Chuck Grassley's all-gas approach.
