US diplomats have requested that the 90-day foreign aid freeze set by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio be waived for Ukrainian programmes. Source: Financial Times Details: According to documents seen by the Financial Times,

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Canada has pledged to spend $1bn on border security, and has recently deployed newly leased Black Hawk patrol helicopters, extra dogs and 60 drones at the border partly in response to Trump’s demands — as well as concerns about weapons and undocumented migrants arriving from the US.

Debt rankers appear to have been more coy in recent years on risks of developed economies than emerging markets

Zuckerberg is reportedly on the hunt for a home in the capital city to get even closer to Trump. Two people familiar with the matter told the Financial Times that Zuckerb

Emails obtained by the Associated Press reveal Doug Burgum as North Dakota governor aided oil and gas executives and leveraged connections to boost his profile.

Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician and key G.O.P. vote, joined Democrats in aggressively questioning Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick for health secretary. He did not say how he would vote.

It’s the first new pharmaceutical approach to treating pain in more than 20 years, offering an alternative to both opioids and over-the-counter medications.

Kash Patel has vowed to drastically reshape the F.B.I., but whether that threat is real or just bombast remains unknown unless and until he is confirmed as the ninth director of the bureau. Some of those promises are already underway, including gutting the bureau’s headquarters and scattering special agents to field offices around the country.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg‘s potential home in Washington DC would add to his already impressive real estate collection, which includes several properties in California and a $270 million estate in Hawaii.

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist is taking a break from the future to examine his past — and mulling where the billionaires now fit in.