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April 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM

Climate Realism: A new CFR initiative

Introducing the Climate Realism Initiative Introducing the Climate Realism Initiative Climate Realism is a new CFR initiative, led by Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate Varun Sivaram, that offers pragmatic tools for U.S. policymakers to confront the threat of climate change, compete in the shifti…

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March 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM

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Follow CFR on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok for the latest videos.Watch the Latest Analysis From CFRWatch the Latest Analysis From CFR Subscribe to the Council on Foreign Relations on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok to catch up on some of the most important foreign policy issues from experts and n…

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February 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM

The War in Ukraine: Three Years Later

CFR explores what to expect for negotiations and the future of the conflict. An Embattled Ukraine, Three Years Later An Embattled Ukraine, Three Years Later The week ahead marks three years since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Securing Ukraine’s Future, a new Council Special Initiat…

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February 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM

The U.S. Is the Leader in Space. Can It Hold That Position?

To keep its edge in outer space, the U.S. must make space a national security priority, argues a CFR Task Force. The U.S. Is the Leader in Space. Can It Hold That Position? The U.S. Is the Leader in Space. Can It Hold That Position? In the increasingly competitive realm of space, the United States’…

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February 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM

Experts React: Bracing for a Trade War

CFR experts explain what’s next for international economics and foreign policy.Bracing for a Trade War Bracing for a Trade War President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico—even if some of those tariffs are now temporarily delayed—has the potential to upend the norms of i…

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February 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM

Tariffs on Top U.S. Trade Partners | USAID Upheaval | Panama’s Retreat From Belt and Road

Daily News Brief February 3, 2025 Top of the AgendaTrump to Speak With Canada, Mexico Leaders as Tariff Reactions Ripple Through Markets U.S. President Donald Trump is due to hold separate calls with the leaders of Canada and Mexico today before blanket tariffs of 25 percent—and a lower 10 percent …

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January 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM

Gap Between U.S., Eurozone Growth | Ebola in Uganda | Rubio Heads to Panama

Daily News Brief January 31, 2025 Top of the AgendaEurozone Stagnated in Fourth Quarter, Contrasting With U.S. Growth U.S. and European authorities reported differing economic performance data yesterday: the U.S. grew at a 2.3 percent pace in the last quarter of 2024, while the Eurozone did not gro…

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January 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM

Al-Sharaa Named Syria’s Interim Leader | Plane Crash in DC | Russia’s Eastern Ukraine Push

Daily News Brief January 30, 2025 Top of the AgendaSyrian Commanders Name Al-Sharaa Interim President Armed factions that ousted Bashar al-Assad from Syria declared former rebel commander Ahmad al-Sharaa the country’s interim president at a closed meeting yesterday, a spokesperson said. He also ann…

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January 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM

Rebel Advance in DRC | Serbian Leader Resigns | Netanyahu Meets U.S. Envoy

Daily News Brief January 29, 2025 Top of the AgendaGlobal Warnings About DRC Conflict Grow as Rebels Take Crucial City Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized the airport in the largest eastern city in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) yesterday. Their sweep into Goma—which was a humanitarian hub—mar…

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January 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM

U.S. AI Sector Studies DeepSeek | China-India Thaw | Dozens of USAID Officials Suspended

Daily News Brief January 28, 2025 Top of the AgendaU.S. Technologists, Officials Pledge Efforts to Compete With China’s DeepSeek U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) firms are examining a new AI model from Chinese start-up DeepSeek after its release triggered a stock selloff. U.S. semiconductor firm N…

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January 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM

Northern Gazans Return | Stocks React to Chinese AI Model | U.S.-Colombia Deportation Rift

Daily News Brief January 27, 2025 Top of the AgendaPalestinians Return to Northern Gaza After Truce Overcomes Strain Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians began returning to northern Gaza today as part of the cease-fire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas. After extra mediation …

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January 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM

ICC Seeks Taliban Warrants on Gender Crimes | Solar Growth in EU | Trump at Davos

Daily News Brief January 24, 2025 Top of the AgendaICC Seeks Arrest of Taliban Officials for ‘Persecuting Afghan Girls and Women’ International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan applied for warrants yesterday to arrest the Taliban’s top leader and top judicial official, warning additional …

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January 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM

Trump’s Russia Tariff Threat | Same-Sex Marriage in Thailand | Iran’s Nuclear Overtures

Daily News Brief January 23, 2025 Top of the AgendaTrump Threatens Tariffs, Sanctions on Russia If War Does Not End ‘Soon’ U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday escalated his warnings against Moscow by threatening “high levels of taxes, tariffs, and sanctions” on Russia and other unspecified “parti…

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January 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM

Israel’s New West Bank Push | U.S. Firms Plan AI Data Center | Azerbaijan Tries Journalists

Daily News Brief January 22, 2025 Top of the AgendaIsrael Announces ‘Extensive’ New Military Operation in West Bank Israel’s military has increased its operations in the West Bank as the cease-fire in Gaza continues to hold, with Prime Minister Benjamin Nentanyahu yesterday announcing an “extensive…

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January 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM

Trump’s Foreign Policy Pledges | Quad Meets in DC | Aid Surges Into Gaza

Daily News Brief January 21, 2025 Top of the AgendaTrump’s Day 1 Actions Reorient Foreign Policy on Immigration, Trade, Climate U.S. President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive actions upon taking office yesterday, promising a return to the “America First” approach of his first term while sho…

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January 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Tracking Foreign Policy Challenges for the Trump Administration

And twelve twelve lesser-known facts about presidential inaugurations. Looking Ahead to the Inauguration Looking Ahead to the Inauguration As the United States prepares for a presidential transition, the incoming Donald Trump administration will face significant foreign policy challenges — from on…

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January 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM

Trump’s Cabinet Hearings | New Sudan Sanctions | Ukraine-UK Security Deal

Daily News Brief January 17, 2025 Editor's Note: There will be no Daily News Brief Monday, January 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Top of the AgendaTrump’s Cabinet Picks Talk Immigration, Tariff Policy in Confirmation Hearings South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is expected to face q…

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January 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM

Israeli Cabinet Weighs Gaza Deal | Biden Warns of ‘Oligarchy’ | India’s Space Program

Daily News Brief January 16, 2025 Top of the AgendaCease-Fire Deal Moves to Israel’s Cabinet for Approval Many Israelis, Palestinians, and global observers celebrated yesterday’s announcement that Israel and Hamas had reached a complex cease-fire and hostage release agreement, even as political hur…

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January 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM

Biden’s Steps on Federal Lands, Cuba | Yoon Detained in Seoul | Blinken Talks Postwar Gaza

Daily News Brief January 15, 2025 Top of the AgendaBiden Takes Executive Steps on Environmental Protection, Cuba Engagement U.S. President Joe Biden moved yesterday to shield California lands from mining and energy development and remove Cuba from a terrorism list as part of a prisoner-release deal…

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January 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM

Talks Circle Gaza Cease-Fire Deal | Report on 2020 U.S. Election Case | Lebanon’s New PM

Daily News Brief January 14, 2025 Top of the AgendaIsrael-Hamas Cease-Fire and Hostage Deal Reaches ‘Final Stages,’ Qatar Says Israel and Hamas are at their closest point in months to reaching a truce and hostage release agreement, Qatar’s foreign ministry said today. Officials from both sides have…

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January 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM

U.S. Sanctions Hit Russian Oil Sector | Global Chip Export Curbs | Ethiopia-Somalia Thaw

Daily News Brief January 13, 2025 Top of the AgendaNew U.S. Sanctions on Russian Oil Ripple Through Global Sector Big buyers of Russian oil such as China and India are looking to source supplies from elsewhere after a sweeping package of U.S. sanctions announced Friday, traders and analysts told R…

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January 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Must-Have Foreign Policy Reads in 2025

Pick up the latest CFR Book from Edward Alden and Laurie Trautman, ”When the World Closed Its Doors.“ Understand Your World Through CFR Books Read the Latest From Our Experts Learn more …

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January 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM

Earth Blows Past 1.5°C of Warming | TikTok at SCOTUS | China-Nigeria Ties

Daily News Brief January 10, 2025 Top of the AgendaEarth Breached 1.5°C Threshold of Warming Last Year, EU Climate Service Says The world’s average temperature over the course of 2024 was 1.6°C above preindustrial levels, the European Union (EU) climate monitoring service said today. The metric—ref…

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January 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM

L.A. Fires | Lebanon’s New President | Jimmy Carter Honored

Daily News Brief January 9, 2025 Top of the AgendaBiden Declares Federal Disaster as Fires Blaze Through L.A. U.S. President Joe Biden canceled his last overseas trip as president today to monitor the response to wildfires raging across greater Los Angeles, which have quickly grown to be the most …

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January 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM

U.S. Genocide Designation for Sudan | Iran Frees Italian Journalist | Meta Ends Fact-Checking

Daily News Brief January 8, 2025 Top of the AgendaWashington Says Sudanese Paramilitaries Have Committed Genocide Actions taken by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allied militias in Sudan’s civil war amount to genocide, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday. The Treasury Dep…

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January 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM

Canada’s Trudeau to Resign | U.S. Aid Licenses for Syria | Biden Ban on Offshore Drilling

Daily News Brief January 7, 2025 Top of the AgendaTrudeau To Step Down After Near Decade Atop Canadian Politics Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he will resign as head of Canada’s Liberal Party and as prime minister yesterday, saying it was “time for a reset” and internal party div…

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January 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Ukraine’s New Push in Kursk | U.S. Election Certification | Italy Weighs SpaceX Buy

Daily News Brief January 6, 2025 Top of the AgendaUkraine Launches New Attack in Russia’s Kursk Ukrainian troops went on the offensive against Russian forces in Kursk, Ukrainian and Russian officials both said yesterday. Ukraine captured around 500 square miles of the Russian region last summer and…

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January 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM

Standoff in Seoul | Biden Blocks Nippon Buy of U.S. Steel | Darién Crossings Drop

Daily News Brief January 3, 2025 Top of the AgendaSouth Korean Presidential Guards Block Investigators From Arresting Yoon Tensions around the fate of President Yoon Suk Yeol following his short-lived declaration of martial law last month escalated to a tense standoff at the presidential residence …

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January 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM

Looking Ahead to the World in 2025

CFR examines what’s in store for foreign policy. The Year Ahead The Year Ahead The new year promises to be pivotal after a transformative 2024. War continued in Ukraine and in the Middle East. Notably, a new transitional government took power in Syria, a country whose fate will significantly influen…

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January 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM

FBI Probes New Orleans Attack | Ukraine Ends Russian Gas Transit | Yoon’s Arrest Warrant

Daily News Brief January 2, 2025 Top of the AgendaFBI Investigates New Orleans Truck Ramming as Act of Terrorism The FBI is looking into the motive and potential accomplices of a truck ramming attack in New Orleans in the early hours of New Year’s Day that killed at least fifteen people and injure…

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December 30, 2024 at 10:15 PM

Former President Jimmy Carter’s Foreign Policy Legacy

Carter leaves a significant foreign policy legacy. Former President Jimmy Carter’s Foreign Policy Legacy Former President Jimmy Carter’s Foreign Policy LegacyFormer U.S. President Jimmy Carter passed away this week at the age of one hundred. A CFR member since 1983, he spoke several times at the Cou…

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December 23, 2024 at 2:05 PM

Slovakia’s Fico Meets With Putin | Honda-Nissan Merger | U.S. Probe Into Chinese Chips

Daily News Brief December 23, 2024 Editor’s Note: There will be no Daily News Brief tomorrow, December 24, through January 1. Top of the AgendaSlovakia’s Fico Holds Surprise Meeting With Putin Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico made an unannounced visit to Russian President Vladimir Putin yester…

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December 20, 2024 at 2:07 PM

U.S. Delegation in Damascus | UAE Role in Sudan’s War | Canada’s Cabinet Shake-up

Daily News Brief December 20, 2024 Top of the AgendaU.S. Diplomats Visit Syrian Capital for First Time in Over Ten Years The U.S. delegation, including the top State Department official for the Middle East and a hostage envoy, is meeting today with representatives of rebel group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sh…

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December 19, 2024 at 2:09 PM

China’s Nuclear Buildup | NATO Post for Ukraine in Germany | El Salvador Relaxes Bitcoin Ambitions

Daily News Brief December 19, 2024 Top of the AgendaChina’s Nuclear Buildup Continues Apace Amid Graft Scandals, Pentagon Says China grew its arsenal of operational nuclear warheads from five hundred to six hundred in roughly the year until mid-2024, the Department of Defense said yesterday. Its an…

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December 18, 2024 at 1:59 PM

Syria’s Transition | AI’s Toll on U.S. Power Demand | China, India Revive Bilateral Talks

Daily News Brief December 18, 2024 Top of the AgendaInternational Envoys Call for Accountability, Aid, and Peace in Syria Amid Transition UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen says that the war in Syria has not fully ended. In a testimony to the UN Security Council yesterday, he flagged the risk…

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December 17, 2024 at 2:05 PM

Russian General Killed in Moscow | Japan’s Renewables Goal | Canadian Finance Minister Quits

Daily News Brief December 17, 2024 Top of the AgendaApparent Ukrainian Attack Kills Russian General in Moscow Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s nuclear, biological, and chemical defense forces, was killed alongside his assistant in an explosion in Moscow this morning. An unnam…

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December 16, 2024 at 1:59 PM

Korea’s Yoon Impeached | UK Joins Pacific Trade Pact | India-Sri Lanka Cooperation

Daily News Brief December 16, 2024 Top of the AgendaTechnocrat Han Duck-soo Becomes South Korea’s Acting President After Impeachment South Korea’s Constitutional Court opened its review today of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s Saturday impeachment over his December 3 martial law declaration. His impeachm…

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December 13, 2024 at 1:55 PM

France’s New Prime Minister | Russia Attacks Energy Facilities | Canada Weighs Export Tax

Daily News Brief December 13, 2024 Top of the AgendaMacron Taps Centrist Bayrou as France’s Fourth Prime Minister This Year French President Emmanuel Macron named centrist and close ally François Bayrou, age seventy-three, as prime minister today in his latest bid to overcome political gridlock. Le…

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December 12, 2024 at 1:59 PM

Blinken’s Mideast Trip | Ethiopia-Somalia Thaw Tensions | Biden’s Sweeping Clemency

Daily News Brief December 12, 2024 Top of the AgendaBlinken Heads to Mideast for Talks on Syria’s Political Transition U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Jordan today and is due to continue on to Turkey in a flurry of diplomacy to encourage an “accountable and representative” new Syr…

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December 11, 2024 at 2:07 PM

U.S. Transfers Loan Funds to Ukraine | Northern Syria Clashes | Dengue Surge in the Americas

Daily News Brief December 11, 2024 Top of the AgendaWashington Uses Profits From Frozen Russian Assets to Transfer $20 Billion For Ukraine The U.S. Treasury Department moved $20 billion yesterday to a World Bank fund for Ukraine’s economic recovery. The funds are part of a long-negotiated effort by…

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December 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Syria’s Rebels Seek Transition | China’s Naval Activity | Quantum Computing Breakthrough

Daily News Brief December 10, 2024 Top of the AgendaSyrian Prime Minister Begins Talks on Transfer of Power The prime minister of the ousted Bashar al-Assad government in Syria began talks yesterday on the transfer of power in the country, he said following a meeting with the leader of a rebel grou…

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December 9, 2024 at 10:00 PM

Assad’s Collapse in Syria Stuns Region and World

Get the analysis and background from CFR experts. Assad’s Collapse in Syria Stuns Region and WorldAssad’s Collapse in Syria Stuns Region and World Three decades after his rise to prominence and almost a quarter century of rule, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is gone and so is the Assad dynasty.…

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December 9, 2024 at 2:07 PM

Syria's Assad Toppled | Treason Probe Against Yoon | Trump-Zelenskyy Meeting

Daily News Brief December 9, 2024 Top of the AgendaSyrians and World Leaders Weigh the Aftermath of Assad’s Lightning Downfall The ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over the weekend stunned Syrians and international observers alike, who saw the government crumble without a fight as rebel …

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December 6, 2024 at 1:58 PM

Syrian Rebels Take Hama | Yoon’s Looming Impeachment Vote | EU, Mercosur Trade Deal

Daily News Brief December 6, 2024 Top of the AgendaSyrian Rebels Capture Second Major City as Offensive Rolls Forward Rebel forces captured Syria’s fourth-largest city of Hama yesterday, advancing their week-old offensive despite efforts by Syria and its ally Russia to head them off. Syria’s army a…

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December 5, 2024 at 2:01 PM

French Government Collapses | Mexico’s Fentanyl Seizures | Salt Typhoon Hack

Daily News Brief December 5, 2024 Top of the AgendaMacron to Address France After Three-Month-Old Government Collapses President Emmanuel Macron is due to address the nation tonight after a day of rushedly vetting replacements for his prime minister. Premier Michel Barnier met with Macron for over …

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December 4, 2024 at 1:57 PM

South Korea’s Turmoil | France’s No-Confidence Vote | Namibia’s First Woman President

Daily News Brief December 4, 2024 Top of the AgendaSouth Korea’s Yoon Faces Impeachment Motion After Short-Lived Martial Law Episode South Korean opposition parties today introduced plans to vote on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment following a fast-moving political crisis that saw Yoon introdu…

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December 3, 2024 at 2:01 PM

NATO Meets on Ukraine, Syria | China’s Export Controls | Colonization War Crimes Ruling

Daily News Brief December 3, 2024 Top of the AgendaNATO Foreign Ministers Weigh Wars in Ukraine, Syria at Brussels Meeting The United States and Germany approved new rounds of military support to Kyiv worth hundreds of millions of dollars before the two-day summit kicked off today. Ukraine’s foreig…

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December 2, 2024 at 1:59 PM

Assad Responds to Rebel Advance in Syria | Mass Protest in Georgia | Biden’s First Africa Trip

Daily News Brief December 2, 2024 Top of the AgendaRussia, Syria Conduct Air Strikes in Syria After Surprise Rebel Advance The Syrian military and its ally Russia struck targets in northwestern Syria overnight in an effort to retaliate for a shock rebel advance that has upended the country’s thirte…

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November 26, 2024 at 1:58 PM

Trump’s Tariff Pledge | Italy-Japan Defense Cooperation | Global Progress on HIV

Daily News Brief November 26, 2024 Editor’s Note: There will be no Daily News Brief tomorrow through Friday, November 27–29, in observance of Thanksgiving. Top of the AgendaTrump Threatens New Tariffs on Canada, China, Mexico President-Elect Donald Trump will move to put tariffs on Canada, China, a…

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November 25, 2024 at 2:01 PM

Israel, Hezbollah Escalate Attacks | COP29 Finance Deal | Trump’s Treasury Pick

Daily News Brief November 25, 2024 Top of the AgendaIsrael, Hezbollah Escalate Attacks Against Backdrop of Cease-Fire Talks The exchange of fire continued today after a weekend in which an Israeli air strike in Beirut killed at least 29 people and Hezbollah launched at least 250 rockets and other p…

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