WASHINGTON — A statue depicting President Donald Trump and the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein reappeared Thursday on the National Mall amid the government shutdown. The bronze-colored figures — shown holding hands and each with one leg lifted in the air — were first installed last week but removed by U.S. Park

This file photo, released by Reuters, shows US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attending a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York, on Sept. 23. US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have a “pull-aside” meeting in South Korea

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that public pressure will force Republicans back to the negotiating table in search of a bipartisan deal to reopen the government. …

President Vladimir V. Putin lashed out at “European elites” for “whipping up the hysteria” about the “Russian threat.”

Vladimir Putin has vowed to quickly retaliate against Europe’s “escalating militarisation”, while dismissing as “nonsense” western fears that Moscow plans to attack Nato. During a wide-ranging speech in Sochi on Thursday, the Russian president said: “We are closely monitoring the escalating militarisation of Europe … We simply cannot ignore what is happening. We have no