Russia is "very closely monitoring all the rhetoric" from Washington, a Kremlin spokesperson said, after President Donald Trump threatened to impose new sanctions unless Russia ends its war against Ukraine. "We don't see any new elements here," Dimitry Peskov, the spokesperson, said on Thursday.

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — President Donald Trump’s abrupt freeze of U.S. foreign aid is sending shockwaves through Eastern Europe, leaving pro-democracy groups, independent media, civil society initiatives and local governments scrambling to make ends meet in a region often defined by rivalries between East and West.

Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, faces tough questions from senators on Russia, Syria and Edward Snowden.

As Los Angeles recovers from its devastating wildfires, environmental engineers, urban planners and natural disaster experts are casting forward with visions of what could come next for neighborhoods that have been reduced to ash and rubble.

Key moments in Brittney Griner's time with Phoenix Mercury, which included 10 WNBA all-star selections, detainment in Russia and subsequent release.

Trump refuted reports that he invited Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff to join him to tour the wildfire damage in Los Angeles. Schiff told other news outlets that he declined the invitation from the White House because of Senate Cabinet confirmation votes taking place today.

The Senate narrowly confirmed President Trump's pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, on Friday, giving Trump his third Cabinet confirmation.

The Biden-era programs were a self-service scheduling app that Trump shut down on Monday, and an initiative that let in some migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti. They had allowed more than a million people to enter the country temporarily.

Yesterday, a Department of Homeland Security, Acting Secretary Benjamine Huffman, expanded the group of federal law enforcement officers who can investigate and apprehend the immigrants. It wasn't immediately clear how many officers would be reassigned to immigrant enforcement.

In 2015, Gabbard was part of a congressional trip led by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., to the Turkish-Syrian border to see the impact of the war. As part of that trip, they visited Gaziantep, where civilians from Syria were receiving medical treatment across the border in Turkey.

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