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Robert Garcia

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  • Oct 9

    Greece rejects summoning US ambassador Guilfoyle over WSJ threat report

    Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis told parliament no threat was ever raised, while Democrats in Washington gave Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle until 22 October to produce financial records.

  • Oct 7

    Russian boxing chief Umar Kremlev says Donald Trump Jr. reimbursed Bahamas party expenses

    Russian businessman Umar Kremlev stated in Istanbul that Donald Trump Jr. reimbursed him for hundreds of thousands of dollars spent hosting post-wedding festivities in the Bahamas.

  • Sep 22

    Republican Senator John Curtis urges subpoena of Donald Trump Jr. over oligarch-funded wedding

    Utah Senator John Curtis called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden over business dealings and foreign payments connected to a Bahamas wedding.

  • May 30

    Ex-AG Pam Bondi Deflects Trump Questions in Closed-Door Epstein Files Testimony, Democrats Say

    Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to answer questions about President Donald Trump during a closed-door congressional interview on Friday, as lawmakers probe the Justice Department's botched release of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

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Brussels promises Ukraine a winter shield

EU leaders pledge winter lifeline to Zelensky in Brussels

European leaders welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels and pledged a winter package for Ukraine covering energy, air defence and financing. Ursula von der Leyen said the EU is working on a 22nd sanctions package and would not lift sanctions until Russia stops the war.

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  • US-Russia diesel deal dispute

    Trump's waiver follows a deal he struck with Putin for Russian diesel deliveries to the US a week earlier, according to NRC.

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The Middle East after Gaza

New US sanctions on 26 targets and further Hormuz and Yemen incidents, but no change in the strike halt or talks.

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