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Dec. 26, 2025, 2:50 PM EST

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Pinar Istek is a Photo Editor at MS NOW.

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Trump eyes outlandish lawsuit against the Fed’s Powell, alleging ‘incompetence’

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Trump wastes little time embracing Putin’s latest dubious claim

Jeremy Lewin at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Trump said he and Netanyahu held ‘very productive’ talks on Gaza

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