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The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other policies.

Canada’s energy minister is angry. Speaking to me while in Houston for CERAWeek, Jonathan Wilkinson described the phases of Canada’s reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and repeated taunting: shock, then hurt, and now anger. “We are resolute in

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The 118th Congress, which is currently controlled by Republicans in both the House and Senate, is “enthusiastically” giving away its constitutional powers to President Donald Trump, argues a new article in The New York Times. Reporters Carl Hulse and Catie

Outdoor enthusiast Sam Jones left Australia after posting a video of herself separating a baby wombat from its mom on a dark road. Australians are cheering her departure and worrying about the animal. (Image credit: Julian Stratenschulte)

The former Philippine president, accused of crimes against humanity over his deadly “war on drugs,” spoke via video link in his initial appearance at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. (Image credit: PETER DEJONG/POOL)

In the Americas alone more than one billion people in 35 countries could bear witness to the total lunar eclipse that played out overhead from late night Thursday to the early hours of Friday. Tens of millions more in New

By now, most people have reached a resigned acceptance when it comes to COVID-19. We accept that we’re probably going to get infected at some point during respiratory disease season—and that when we do, we’ll feel sick for a couple

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), who voted against the continuing resolution to prevent a government shutdown, declared that Senate Democrats should put up a fight and not give in so easily to passing the bill. Sen. Chuck Schumer (R-NY) was roundly

Friday’s appearance is expected to double as a victory lap after Trump emerged legally and politically unscathed from two federal prosecutions that were dismissed after his election win last fall.