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Career diplomats' union says unprecedented mass withdrawal breaks with longstanding diplomatic norms.

The US president's Truth Social announcement also labeled the Maduro government as a foreign terrorist organization.

Police launch a homicide investigation after MIT fusion scientist is fatally shot in Brookline. Authorities rule out a link to the Brown University attack. Social media rife with speculation over Iran, Israel.

At White House Hanukkah event, president condemns rising antisemitism and shifting congressional support for Israel.

Director of the FBI Kash Patel announced that a major terrorist plot planned for New Year’s Eve celebrations in the largest city on the US West Coast had been foiled. The suspects allegedly planned to plant bombs at multiple locations across the city.

Rubio orders return to serif font Times New Roman for official papers, citing need for formalism.

Outgoing mayor raised flag without consulting city council, drawing swift condemnation from incoming mayor and Jewish community in New Jersey city home to 400 Israeli families.

The White House released its National Security Strategy on Friday, a document that places “America First” at the center of US policy and reshapes global priorities. The strategy warns of a “civilizational erasure” in Europe and urges governments there to “cultivate resistance” to migration.

In recent days, the families traveled to Washington to thank officials in the administration and in Congress who were involved in securing the release of their sons from captivity by Hamas, IDF Capt. Omer Neutra and Staff Sgt. Itay Chen, who were murdered in Gaza.