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US Prepares to Close Five Consulates in Diplomatic Restructuring

The State Department plans to shut five smaller diplomatic posts across Africa, Asia and the Western Hemisphere as the administration redirects resources toward countering Chinese influence in strategically important Indo-Pacific capitals.
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Ukraine Tells Senate Republicans Its Drone War Offers a Blueprint for America
Weight-Loss Drug Boom Tests the Limits of Prescription Advertising Rules
Trump Keeps Hegseth at Pentagon While Leaving Door Open for DeSantis
UK Clears Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery Deal, but US Trial Looms
UK Prosecutors Add 38 Charges Against Andrew and Tristan Tate
Taiwan’s President Joins Wartime Command Drill as China Pressure Grows
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Mutual-Defence Pact
Trump Administration Considers Removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in Test of Presidential Power
Federal Reserve Reassesses Rate Outlook After Weak July Jobs Report
United States and Iran Explore Deal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz to Commercial Shipping
Trump Imposes Fifteen Percent Tariff on Polysilicon Imports to Protect U.S. Solar and Semiconductor Supply Chains
Federal Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Four Hundred Million Dollar White House Ballroom Project
Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship and Birth Tourism
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US Prepares to Close Five Consulates in Diplomatic Restructuring
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