Ukraine Conflict: Stakes and Strategies

Donald Trump's travel ban is back. Its second iteration blocks all travelers from 12 countries and partially restricts those from seven more starting next week.

The GOP's budget bill has made its way to the Senate, but not all Republicans are falling in line to pass it.

In the Gaza Strip, at least 80 people are dead and hundreds more wounded in a series of shooting attacks near aid distribution sites.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said this week that his country would not stop enriching uranium.

This week, after the latest rounds of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia floundered, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is asking for a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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