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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 20: Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump speak to reporters after signing a $8.5 billion rare earth minerals agreement during a bilateral meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on October 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Albanese is visiting the U.S. Capital to meet with President Trump and later visit the Pentagon. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump signs rare earth mineral deal with Australia, confirms AUKUS agreement amid trade war with China

President Donald Trump announced the signing of a rare earth mineral deal with Australia at the start of the week, after China restricted its mineral exports amidst the ongoing trade war with the United States.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 05: U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY) watches proceedings in the House Chamber during the third day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 05, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives is meeting to vote for the next Speaker after House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) failed to earn more than 218 votes on several ballots; the first time in 100 years that the Speaker was not elected on the first ballot. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

George Santos expresses gratitude to Trump for commuting his sentence: ‘I will be forever thankful’

Former New York GOP Representative George Santos thanked President Donald Trump for commuting his seven-year prison sentence, expressing his gratitude for the president’s “kindness, humanity, and his generosity.”

TOPSHOT - Smoke billows following an Israeli strike that targeted a building in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on October 19, 2025. Gaza's civil defence agency said a series of Israeli air strikes on October 19 killed at least 11 people across the territory, as Israel and Hamas traded blame for violating a ceasefire. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas attacks IDF soldiers, Israel responds with airstrikes

The Israeli military carried out numerous strikes in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday after accusing Hamas terrorists of shooting at IDF soldiers. The escalation of violence potentially places the U.S.-led ceasefire deal in jeopardy.

Mahmoud Amin Ya'qub Al-Muhtadi is shown on the left - Department of Justice

FBI arrests alleged Oct. 7 terrorist living in Louisiana on fraudulent visa

The FBI arrested an individual living in Louisiana who allegedly participated in Hamas’ October 7, 2023, massacre of Israelis before traveling to the United States on a fraudulent visa, according to a newly unsealed criminal complaint.

LEESBURG, VIRGINIA - APRIL 24: U.S. President Donald Trump talks on the phone as he waits onboard Marine One to depart the Leesburg Executive Airport after visiting the Trump National Golf Club Washington DC on April 24, 2025 in Leesburg, Virginia. Trump attended a private dinner for 220 people who have purchased the most $TRUMP, a cryptocurrency that he launched three days before taking office in January. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump discloses ‘very productive’ phone call with Putin ahead of Zelensky WH visit

President Donald Trump announced that he had a “lengthy” and “very productive” phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, in which the two world leaders discussed the potential for an end to the war in Ukraine.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 26: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a news conference with Democratic lawmakers about the Biden administrations border politics, outside the U.S. Capitol on January 26, 2023 in Washington, DC. A group of 77 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to President Joe Biden this week criticizing his administrations policies restricting asylum access for migrants crossing the southern border. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Despite securing Gaza ceasefire, AOC labels Trump an ‘obstacle to peace’

Prominent Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez struggled to give President Donald Trump credit for securing a ceasefire in Gaza while labeling him an “obstacle to peace.”