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US President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah holiday reception in the East Room of the White House on December 16, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden Administration Lifts Cuba Terrorism Designation Before Trump Steps In

The Biden administration has officially removed Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism.

A police officer dressed The Grinch arrests suspected drug dealers in Lima, Peru, on December 23, 2024. Policia Nacional Del Peru / AFP - Getty Images

Police Officer Dressed As ‘Grinch’ Steals Holiday Cheer In Drug Bust

A Peruvian police officer dressed as the Grinch, Dr. Seuss’ green-furred cranky Christmas character, busted suspected drug traffickers in the South American country’s capital just days before Christmas.

Argentina's President Javier Milei attends the Atreju political meeting organised by the young militants of Italian right wing party Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) on December 14, 2024 in Rome. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP) (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)

Argentina’s Javier Milei Set To Attend Trump’s Inauguration

Argentinian President Javier Milei is planning to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Alina Habba, attorney for Donald Trump, onstage during preparations for the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18.. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump Names Alina Habba As Counselor To President, Announces Additional State Department Picks

President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he has named his personal attorney Alina Habba as counselor to the president.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a press conference at the end of the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Fiuggi, central Italy, on November 26, 2024. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)

Blinken To Testify On ‘Disastrous’ Afghanistan Withdrawal As House Contempt Vote Looms

While facing the threat of a contempt of Congress vote, Secretary of State Antony Blinken finally agreed to testify in front of the 118th Congress’ House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC), answering questions on the chaotic 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, HFAC Chairman Michael McCaul announced on Tuesday.

TOPSHOT - Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburb early on September 28, 2024. The Israeli army said September 28 that it killed the commander of Hezbollah's missile unit in southern Lebanon in an air strike, along with his deputy and several other leaders of the Iran-backed movement. Israeli fighter jets killed "Muhammad Ali Ismail, the commander of Hezbollah's missile unit in southern Lebanon, and his deputy," the military said in a statement on Telegram that added, "other Hezbollah commanders and terrorists were eliminated". (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP) (Photo by FADEL ITANI/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Warns Americans In Lebanon To ‘Depart Now’ As Hezbollah-Israel War Rages On

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut is calling on Americans to leave Lebanon as soon as possible as the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continues to ramp up.