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President Trump was more than 7,400 miles from Palm Beach, Fla., but he looked right at home.With its giant crystal chandeliers, polished marble, plush carpets and prominently displayed portraits of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi Royal Court had the feel of a Mar-a-Lago East.On Tuesday, the first day of the president’s four-day Middle East swing, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, gave Mr. Trump the royal treatment.Mr. Trump was escorted through Saudi airspace by three F-15 fighter jets flanking each side of Air Force One. The presidential limousine was accompanied to the Royal…

As he called to order a marathon committee session to consider Medicaid cuts and other critical pieces of Republicans’ sweeping domestic policy bill, Representative Brett Guthrie of Kentucky surveyed a packed hearing room on Tuesday afternoon and asked for a respectful debate.“I know we have deep feelings on these issues, and we may not all agree on everything,” said Mr. Guthrie, a Republican who is in his first term as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.It was not to be.Minutes later, a group of protesters in the back of the Capitol Hill hearing room began shouting at lawmakers…

For much of three seasons Tre Ford stood on the Edmonton Elks sidelines listening to fans chant: “We want Tre, we want Tre.” No more chanting.The fourth-year quarterback out of the University of Waterloo, who got to start only when the Elks playoff chances were virtually eliminated the last two seasons, has been handed the reins of the team that has been revamped from ownership to upper management to coaching.And the 26-year-old with a strong arm and impressive scrambling ability is anxious to get going, to prove the fans were right.“Super, super excited,” he said after the Elks second training-camp…

There are fears an Australian man has been killed in eastern Ukraine after he was reported missing.

Jose “Pepe” Mujica, a former leftist rebel who became Uruguay’s president from 2010 to 2015, has died at the age of 89. Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi announced his death in a social media post on Tuesday. Mujica had been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2024. “It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of our comrade Pepe Mujica,” Orsi wrote. “Thank you for everything you gave us and for your deep love for your people.” Mujica became an icon even beyond Uruguay’s borders, as he led his country to pursue environmental reforms, legalise same-sex marriage and loosen restrictions…

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA – Pete Buttigieg pushed back against criticism from President Donald Trump on the job he did as transportation secretary in former President Biden’s administration and declined to say if Biden experienced cognitive decline during his final years in the White House, as he took questions from reporters on Tuesday night.Buttigieg, speaking with reporters after headlining a town hall with veterans in this eastern Iowa city that sparked more speculation that the 2020 Democratic presidential contender is mulling another White House run in 2028, told Fox News that ‘right now I’m not running for anything.”Buttigieg won the 2020…

Two leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel were hit with narco-terrorism charges on Tuesday for their involvement in allegedly trafficking “massive” amounts of drugs into the United States, according to federal officials.Pedro Inzunza Noriega and his son, Pedro Inzunza Coronel, were both named in an unsealed federal indictment on Tuesday and charged with narco-terrorism, material support of terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering as members of the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO), which is a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. Five other BLO leaders were charged with drug trafficking and money laundering.The charges come after the Trump administration designated the Sinaloa Cartel…

Wednesday marks the ‘Day of Giving’ fundraiser put on by the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation with an emphasis this year’s on bringing robotic surgery to the Okanagan. “We are falling behind when it comes to some of the latest technology, ” said Chandel Schmidt, the foundation’s vice-president of philanthropy.“We need to bring this robotic-assisted surgery to KGH.  We have it in Vancouver.  They have it on the island now and it’s time we brought it to Kelowna.”The Da Vinci Robotic Surgery System, nicknamed “Vinni” by the foundation, is one that could be for a variety of surgeries once in operation…

The AFL Players’ Association has criticised the AFL’s handling of Lachie Schultz’s concussion, saying more needs to be done to protect injured players.Schultz was knocked out following a collision in Collingwood’s win over Walyalup (Fremantle) at Optus Stadium last Thursday, with questions raised over why play was not stopped.The AFL initially said the umpires did not see Schultz laying hurt on the turf but were forced to retract that statement when Seven’s Agenda Setters uncovered exclusive audio of the umpires discussing the “injured player in the middle”.AFL general manager Laura Kane said the officials “gave them the wrong information” in…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Mobile banking group Chime has filed for a US initial public offering in an early sign of the optimism returning to financial markets as Donald Trump softens his stance on tariffs.Chime on Tuesday said it planned to list its shares on the Nasdaq in New York, in an offering that will test investors’ appetite for tech listings at a time of heightened uncertainty for global trade. American tech stocks were among the hardest hit by the US president’s sweeping “liberation day” tariff announcements…