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Gold prices have rallied over 17% so far this year as investors hedge exposure to Washington.

A daylong hearing on Tuesday should make clear what played the biggest role in causing last January’s midair collision near Washington D.C. that killed 67 people

The Federal Aviation Administration says a private aircraft with eight people on board has crashed on takeoff from Bangor International Airport in Maine

A total of 67 people died in a crash between an airliner and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., on January 29

A collision between a Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet killed 67 people in January 2025

Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodriguez said her government would take up long-standing disputes with Washington “face to face” through what she termed Bolivarian diplomacy, according to Xinhua news agency. She said Venezuela had never imagined that a South American capital would be subjected to a military attack by a foreign…

In the search for stability, some western nations are turning to a country that many in Washington see as an existential threat

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed the Secretary of the Defence Department, Greg Moriarty, to be Australia’s new ambassador to Washington, succeeding Kevin Rudd, who leaves the position in March.

Analysts and former officials warn that U.S. policy toward Venezuela may be shifting toward an arrangement that prioritizes stability over democratic transition, potentially leaving the country under an authoritarian system without Nicolás Maduro.