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In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have swept across Washington, Oregon and California, unloading enormous amounts of rain. As rivers surged, they overtopped or breached multiple levees – those long, often unnoticed barriers holding floodwaters back from homes and towns.

Explosive claims from a YouTuber have reignited fury in Washington after alleging Jeffrey Epstein acted as an FBI informant and was protected for years

Hit by US tariffs and Chinese weaponisation of critical goods, the EU became squeezed by the aggressive trade agenda of the world’s two largest economies. Brussels now ponders new alliances and new markets.

The Political Trends and Challenges that Will Define the Next Decade

Chevron’s continued presence in Venezuela looks like an anomaly amid intensifying US sanctions. In fact, the contradiction is rooted in selective enforcement to maintain leverage over Caracas, as well as decades of oil politics.

Trump's renewed pressure on Venezuela's oil sector is fuelling fears of deeper civilian suffering and renewed regional tensions.

Iconic building, called ‘greatest monstrosity ever constructed’ by Hoover himself, to be closed down

Brussels, My Love? looks back at the key moments of 2025 in the Brussels–Washington relationship.

European leaders including Emmanuel Macron accused Washington of ‘coercion and intimidation’. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 24 December

government and business representatives gathered to discuss the practical challenges of implementing technology.

The proposal pushes Washington and Kyiv closer to a jointly agreed formula to end the war. What we know on day 1,401