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U.S. Continues to Provide Intelligence to Ukraine, Officials Say

Confusion about the U.S. stance has mounted in Kyiv amid restrictions on how the military version of Starlink is used.

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Ukrainian officials have complained about restrictions on their use of an internet network developed by SpaceX.

Social Security COLA for 2027 Will Be 3.6%

The cost of living adjustment, or COLA, for next year will be the largest since 2023. Retirees will see the extra money in their benefit checks starting in January.

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A Social Security Administration office in Jamaica, Queens.

How Top Trump Officials Stoked Fears of a Nuke That Could Fry the Power Grid

For more than a decade, conservative activists held that a single atomic bomb could, without killing Americans directly, lay waste to the country — a claim that built fervor for war with Iran.

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The test detonation in 1962 of a hydrogen bomb lit up the night sky over Honolulu and knocked out some of the city’s electrical systems. Experts linked the unanticipated damage to what they came to call the electromagnetic pulse.

Ukraine’s Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates

A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.

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Firefighters at the site of a strike at an apartment building in Kyiv on Wednesday.

Burnham Pledges to Back Zelensky as Trump’s Ukraine Support Wavers

President Volodymyr Zelensky, who met with Britain’s prime minister, has said Ukraine received no warning of Russian attacks, but President Trump has said Washington is still “sharing intel.”

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham welcoming President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine outside 10 Downing Street, in London, on Wednesday.

Trump Hands Victories to Putin, Who Offers More War in Return

Russia has reaped a diesel deal and an increase in U.S. pressure on Ukraine as President Trump’s political needs align with his longstanding inclinations toward Russia.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow this month.

U.K. and Europe Recoil From Trump’s Diesel Deal With Putin

Shocked by the U.S. agreement with Russia, which Ukraine has called “a gift” to President Putin, officials in Europe have coalesced around a cautious diplomatic message.

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President Trump departing Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Saturday for a campaign rally in Clarksville, Tenn.

Trump Says He Is ‘Looking at’ Firing Kimberly Guilfoyle

President Trump made the remark in response to a question about the U.S. ambassador to Greece, who faces accusations that she asked a G.O.P. donor to pay off her credit card.

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President Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One as he departs from on Oct. 12.

Trump Gives Putin a Hand in Russia’s Economic War With Ukraine

President Trump is moving to buy Russian diesel while also pressuring Ukraine to halt attacks on refineries, a lifeblood of Moscow’s war machine.

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Smoke rising from fires at an oil refinery after what the authorities said was a Ukrainian drone strike in Moscow last month.

Ukraine Shrugs Off Trump Call to Ditch Zelensky for Energy Strikes

President Trump lashed out at President Volodymyr Zelensky for striking Russian oil refineries. Mr. Zelensky said he’ll stop — if Russia does too.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at a World War II memorial ceremony in Kyiv on Tuesday.

Rebuking Ukraine Over Oil Strikes, Trump Says It Should ‘Get a New President’

Hours after President Trump said the United States would buy Russian diesel, the Kremlin said there would be no immediate resumption of discussions to end the war.

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President Trump at a campaign rally in Syracuse, N.Y., on Friday. His announcement that the United States would buy Russian diesel was followed by the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Russian diesel exports.
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