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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said Tuesday that he rejected a “ridiculous” proposal from the Clintons to conduct an unofficial, off-the-record meeting as Congress begins contempt proceedings against the former first couple in its Jeffrey Epstein investigation. · In a post on X, the Kentucky Republican said lawyers for Bill and Hillary Clinton offered an arrangement that would have required him to travel to New…

The contribution would come from the Russian assets frozen in the US · Moscow is ready to contribute to US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ initiative, President Vladimir Putin told the Russian Security Council on Wednesday. He suggested donating $1 billion to the body out of the Russian assets frozen in the US to support the recovery of the Palestinian enclave. · The initiative envisages an…

The globalist world order ‘left American workers behind’, Howard Lutnick has said · RT: Howard Lutnick speaks during an event at the White House in Washington DC, December 19, 2025 © Getty Images / Alex Wong · Globalization is a “failed policy” that has “left America behind,” US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick declared in Davos on Tuesday, accusing the World Economic Forum (WEF) of pushing a globalist agenda that…

Business as usual is ‘impossible’ while the US is attempting to seize Greenland, the European Parliament has said · RT: Ursula von der Leyen meets with Donald Trump at Trump Turnberry golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, July 27, 2025 © Getty Images / Andrew Harnik · The European Parliament has halted approval of the EU’s landmark trade and tariff deal with the US, citing US President Donald Trump’s “continued and…

Countries that long participated in the system knew it was “partially false,” Mark Carney told the Davos forum · RT: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. © Getty Images / Harun Ozalp;  Anadolu · Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has admitted that the “rules-based international order” was always a partially false narrative that countries knowingly upheld for…

Alex Krainer · I was hoping to round up President Trump’s speech in Davos, Switzerland in this report today, but as I write this, Trump is still speaking and it looks like he’s gone off script: he’s not looking at teleprompters but at the audience and he’s clearly ad-libbing which could go on a while. · The prepared remarks - the part Trump appears to have read off the teleprompters - was interesting but not surprising in substance.…

Putin might accept Trump’s invitation to participate in order to avoid offending him and not lose a seat at the table where members provide input on US policy towards settling various conflicts. · Andrew Korybko · Kremlin spokesmen Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the US invited Putin to join the Board of Peace, which refers to the UNSC-endorsed Trump-chaired group for implementing his Gaza peace plan. Interestingly, Gaza isn’t mentioned anywhere…

Plans to sell La Repubblica and La Stampa have sparked concerns about a loss of editorial control, Simona Mangiante has told RT · FILE PHOTO. © Getty Images / franckreporter · Plans for two of Italy’s leading newspapers to be sold to a foreign media group amount to a “transfer of narrative power” and risk putting control of the country’s public debate in outside hands, journalist and former legal…

The US president has called Britain’s deal to lease back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius an act of “total weakness” · US President Donald Trump. ©  Alex Wong/Getty Images · US President Donald Trump has criticized the UK’s decision to hand over control of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, calling it a “great stupidity” and a threat to US national security. · The Chagos Archipelago,…

Threats to seize the autonomous Danish territory have raised fears for the future of sovereignty and international law, Alain Berset has said · RT: Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset. © Getty Images / Thierry Monasse / Contributor · Any US move to annex Greenland would undermine the post-World War II international legal order and challenge the principle of state sovereignty,…