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China took a shot at the United States on Friday, announcing retaliatory tariffs of $60 billion on U.S. imports to the nation.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office Wednesday afternoon, where Trump promoted the idea of a no-tariff agreement on trade between the United States and the European Union.

President Donald Trump heralded the strength of NATO and support from allies on Monday morning ahead of his meeting in Helsinki, Finland, with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin briefly spoke to cameras before beginning a one-on-one meeting Monday that Trump said would include discussion of nuclear arms, China, and hopes of building an “extraordinary relationship.”

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a globally-anticipated one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The United States gained 700,000 new millionaires in 2017 due to increases in stock prices and housing values, according to a report released Wednesday.

TEL AVIV — Recent reports of a deterioration in the health of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas set off fears of a political war of succession that could work to the advantage of Hamas, an Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem.

LONDON (AP) — The leaders of the United States, France and Germany joined Britain on Thursday in blaming Russia for poisoning a former spy with a powerful nerve agent, condemning what they called the first attack with a nerve agent in Europe since World War II.

The “March Miracle” storm system that has lashed California for the last four days, dumping 6 feet of snow in the Sierra Mountains, just ended what appeared to be a new drought.

Jessica Morse, a Democratic rival to Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) in the 2018 midterm elections, is being accused of “taking credit for things that she did not do” on her resume and on the campaign trail.

A report has revealed that CPU manufacturer Intel revealed details of the recent “Meltdown” CPU bug to Chinese firms before warning the U.S. government.

The United States and China are in a battle for global supremacy — one that the U.S. is losing, experts said at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

The rise of economic nationalism has been accompanied by booming economic optimism among CEOs, especially pertaining to America.

North Korea stands at the top of a list of 50 countries where at least 215 million Christians faced the most severe persecution in 2017, resulting in 3,066 deaths and 1,020 rapes mainly targeting women, revealed Open Doors, an organization that monitors ill-treated Christians worldwide.

China is reportedly pushing back against a U.S. move to blacklist cargo ships that violate U.N. sanctions against North Korea.

Breitbart News Executive Chairman and former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon said the United States needs to pressure China to do more to achieve North Korean denuclearization.

Nearly half of millennials in the U.S. would rather live under socialism than under a capitalist democracy, according to a new study.

The head of U.N.’s top human rights agency has reportedly been sending letters to companies that do business in Israeli settlements.

Russian and American commanders reportedly met at an undisclosed location this week to be sure the two sides don’t fire on each other as they battle the Islamic State in eastern Syria.

TEL AVIV – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday thanked allies Iran, Hezbollah and Russia for helping him overcome Western attempts for his ouster and added that he would not be restoring diplomatic ties with countries that support “terrorist” opposition groups in Syria.

TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump is considering a Camp David-style summit in an effort to resolve tensions between U.S. allies in the Arab world. Trump also intends to use the summit to renew his call for the Arab world confront the “crisis of Islamic extremism,” Fox News reported.

Private equity firm Blackstone Group in partnership with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund announced that they would commit $40 billion to invest in infrastructure projects, mainly in the U.S.

BRUSSELS (AP) — European governments are holding urgent talks Friday with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, alarmed at a proposed expansion of the U.S. ban on in-flight laptops and tablets to include planes from the EU.

Noam Chomsky has claimed the Republican Party is “the most dangerous organisation in human history”, arguing it is supported by voters because “white supremacy is very deeply rooted in the United States”.

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel says it’s in Germany’s interest to have good relations with the United States, despite disagreeing with President Donald Trump on important issues.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow Wednesday, despite reports that the Kremlin leader had refused a face-to-face meeting with the top American diplomat, reveal various Russian state media outlets.

TEL AVIV – The families of American victims of Palestinian terrorism are calling on U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to deny entry to senior Palestinian official and former terrorist, Jibril Rajoub.

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel is to appear Thursday before a parliamentary committee looking into alleged U.S. surveillance in Germany and the activities of Germany’s own foreign intelligence service.

An unprecedented number of refugees living in the U.S. are fleeing to Canada after President Donald Trump promised to crack-down on refugee resettlement.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus has reportedly blamed the West, and specifically President Barack Obama, for the unprecedented crisis in Syria and the spread of terrorist groups to other countries in the Middle East.

President Obama claims he could have won a third term if he had been allowed to run, but many Democrats in down ballot races haven’t been as successful during Obama’s presidency.

Iran is adopting Donald Trump’s Art of the Deal strategy by scrambling to sign Western energy deals as bargaining chips before confronting the President-elect, who once called the Iran nuclear deal “one of the worst deals ever made by any country in history.”

The socialist government of Venezuela has been torturing U.S. citizen Joshua Holt in prison, forcing him to violate his Mormon faith and perform “calisthenics” naked in the hallways of the prison, according to Holt’s family.

TEL AVIV – Donald Trump told a Republican rally in Jerusalem on Wednesday that he loves Judaism and will work to make “America and Israel safe again.”

Three Iranian citizens were caught in Italy with fake Israeli passports, Israeli authorities were informed over Yom Kippur.