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        <title><![CDATA[Nick Wadhams - National Security Reporter]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Ramps Up Pressure on Cuba With Fresh Sanctions Push]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 17:43:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Israel and Lebanon Will Extend Their Ceasefire, Trump Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:25:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Tells BBC That King Charles’s Visit May Improve US-UK Ties]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:16:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Navy Chief Steps Down in Latest Pentagon Wartime Departure]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:32:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Signals to Allies No Immediate Plans for Iran Invasion]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:07:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pentagon, After Court Loss, Will Bar Media Offices From Building]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:44:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Will Fast-Track $16.5 Billion in Weapons to Mideast Allies]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:52:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top Counterterrorism Official Resigns in Protest of Iran War]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:08:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Warns Iran Against Laying Mines in Strait of Hormuz]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:55:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US and Venezuela Will Resume Diplomatic Ties With Maduro Out]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 22:49:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AOC Tests Foreign-Policy Waters at Munich Conference]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:44:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Navy Ships Collide in Caribbean Amid Venezuela Oil Focus]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Judson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:52:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Tells Iran Time Running Out for Deal as Ships Enter Region]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:35:10 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>People walk past the Imamzadeh Saleh mosque at Tajrish Square in Tehran on Jan. 28. Photographer: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Freezes Visa Processing for Dozens of Countries, Fox Reports]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:35:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Urges Iranians to Keep Up Protests Amid Crackdown]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Wadhams]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:46:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Seeks 50% Boost in Annual Defense Budget to $1.5 Trillion]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-07/trump-seeks-50-boost-in-annual-defense-budget-to-1-5-trillion</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:44:40 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>US Marines&apos; F35-B jets arrive in formation to José Aponte de la Torre Airport on Sept. 13, 2025, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. Photographer: Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[BlackRock’s Larry Fink Joins Trump Team Talks to Rebuild Ukraine]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:30:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hegseth Keeps Trump’s Favor for Now Despite Fresh Missteps]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:31:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>US President Donald Trump Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shake hands at Marine Corps Base Quantico.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US to Boost H-1B Vetting Over Speech ‘Censorship’ Concerns]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/us-to-increase-h-1b-vetting-over-speech-censorship-concerns</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 01:53:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[As Trump’s Envoy Heads to Russia, Zelenskiy Turns to Europe]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Today on the Big Take: The state of play in Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations as Trump’s envoy heads to Moscow and Zelenskiy visits France.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-01/what-the-us-russia-talks-could-mean-for-peace-in-ukraine-mins79ga</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 23:29:41 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Emmanuel Macron, France&apos;s president, right, welcomes Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine&apos;s president, to the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. France and other allies of Ukraine have been stepping up their support of Zelenskiy, who is under pressure to agree on a US-led peace deal that initially drew the ire of officials in Kyiv and in Europe.</media:description>
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