18 h. ago Military parade to celebrate U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary will be held on Trump’s birthday

WASHINGTON — The Army on Friday confirmed there will be a military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June, as part of the celebration around the service’s 250th birthday. Plans for the parade, as first detailed by The Associated Press on Thursday, call for about 6,600 soldiers to march from Arlington, Virginia, to the […]

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39 h. ago Plans for possible military parade on Trump’s birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, 50 helicopters

While the documents do not include any price estimates, it would likely cost tens of millions of dollars to put on a parade of that size

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42 h. ago Army plans for potential parade on Trump’s birthday calls for 6,600 soldiers

WASHINGTON — Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned. The planning documents, obtained by the AP, are dated April 29 and 30 […]

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6 d. ago Lorne Gunter: After 10 years of Liberal failure, it's time for a Conservative approach

You should have heard a loud ‘pop’ on Thursday — the sound of Liberal Mark Carney’s I’m-the-best-leader-to-deal-with-Trump bubble bursting. On March 28, Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump held what Carney and his aides called a “positive” phone call. Afterwards, Carney insisted “the president respected Canada’s sovereignty … both in his private and public comments.” […]

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7 d. ago Trump Held Court at Pope’s Funeral as Politics, Ritual Collided

St. Peter’s Square erupted in applause for Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Inside the Basilica, he and Donald Trump huddled with France’s Emmanuel Macron and Britain’s Keir Starmer. The occasion was the funeral of Pope Francis — but the optics were all about the geopolitics of the moment.

Politics

1 week ago Sharon Lokedi breaks Boston Marathon course record, John Korir joins brother as winner

Sharon Lokedi broke the Boston Marathon course record, and fellow Kenyan John Korir joined his brother as a race champion on Monday as the city celebrated the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War. Lokedi outran two-time defending champion Hellen Obiri over the final mile a year after losing a sprint down Boylston […]

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1 week ago Alito’s dissent in deportation case says court rushed to block Trump with middle

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court acted “literally in the middle of the night” and without sufficient explanation in blocking the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law, Justice Samuel Alito wrote in a sharp dissent that castigated the seven-member majority. Joined by fellow conservative Justice Clarence […]

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2 w. ago Indonesia weighs costly U.S. arms purchases to curb tariff threat

Indonesia is considering purchasing billions of dollars’ worth of U.S.-made defence equipment, including fighter jets and munitions, to help ease trade strains and possibly ward off Donald Trump’s tariff plans. Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin held a closed-door meeting of senior officials on April 8 to deliver a directive from President Prabowo Subianto instructing them to […]

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3 w. ago Iran and U.S. agree to more talks over Tehran’s nuclear program

Envoys from Iran and the United States held first negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program since Donald Trump returned to White House

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3 w. ago Liberal candidate who replaced Paul Chiang attended Chinese military parade in 2015

Such trips are a classic tactic of Beijing to woo ethnic Chinese leaders and other key foreigners, experts say

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3 w. ago Trump administration looking into holding military parade in capital on June 14

The parade would be added as part of the Army's 250th birthday festival, which is being held June 14. The date is also Trump's 79th birthday

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