Trump’s Plan to Accept Luxury Jet From Qatar Strains Bounds of Propriety
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Trump’s Plan to Accept Luxury Jet From Qatar Strains Bounds of Propriety

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines During President Trump’s first term, the idea that special interests and governments were buying meals and booking rooms at his hotels set off legal and ethical alarms about the potential for corruption. Mr. Trump’s second term is making those concerns look trivial. The…

Trump, Pressed on Qatari Jet, Says Only ‘Stupid’ People Reject Gifts
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Trump, Pressed on Qatari Jet, Says Only ‘Stupid’ People Reject Gifts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump angrily brushed off ethical concerns about accepting a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar to be used as a new Air Force One, saying only someone “stupid” would turn down such an offer. “I think it’s a great gesture from Qatar….

Trump Heads to the Middle East With a Single Goal: Deals, Deals, Deals
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Trump Heads to the Middle East With a Single Goal: Deals, Deals, Deals

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When American presidents visit the Middle East, they usually arrive with a strategic vision for the region, even if it seems a far reach. Jimmy Carter pushed Egypt and Israel to a historic peace accord. Bill Clinton tried and failed with Yasir Arafat,…

Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One
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Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 plane as a donation from the Qatari royal family that will be upgraded to serve as Air Force One, which would make it one of the biggest foreign gifts ever received by the…

U.S. and Hamas Hold Direct Talks on Hostages in Gaza, Officials Say
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U.S. and Hamas Hold Direct Talks on Hostages in Gaza, Officials Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines U.S. and Hamas officials have had talks in Qatar about hostages held in the Gaza Strip, according to two Israeli officials, a Western official and a diplomat briefed on the matter, breaking with a longstanding American policy of refusing to directly engage groups…

Alarmed by Trump’s Gaza Plan, Arab Leaders Brainstorm on Their Own
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Alarmed by Trump’s Gaza Plan, Arab Leaders Brainstorm on Their Own

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After President Trump shocked the Arab world last month by suggesting the entire population of Gaza be expelled from the territory, his aides reframed the idea as an invitation to the leaders of the Middle East: Come up with a better plan, or…

Opinion | The Horror Show of Hamas Must End Now
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Opinion | The Horror Show of Hamas Must End Now

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On Saturday, Hamas gunmen paraded three skeletally thin Israeli hostages for a propaganda video in which they were forced to thank their captors before their handover to the Red Cross. One of the hostages, Eli Sharabi, returned to Israel to learn that his…

Israel’s Security Cabinet Meets as Pressure on Hamas Cease-Fire Rises
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Israel’s Security Cabinet Meets as Pressure on Hamas Cease-Fire Rises

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel held an emergency cabinet meeting on Tuesday after Hamas said it was postponing the next release of Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip, increasing the pressure on an already fragile three-week cease-fire. The security cabinet was set…

Israel and Hamas Work on Final Details of Gaza Cease-Fire Deal, Officials Say
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Israel and Hamas Work on Final Details of Gaza Cease-Fire Deal, Officials Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Mediators rushed on Wednesday to clinch a deal between Israel and Hamas on a cease-fire that would release hostages held in Gaza, after more than a year of devastating war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and destroyed much of the…