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Why Donald Trump and Barack Obama are suddenly talking about aliens

A viral Obama podcast answer about aliens prompted Trump to accuse him of revealing secrets and promise to release UFO files ...

Fact Check: Trump once said Obama would start war with Iran due to his inability to negotiate

In a years-old video that resurfaced online in early 2026 amid increasing U.S. tensions with Iran, Trump also called Obama ...

US ambassador to France defuses diplomatic squabble with Paris over killing of student

The U.S. ambassador to France has reached out to defuse a new diplomatic spat after skipping a French summons over U.S. comments on French politics.

U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner banned from meeting with French government over summons no-show

Kushner, the father of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, was accused of a "misunderstanding of the basic expectations of an ambassador." He's the latest U.S. envoy to anger his hosts.
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In Context: What Obama said about aliens that sparked Trump to order file release

President Donald Trump said Thursday he will direct multiple U.S. government agencies to declassify files related to aliens and UFOs. The move came five days after former Presiden ...