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‘The defense acquisitions system as you know it is dead,’ Hegesth says in a speech to industry leaders, military commanders and officialsAndrew Roth in Washington and Flora Garamvolgyi in BudapestViktor Orbán will visit the White House today as Hungary’s far-right prime minister tries to broker another summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that Orbán’s advisers claim could help end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/nov/07/donald-trump-government-shutdown-air-traffic-flights-snap-viktor-orban-hungary-ukraine-us-politics-live-news-updates Author : Robert Mackey (now); Coral Murphy Marcos, Lucy Campbell, Chris Stein and Tom Ambrose (earlier) Publish date : 2025-11-07 23:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Ticket sales at about 40% unsold compared with before president made himself chair of US performing arts centerThe Washington National Opera (WNO) is considering moving out of the Kennedy Center, the company’s home since the US’s national performing arts center opened in 1971.The possibility has been forced on the company as a result of the “takeover” of the center by Donald Trump, according to WNO artistic director Francesca Zambello. The president declared himself chair of the institution in February, sacking and replacing its board and leadership. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/07/washington-national-opera-kennedy-center Author : Charlotte Higgins in Washington Publish date

Upstate New York institution is the fifth university under government investigation to bow to White House demandsCornell University announced a settlement with the Trump administration on Friday, becoming the fifth university under investigation by the US government to do so.The agreement will see more than $250m in federal research funding restored. In exchange, the university will share admissions data with the government, pay $30m and invest $30m more in research programs benefiting farmers – a reflection of the university’s longstanding record of agricultural research. The university also agreed to continued to “evaluate the campus climate”, particularly for Jewish students and