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For many in Ukraine’s front-line cities, enduring nightly attacks from Russian drones and missiles may be less terrifying than giving in to anything Vladimir Putin proposes during his upcoming summit in Alaska with Donald Trump. “Almost every day, we hear Shaheds,” said Arthur Korniyenko, referring to the Iranian-made drones laden with explosives launched …
Read More »Trump says he’ll meet Putin in Alaska next Friday for first U.S.-Russia summit since 2021
U.S. President Donald Trump said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, a potential breakthrough after weeks of expressing frustration that more was not being done to quell the fighting. The Kremlin has not yet confirmed the details, …
Read More »Whitmer told Trump in private that Michigan auto jobs depend on a tariff change of course
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met privately in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump to make a case he did not want to hear: The automotive industry he said he wants to save was being hurt by his tariffs. The Democrat came with a slide deck to make her points …
Read More »Kremlin confirms that Putin, Trump expected to meet in coming days
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet in the coming days, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Thursday, in what would be the first summit between leaders of the two countries since 2021. “At the suggestion of the American side, an agreement was essentially reached to …
Read More »Trump to lead task force for 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
President Donald Trump is establishing a task force on the 2028 Olympic Games being held in Los Angeles. Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to make the task force official, the White House said. Trump has said the Los Angeles Summer Games are among the events he’s most …
Read More »U.S. watchdog launches investigation into former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith
A U.S. federal agency has opened a formal investigation into former special counsel Jack Smith, who oversaw two criminal probes into U.S. President Donald Trump following his first term in the White House. The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) confirmed to Reuters that it was investigating whether Smith violated the …
Read More »Trump administration to burn $13M worth of female contraceptives, despite NGO’s offer to take them
As It HappensThis NGO tried to save $13M worth of USAID contraceptives from being burned The U.S. State Department plans to incinerate roughly $13.2 million worth of women’s contraceptives despite offers from multiple aid agencies to distribute the supplies at no cost. The supplies, which include various forms of birth …
Read More »Trump orders movement of 2 nuclear submarines after ‘inflammatory’ comments from Russian official
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be moved in response to “inflammatory statements” from former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. “I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that,” Trump said in a social media …
Read More »U.S. Senate confirms former Trump lawyer Emil Bove as federal judge, despite whistleblower concerns
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Emil Bove as a federal judge, installing a Trump loyalist who presided over a tumultuous period at the Justice Department on a crucial appeals court. The Republican-majority Senate voted 50-49 to confirm Bove, who has been serving as …
Read More »Trump says U.S. will set 15% tariff on South Korean imports under new deal
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the U.S. will charge a 15 per cent tariff on imports from South Korea, down from a threatened 25 per cent, as part of a deal that eases tensions with a Top 10 trading partner and key Asian ally. South Korea also agreed to invest $350 billion in the United States in projects …
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