Blindsided Europeans warned Thursday that a “dirty deal” between US President Donald Trump and Moscow on ending the Ukraine war was doomed to fail – insisting they and Kyiv must have a seat at the negotiating table.
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There’s nothing like the drama of a deadline. But when President Donald Trump told Hamas it had until Saturday afternoon to release all of the Israeli hostages or “all hell is going to break loose,” he escalated the stakes of a fragile truce: Either Hamas can accelerate the terms of the ceasefire agreement—freeing dozens of captives now rather than in …
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President Trump’s rapid-fire policy actions are reshaping the federal government, and to Fox News, they are simply pursuing “common sense.” Enacting “bold and sometimes painful measures” is worth it, one Fox News host said, to arrive at “common sense.” Mr. Trump’s term so far, another Fox pundit concluded, could be summed up with that simple catchphrase: It’s a “restoration of …
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Several advocacy groups, including the NAACP and GLAAD, are holding their tongues as President Donald Trump’s mandate against diversity, equity and inclusion continues to force changes in the entertainment industry. TheWrap reached out to these organizations as well as the American Civil Liberties Union, Color of Change and prominent diversity leaders across the entertainment industry, receiving no response. While Meta, …
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When President Trump said on Wednesday that he might soon meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to discuss an end to the nearly three-year war in Ukraine, he named what may have seemed like an unusual venue for the talks. “We expect that he’ll come here, and I’ll go there and we’re going to meet also probably in Saudi …
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It is high time Americans got the “answers they deserve,” says new declassification task force head Anna Paulina Luna A so-called “black book” containing the list of contacts and alleged clients of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is set to be released to the public as part of a new declassification campaign, the newly appointed head of a specialized task …
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United States President Donald Trump has signalled a major shift in three years of US policy towards Kyiv, saying that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had spoken by phone and agreed to begin negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine. Trump said he spent more than an hour on the phone with Putin on Wednesday, and “I think we’re …
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President Trump said on Wednesday that he had a “lengthy and highly productive phone call” with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, characterizing it as the beginning of a negotiation to end the war in Ukraine. It was the first confirmed conversation between the two men during Mr. Trump’s second term, coming as Mr. Trump has made clear to advisers …
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Tech journalist Kara Swisher summed up Elon Musk’s live address from the Oval Office on Tuesday by saying that the X owner wants to be the center of attention even more than Donald Trump. “He never met a camera he didn’t want to jump in front of,” Swisher told Jake Tapper on CNN. “I think he beats Trump out in …
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The leaders of the world’s two rival superpowers have plenty to talk about. But so far, it seems, they can’t agree on when they should speak, or even whether they already have. Over the last 10 days or so, President Trump has sent conflicting messages about talking to China’s top leader, Xi Jinping. Mr. Trump said on Feb. 3 that …
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