Trump, Donald
US President Donald Trump suggested that the US could play a role in a postwar security guarantee for Ukraine, including providing air support, as he met with European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House. Trump said that European nations, including France, Germany, and the UK, would
Trump, Donald
President Trump's decision to deploy National Guard troops and assert control over the city's Metropolitan Police Department has raised concerns about the duration and limits of the federal takeover. Despite crime rates being on the decline since 2023, President Trump claims the measure is necessary to
Trump, Donald
President Donald Trump has demanded the resignation of Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve's board of governors, citing unsubstantiated allegations of mortgage fraud. According to a Bloomberg News article, Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Administration and of Fannie
Putin, Vladimir
Swiss political analyst Ralph Bosshard explains that Donald Trump's readiness to work on a full-blown peace agreement on Ukraine would be a significant concession to Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Bosshard, Putin aims for a settlement of the underlying problems, not just a ceasefire or a new
Tariffs
The Russian government has hinted at offering a 5% discount on crude oil purchases to India, a move that comes amidst the US imposing 50% tariffs and penalties on Indian exporters. Speaking to reporters, Evgeniy Griva, the Deputy Trade Representative of Russia to India, disclosed that the discount was typically
Trump, Donald
As hundreds of federal law enforcement officers and National Guard troops descend on Washington as part of President Donald Trump's public display of force against crime in the nation's capital, the president and his allies have increasingly directed their ire toward the city's juvenile
Trump, Donald
Ed Martin, a high-ranking official at the Department of Justice, has been conducting investigations into several of President Donald Trump's perceived enemies, including New York Attorney General Letitia James and Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California. However, Martin's behavior during these investigations has raised concerns among
Trump, Donald
US President Donald Trump held out the prospect of security guarantees and a trilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to end the war in Ukraine during a high-stakes summit in the Oval Office. The meeting, which came days after a Trump-Putin summit, saw the US president suggest he
Trump, Donald
As the House of Representatives concluded its five-week-long recess, the ongoing investigation into the death of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein continued to dominate the conversation among lawmakers and their constituents. Despite the Trump administration's backtracking on releasing files related to the case, Democratic lawmakers have maintained pressure
Trump, Donald
President Trump's push to take control of law enforcement in Washington, D.C., has sparked a debate over public safety, an issue that has proven to be a winning argument for him in the past. By staking his claim on the federal takeover, Trump is attempting to position
Trump, Donald
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of the late senator and the current health secretary, has announced that he will be halting government funding for mRNA vaccines, a type of vaccine that uses messenger RNA (mRNA) to instruct cells to produce a specific protein. This decision has raised eyebrows, given
Tariffs
As President Donald Trump's deadline for penalizing India for purchasing Russian oil nears, US treasury secretary Scott Bessent defended the administration's stance, arguing that India has been profiteering from the sale of the oil. Bessent cited the country's significant profits from reselling the oil,
