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43 m. ago Trump weaponization czar urged New York Attorney General James to resign over mortgage probe

The Justice Department official tapped by President Donald Trump’s administration to investigate New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter urging the Democrat to resign from office “as an act of good faith” four days into his probe

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75 m. ago Former US Attorney Catherine Hanaway appointed as Missouri's next attorney general

Former U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway has been appointed as Missouri's next attorney general

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84 m. ago Vladimir Putin AGREES to Volodymyr Zelensky meeting, says Trump administration

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to meet face-to-face with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to the Donald Trump administration

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85 m. ago The Guardian view on Trump and Zelenskyy: Ukraine deserves better than 'better than we feared' | Editorial

In Washington, European leaders helped steer the US president away from his embrace of Vladimir Putin’s talking points. But for how long?The verdict on Donald Trump’s meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders on Monday depends entirely upon the metric used. The great fear was that this might prove a disaster along the lines of the US president’s dressing down of the Ukrainian leader in February – a scenario so plausible that Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and other key European leaders dropped everything to dash to the White House themselves in support.Following his red carpet welcome for Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Mr Trump reportedly backed the idea that Ukraine should hand over the Donbas to achieve a peace deal. Even if one were naive enough to think that the Kremlin would see that as an end to conflict, rather than a staging post for a later offensive, it would not be a “land swap” but a land grab that Ukraine – for go...

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2 h. ago FTSE posts new closing high as falls in defence stocks are offset by retail gains

In London, defence stocks fell sharply amid hopes of peace in Ukraine with Babcock International, BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce all down.

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2 h. ago Is Trump abandoning his ‘America First’ policy for Ukraine? – podcast

Donald Trump has been all smiles with both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the last few days, but in trying to be ‘peacemaker-in-chief, is the president abandoning his ‘America First’ policy? Rachel Leingang and Andrew Roth discussArchive: CNBC, AFP News Agency, Fox News, Steve Bannon’s War Room, PBS NewsHour, Sky News, NBC News Continue reading...

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2 h. ago There is no ‘Trump Doctrine’ in foreign policy. Just chaos | Sidney Blumenthal

The recent summit meeting in Alaska between Trump and Putin was nothing short of a theater of the absurdAll the elaborate efforts of the European allies to prevent Donald Trump from prostrating himself before Vladimir Putin came to naught at their summit meeting in Alaska. Flattering, coddling and petting the big baby appeared to have been in vain. Before the 15 August summit, the Europeans persuaded Trump to impose new sanctions if Putin would not agree to a ceasefire, which would serve as a prerequisite for any negotiations. But Trump willfully tossed policy like a stuffed animal out of the window of “the Beast,” the presidential car as he eagerly invited Putin to join him for a triumphant chariot ride.The Europeans scrambled once again, trying to get the addled Trump back on the page he was on before the summit. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, sped to Washington to confer with Trump to try to pick up the pieces. At their last encounter, Trump jibed: “You don’t have any ...

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3 h. ago Trump now declares he has ended seven wars after saying it was six the day before

Donald Trump has claimed that he has ended seven wars during his second presidency, despite stating it was six on Monday (18 August).

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3 h. ago Why Shake Shack, Sweetgreen and Cava are flashing warning lights for the US economy

Casual food businesses reliant on coastal cities could be first to be hit by consequences of Donald Trump’s aggressive policies on international trade and immigration

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3 h. ago Air Force's top uniformed officer is retiring early in latest Trump military shake

The Air Force’s top uniformed officer is set to retire early in the most recent shake-up of military leadership during President Donald Trump’s second term

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3 h. ago Trump rules out sending US ground troops to Ukraine and warns Putin of ‘rough situation’ if he does not move towards peace – live

US president says it’s possible Russian leader does not want to make dealVolodymyr Zelenskyy navigated Monday’s meeting more successfully than his Oval Office encounter in February, which ended abruptly when Donald Trump and JD Vance publicly upbraided him for not being grateful enough.In his opening remarks to the media on Monday, the Ukrainian president repeated his thanks at least eight times, the Associated Press reports.A meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin ... could it finally happen?The need for security guarantees agreed – but details unclearTrump believes he is very good at solving conflictsA potential boost for the US arms industry Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Britain drops demand for 'back door' access to Apple users' encrypted data following clash with Donald Trump

Tulsi Gabbard , the US director of national intelligence, said Britain had dropped a request for the American tech giant to enable access to 'protected encrypted data'.

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3 h. ago Trump now declares he has ended seven wars after saying it was six yesterday

Donald Trump has claimed that he has ended seven wars during his second presidency, despite stating it was six on Monday (18 August).

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3 h. ago Donald Trump says UK troops will be sent to Ukraine to 'join American soldiers'

The US president firmly stated that the Ukraine are "not going to be part of NATO" but insisted European troops, including British forces, would be sent to "deter any future Russian aggression.

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4 h. ago JK Rowling attacks 'cheat' trans athlete who slammed Donald Trump over LA Olympics ban

In August, the Deparment of Homeland Security updated visa rules to stop transgender women traveling to the United States to compete in elite sporting events.

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4 h. ago Donald Trump and Zelensky press conference backlash after brutal comment no one was supposed to hear

Trump has met with Zelensky and other European leaders to try and find an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine.

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4 h. ago White House says more than 450 people arrested since start of federal crackdown on crime in DC – US politics live

Official says 52 people arrested on Monday alone; 68 firearms have been seized and three known gang members arrested since 7 AugustThe Republican governors of Louisiana and Tennessee will send hundreds of their national guard troops to assist federal law enforcement in DC – to help assist the president’s “crime crackdown”.They join Mississippi, Ohio, West Virginia and South Carolina – who have all sent national guard troops to DC. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Republicans want to rig the midterm elections. Will they succeed? | Moira Donegan

The Republican party has already shown that its commitment to democratic elections is paper thinIf one mark of an autocratic regime is the meaningfulness of elections, you can make an argument that the United States has been backsliding away from a properly democratic form of government for a long time. In 2013’s Shelby county decision, the US supreme court gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act, clearing the way for states to impose a slew of restrictions on the franchise that were previously banned as part of an effort to prevent the re-establishment of Jim Crow; voting quickly became more burdensome and onerous in many Republican-controlled states.Three years before, in Citizens United, the same court declared that corporate money counted as political speech, thereby opening the floodgates on money in politics in ways that allowed the rich to distort public discourses ahead of elections. Donald Trump memorably tried to interfere with the 2020 census so that it would count as few of th...

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5 h. ago Meloni caught making strange confession to Trump at Ukraine summit

Giorgia Meloni was heard telling Donald Trump that she never wants to speak to the Italian press during the summit on Ukraine in Washington, DC on Monday, 18 August.

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