14 h. ago Vladimir Putin 'agrees to Ukraine security guarantees' during Donald Trump talks

The move was confirmed by Donald Trump's right-hand man Steve Witkoff minutes after the President boasted of “big progress on Russia”

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16 h. ago Nicola Jennings on Trump’s promise of ‘big progress’ on Russia – cartoon

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31 h. ago How dare the public be told to tackle criminals... when politicians have left them to roam with impunity: By retired policeman NORMAN BRENNAN

Last week, Donald Trump deployed National Guard soldiers to Washington DC, to enact his promise of 'historic action to rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse'.

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40 h. ago Trump reportedly backs Ukrainian land concession in peace plan with Putin – live

Putin in return offered ceasefire across Ukraine and written promise to not attack again, according to senior officialsZelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after Putin summit briefingAt the Alaska summit, Putin demanded Ukraine withdraw from Donetsk and Luhansk as a condition for ending the war, but offered Trump a freeze along the remaining frontline, two sources with direct knowledge of the talks told the Guardian.Although Luhansk is almost entirely under Russian control, Ukraine still holds key parts of Donetsk, including the cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk and heavily fortified positions whose defence has cost tens of thousands of lives. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Donald Trump parrots Kremlin views after Putin 'runs rings' round him at summit

There was no sign of a ceasefire from Russia - or the "severe consequences" Trump promised if Putin failed to agree one - and he has agreed with another long-held Kremlin position

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5 d. ago Putin calls North Korea’s Kim to promise ‘closer contact’ ahead of Trump summit

Russian president Vladimir Putin held a phone call with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to reaffirm their “friendship” ahead of his summit with Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday.

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5 d. ago Trump live: White House promises to make DC the safest city in the world as the National Guard arrives

The president has placed the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control – but is already facing a backlash

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6 d. ago Judge rejects Trump administration request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury transcripts

Judge wrote transcripts from case of Jeffrey Epstein associate couldn’t be released because it would risk ‘unraveling secrecy’ of grand juryDismissing it as little more than a “diversion,” a federal judge in New York has formally rejected the Trump-led US justice department’s request to release transcripts of pre-indictment, grand jury interviews with witnesses in the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and associate of Jeffrey Epstein.Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote that the transcripts could not be released publicly – “casually or promiscuously” – as Donald Trump’s government had pushed for because it would risk “unraveling the foundations of secrecy upon which the grand jury is premised”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Zelenskyy welcomes European leaders’ demand peace talks must include Kyiv

Europe promises to ‘stand firmly’ with Ukraine as Trump and Putin prepare to meet for summit on FridayThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has welcomed a statement from European allies that insists the “path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine”, before a planned summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.In a joint statement issued on Saturday night, leaders from the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland and Finland, along with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stressed Kyiv must be included in any peace talks with Russia. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump’s sweeping bill looms large over Democrats and Republican as they head for recess

Republicans see it as the epitome of Trump keeping his promises, while for Democrats it’s an opportunity to return from the political wildernessEarlier this summer, Republican lawmakers gathered around Donald Trump and applauded as he sat before a desk outside the White House and put his signature on what he calls his “one, big, beautiful bill”.But there were few claps for Mike Flood this week when the Republican congressman appeared before an auditorium of his Nebraska constituents to extol the tax and spending legislation’s benefits – just boos and jeers. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump’s sweeping bill looms large over Democrats and Republicans as they head for recess

Republicans see it as the epitome of Trump keeping his promises, while for Democrats it’s an opportunity to return from the political wildernessEarlier this summer, Republican lawmakers gathered around Donald Trump and applauded as he sat before a desk outside the White House and put his signature on what he calls his “one, big, beautiful bill”.But there were few claps for Mike Flood this week when the Republican congressman appeared before an auditorium of his Nebraska constituents to extol the tax and spending legislation’s benefits – just boos and jeers. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump promised to be a dictator on day one. We’re now past day 200

Donald Trump’s second term has seen a sustained assault on democratic institutions – political, judicial, media, cultural, academic – that appears to be only accelerating The anger was raw and resolute. Speaking at the Republican congressman Mike Flood’s town hall in Lincoln, Nebraska, a woman pointed to the estimated $450m cost of “Alligator Alcatraz”, an immigration detention facility in Florida. “How much does it cost for fascism?” she demanded. “How much do the taxpayers have to pay for a fascist country?”The crowd erupted in applause and whoops. In the week that Donald Trump marked his 200th day in office, few mainstream political commentators are bandying around terms such as “fascist”. But many are warning of a societal march towards authoritarianism that, far from losing momentum, appears to be gathering pace. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump promises Monday ‘press conference’ at White House will ‘essentially stop violent crime in Washington, DC’

President claims U.S. capital ‘has become one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the World’

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9 d. ago As federal takeover threats loom, the city of Washington waits for the White House to make its move

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1 week ago Another week, another deadline: Timeline of Trump’s promises to end Russia’s war on Ukraine

After Trump repeatedly vowed to end the war in 24 hours, slipping deadlines and Putin’s resistance test his patience

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1 week ago Donald Trump says ‘everyone agrees this war must come to a close’ after Witkoff meets Putin – Europe live

US president says ‘great progress was made’ as White House official says secondary sanctions on Russia still expected to be implemented on FridayWe are getting first pictures from inside the Kremlin showing Russia’s Putin welcoming Witkoff for their talks.Earlier today, Witkoff also went for a walk through Zaryadye Park near the Kremlin with Kirill Dmitriev, the Russian president’s envoy for investment and economic cooperation, AP reported, pointing to footage aired by Tass. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US special envoy Steve Witkoff meets Putin in Moscow as Russia strikes Ukrainian gas facility – Europe live

Donald Trump has set a Friday deadline for progress on ending the Ukraine war, after which Russia could face increased US sanctionsWe are getting first pictures from inside the Kremlin showing Russia’s Putin welcoming Witkoff for their talks.Earlier today, Witkoff also went for a walk through Zaryadye Park near the Kremlin with Kirill Dmitriev, the Russian president’s envoy for investment and economic cooperation, AP reported pointing to footage aired by Tass. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump threatened with THIRD impeachment by widely mocked liberal as his colleagues roll their eyes

Texas Democrat Rep. Al Green has, once again, promised to impeach President Donald Trump, likely making him the most-impeach happy U.S. lawmaker to ever live.

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2 w. ago Nicola Jennings on Trump moving nuclear subs towards Russia – cartoon

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2 w. ago Legal cases could prise open Epstein cache despite Trump’s blocking effort

Cases winding through courts offer hope that documents could be released even if justice department declinesOn the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed that his administration would release a tranche of documents in the criminal investigation into disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein.But since Trump returned to the White House, his promises have fallen flat, with few documents released – and backtracking about releasing more records. The lack of disclosure has prompted not only dissatisfaction among those seeking information about Epstein’s crimes, but political flak Trump can’t seem to deflect, especially about his own relations with the convicted sex trafficker. Continue reading...

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