20 m. ago Zelensky defies Trump minutes after US President lays out his terms for peace

Trump categorically ruled out Zelensky's hope to see Ukraine join NATO and indicated he has no desire to see Crimea returned to Ukrainian rule.

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3 h. ago Zelensky immediately defies Trump just moments after president lays out terms of peace plan with Putin setting up round two of combative White House clash

Trump categorically ruled out Zelensky's hope to see Ukraine join NATO and indicated he has no desire to see Crimea returned to Ukrainian rule.

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4 h. ago Trump rules out Ukraine reclaiming Crimea or joining Nato as European leaders gather in Washington

US president’s comments may prove a setback for Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he flies to US for crucial Oval Office meeting in wake of Alaska summitDonald Trump has put pressure on Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of Monday’s talks in Washington with European leaders, saying the Ukrainian president could end the war “almost immediately” if he wanted to. The US president also ruled out allowing Ukraine to join Nato or retake Russian-occupied Crimea as part of negotiations with Moscow.Trump posted the remarks on his Truth Social platform on Sunday night, hours before he was due to meet European leaders including Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz, and Zelenskyy at the Oval Office in a bid to counter a reportedly US-backed plan that would see Ukraine give up territory. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Top Trump envoy dodges on peace deal specifics although won’t rule out US military involvement in Ukraine

Witkoff says meeting between Putin, Trump and Zelensky likely

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3 d. ago Judge trashes ICE arrests at courthouses, warning ‘millions could be swept up’ under Trump administration rules

Arrests in immigration court hallways have turned proceedings into a ‘game of detention roulette,’ judge says

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3 d. ago Trump wants to ‘take back’ DC — but the feds already control most of the land

Huge chunks of the capital are under the federal government’s control. Local officials feel like their hands are tied when it comes to how to run the city

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4 d. ago Trump orders relaxed rules for rocket launches, appearing to benefit Musk and Bezos

Companies like SpaceX and Blue Horizon may be able to forgo reviews required under National Environmental Policy Act Donald Trump is looking to relax environmental rules for commercial spaceship companies. In an executive order titled “enabling competition in the commercial space industry” that he signed on Wednesday, he said it’s imperative to national security that the private rocket-ship industry increase launches “substantially” by 2030.That would mean, according to the executive order, that those companies may be able to forgo the environmental reviews that are required under the National Environmental Policy Act (Nepa). Private space companies are required to get launch permits from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). And, as part of that process, companies are subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump demands new census using ‘2024 election information’ and to weed out migrants in population totals

A “mid-decade census” is permitted under US law but not for the purpose of redrawing House districts or apportioning House seats

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1 week ago Ion Iliescu's death exposes Romania's deep divisions over his legacy as former leader laid to rest

On the day of Ion Iliescu’s funeral, the polarizing legacy of Romania’s first elected president after the fall of communism was laid bare

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1 week ago UK politics live: Gordon Brown calls for extra defence spending to be exempt from fiscal rules

Former PM says ‘exceptional’ aim to spend 5% of GDP should be a joint Nato and European initiative financed via bonds or a defence fundGood morning. In every era in politics there are claims that the current generation of politicians aren’t as impressive as the ones that came before. A lot of this is just false memory warped by nostalgia, but in the UK at the moment there are eight former prime ministers and they provide a sub-set that does, sort of, stand up the theory.Five of them were in office after 2010 – David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak – and their contribution to public life at the moment is, frankly, minimal, or negative. But the three who were in office before 2010 – John Major, Tony Blair, and Gordon Brown – remain serious voices. Major is 82, he does not speak out much, but when he does, he is always worth hearing. Blair is running a thinktank actively trying to shape policy in the UK and around the world. And Brown is perpetually engag...

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1 week ago Donald Trump fantasized about using Taylor Swift's 'star power' to rule the world in resurfaced clip

A resurfaced clip of Donald Trump raving over Taylor Swift is making the rounds again-just days after he took a swipe at the pop star online. Now, a 2011 video from the CMT Music Awards is going viral.

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