10 h. ago Trump to meet NATO secretary general over Ukraine weapons plan

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is set to meet President Donald Trump this week on the heels of the U.S. leader announcing plans to sell NATO allies weaponry that they can then pass on to Ukraine. Rutte will be in Washington on Monday and Tuesday and plans to hold talks with Trump, […]

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17 h. ago Trump to meet NATO secretary general as plan takes shape for Ukraine weapons sales

NATO announced on Sunday that Rutte will be in Washington on Monday and Tuesday and would hold talks with Trump, Marco Rubio, and Pete Hegseth as well as members of Congress.

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6 d. ago Trump, Netanyahu set to meet as Israel and Hamas discuss ceasefire

As they meet for the third time this year, the outwardly triumphant visit will be dogged by Israel's 21-month conflict against Hamas in Gaza.

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7 d. ago Israeli airstrikes kill 38 in Gaza as truce negotiating team heads to Qatar

U.S. President Donald Trump, who will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, has floated a plan for an initial 60-day ceasefire

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1 week ago ‘Beautiful’ coal and ‘ugly’ solar? Trump’s aesthetic opinions get some pushback.

President Donald Trump’s plans for the future of American energy don’t include wind or solar. One argument he has trotted out lately: They’re “ugly as hell.” Trump has said he wants to meet growing U.S. energy demands using nuclear, oil, gas and especially coal. “I call it clean, beautiful coal,” he told Fox News’s Maria […]

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1 week ago How Ukraine can cope with the US pause on crucial battlefield weapons

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The decision by the United States to pause some weapons shipments to Ukraine has come at a tough time for Kyiv: Russia’s bigger army is making a concerted push on parts of the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line and is intensifying long-range drone and missile attacks that increasingly hammer civilians in […]

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1 week ago Air defence missiles among weaponry U.S. is withholding from Ukraine: sources

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will hold back delivering to Ukraine some air defence missiles, precision-guided artillery and other weapons as part of its announced pause to some arms shipments amid U.S. concerns that its own stockpiles have declined too much, officials said. The details on the weapons in some of the paused deliveries […]

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1 week ago U.S. won’t send some weapons pledged to Ukraine following Pentagon review

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is halting some shipments of weapons to Ukraine amid concerns that its own stockpiles have declined too much, officials said Tuesday. The munitions were previously promised to Ukraine for use during its ongoing war with Russia under the Biden administration. But the pause reflects a new set of priorities under President […]

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2 w. ago Trump Tax Bill Hits Senate With GOP Torn by Competing Demands

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is rushing to meet President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline for pushing through his massive tax and spending bill, but first he has to work through a list of approximately eight Republican senators who have expressed opposition to portions of it.

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2 w. ago Russia launches biggest aerial attack since the start of war, Ukraine says

Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost.

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2 w. ago Trump Threatens to Find Tillis Challenger for Key Senate Seat

Donald Trump signaled he would meet with Republicans interested in challenging Thom Tillis for his Senate seat after the North Carolina Republican opposed the president’s tax bill.

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2 w. ago Senators prep for a weekend of work to meet Trump’s deadline for passing his tax and spending cuts

Not all GOP lawmakers are on board with proposals to reduce spending on Medicaid, food stamps and other programs to help extend some $3.8 trillion in Trump tax breaks.

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2 w. ago Senate Tweaks Trump Tax Bill in Bid to Court Republican Holdouts

Senate Republicans unveiled a new version of their $4.2 trillion tax cut package that adjusts key provisions on the SALT deduction, Medicaid and clean energy as they try to meet a July 4 deadline set by President Donald Trump.

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2 w. ago Who’s the Daddy? Rutte raises eyebrows with new Trump nickname

THE HAGUE — He’s already the world’s most powerful man, but U.S. President Donald Trump got a new nickname on Wednesday from NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte — the “Daddy.” The two leaders were joshing ahead of the NATO summit when Trump reprised his analogy of warring countries Iran and Israel being like squabbling children. […]

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2 w. ago Trump Meets With Ukraine’s Zelenskiy on Sidelines of NATO Summit

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is meeting with Donald Trump at a summit of NATO leaders as he seeks to persuade the US president to sell weapons to Ukraine.

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2 w. ago Trump discloses flattering private message from NATO chief Rutte

Leaders beware of texting with Donald Trump, you might just find your private correspondence leaked by the U.S. president himself on Truth Social for global consumption. Trump on Tuesday posted a fawning message from NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to his social media platform ahead of his arrival at the military alliance’s summit at The […]

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2 w. ago Trump Sparks Fear for NATO’s Future With Doubts on US Commitment

Secretary General Mark Rutte is fighting to stop the NATO summit from spinning out of control after President Donald Trump cast doubt on the US commitment to defend its allies.

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3 w. ago Spain rejects NATO’s anticipated 5% defense spending proposal as ‘unreasonable’

MADRID (AP) — Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s due to be announced next week, calling it “unreasonable.” Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, in a letter sent on Thursday to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, said that Spain “cannot commit to a specific spending target in […]

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3 w. ago Trump Meets With Security Team After Demanding Iran ‘Surrender’

President Donald Trump was meeting with his national security team in Washington on Tuesday to discuss the escalating Middle East conflict, according to people familiar with the matter, fueling fresh speculation that the US is on the verge of joining Israel’s attack on Iran.

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3 w. ago Mark Carney to meet Donald Trump today at G7 summit in Alberta amid ’sensitive’ talks

KANANASKIS — Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet this morning with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Alberta. It’s Trump’s first visit to Canada since he started repeatedly saying the country should become an American state, leading Canadians to boo the American anthem at hockey games. Trump stormed out of the last […]

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