Politics
European leaders rally behind Ukraine ahead of Trump-Putin meeting
European Union flags and a Ukrainian flag flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 24, 2025. Yves Herman | Reuters European nations have rallied behind Ukraine, saying peace in the war-torn nation can’t be resolved without Kyiv, ahead of an upcoming meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin […]
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Netanyahu defends new military offensive in Gaza and says it will be wider than announced
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, Israel, on Aug. 10, 2025. Abir Sultan | Via Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended a new military offensive in Gaza that’s more sweeping than previously announced, declaring in the face of growing condemnation at […]
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Trump warns homeless to leave Washington, D.C., ‘immediately’
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, as he makes an announcement on the economy, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 7, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump on Sunday again signaled that he is ramping up plans to target crime in Washington, D.C., even as data shows […]
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Democrats slam GOP redistricting fight as ‘cheating’ as Texas Gov. Abbott threatens arrests
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks at the New Hampshire Democratic Party McIntyre-Shaheen Dinner in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., April 27, 2025. Sophie Park | Reuters Democratic lawmakers on Sunday defended their colleagues’ efforts in Texas to counter a GOP-led redistricting push, and chided President Donald Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott over what they argue is […]
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China wants US to relax AI chip-export controls for trade deal, FT reports
A SK Hynix Inc. 12-layer HBM3E memory chip displayed at the Semiconductor Exhibition in Seoul, South Korea. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images China wants the United States to ease export controls on chips critical for artificial intelligence as part of a trade deal before a possible summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, […]
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Europe and Ukraine press the U.S. ahead of Trump-Putin talks in Alaska
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stands next to French President Emmanuel Macron as he welcomes him for bilateral talks at Villa Borsig in Berlin, Germany on July 23, 2025. Lisi Niesner | Reuters European officials presented their own Ukraine peace proposals to the United States on Saturday as President Donald Trump prepared for talks with Russian […]
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White House is considering inviting Zelenskyy to Alaska
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends the European leaders’ summit to discuss European security and Ukraine, at Lancaster House in London, Britain, March 2, 2025. Javad Parsa | Via Reuters WASHINGTON — The White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Alaska, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
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Trump to speak at White House on violent crime in D.C. amid federal crackdown
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on August 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will hold a press availability at the White House next week to address violent crime in Washington, D.C., days after the White […]
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Zelenskyy rejects Trump’s proposal that Ukraine could swap territories with Russia
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy defiantly declared Saturday that his countrymen “will not give their land to occupiers,” after President Donald Trump suggested that a peace deal would include some “swapping” of territories with Russia. “The answer to Ukraine’s territorial question is already in the constitution of Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said in a message on Telegram early Saturday. “No one will and […]
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Trump announces peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia at White House
U.S. President Donald Trump (C), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L), and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (R) hold up an agreement signed during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on August 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a U.S.-brokered peace agreement on Friday during a meeting […]
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