Articles filed under Donald Trump
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Trump upends US Ukraine policy and says he and Putin have agreed to begin negotiations on ending warFeb 12, 2025 11:16 am - President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a phone call Wednesday to begin “negotiations” on ending the Ukraine war and would “work together, very closely” toward winding down the conflict.
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Senate confirms Gabbard as Trump's director of national intelligence after Republicans fall in lineFeb 12, 2025 11:12 am - The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence after Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgment fell in line behind her nomination.
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Government watchdogs fired by Trump sue his administration and ask a judge to reinstate themFeb 12, 2025 10:23 am - Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Donald Trump's new administration.
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Hegseth suggests Ukraine should abandon hope of winning all territory back from RussiaFeb 12, 2025 8:35 am - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that NATO membership for Ukraine was unrealistic and in sweeping remarks suggested Kyiv should abandon hopes of winning all its territory back from Russia and instead prepare for a negotiated peace settlement to be backed up by international troops.
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Japan says it has asked the US to exclude it from 25% steel and aluminum tariffsFeb 12, 2025 7:18 am - Japan 's government said Wednesday it asked the U.S. to exclude it from 25% steel and aluminum tariffs, a change from duty-free quotas that Tokyo was given previously.
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Trump doubles down on plan to empty Gaza. This is what he has said and what’s at stakeFeb 12, 2025 7:16 am - Behind U.S. President Donald Trump’s vows to turn Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East” lies a plan to forcibly drive a population from its land, rights groups say, warning it could be a war crime under international law.
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Modi and Trump's friendly rapport may be tested as Indian prime minister visits WashingtonFeb 12, 2025 7:13 am - Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s long-standing bonhomie with President Donald Trump could be tested as the Indian leader kicks off a visit to Washington on Wednesday, eager to avoid tariffs that have been slapped on others and threats of further taxes and imports.
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Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud caseFeb 11, 2025 1:26 pm - Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding donors to a private effort to build a wall on the U.S. southern border, ending a case the conservative strategist decried as a “political persecution.”
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After meeting with Trump, Jordan’s king says his country opposes displacing Palestinians in GazaFeb 11, 2025 1:22 pm - President Donald Trump hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday and renewed his insistence that Gaza could be emptied of all residents, controlled by the U.S. and redeveloped as a tourist area — a plan that could likely only work if the Arab nation agrees to accept more refugees.
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27 religious groups sue Trump administration to protect houses of worship from immigration arrestsFeb 11, 2025 8:30 am - More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans — ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists — filed a federal court lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship.