Trump’s Crimea Proposal Would End a Decade of U.S. Resistance
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Trump’s Crimea Proposal Would End a Decade of U.S. Resistance

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines During President Trump’s first term, Ukraine worried that Mr. Trump might recognize Russian control over Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula Moscow forcibly seized in early 2014. As a candidate, Mr. Trump had said he would “take a look” at the matter, even though the…

Opinion | Trump’s Single Stroke of Brilliance
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Opinion | Trump’s Single Stroke of Brilliance

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When those people grew up and became the establishment — holding senior posts in law, government, universities, media, nonprofits and boardrooms — they became the kind of ambivalent souls who are unwilling to take their own side in a fight. They refuse to…

Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs
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Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump and Elon Musk promised taxpayers big savings, maybe even a “DOGE dividend” check in their mailboxes, when the Department of Government Efficiency was let loose on the federal government. Now, as he prepares to step back from his presidential assignment to…

U.S. Sidelines Lawyers Who Doubted Their Own Case on Congestion Pricing
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U.S. Sidelines Lawyers Who Doubted Their Own Case on Congestion Pricing

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday said it took the extraordinary step of replacing the federal lawyers defending it in a lawsuit over New York City’s congestion pricing program, after accusing them of undermining the department’s bid to end the toll. The…

Trump Plans to Target ActBlue, Democrats’ Cash Engine
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Trump Plans to Target ActBlue, Democrats’ Cash Engine

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Thursday plans to direct the Justice Department to investigate ActBlue, the fund-raising platform that powers virtually every Democratic candidate and cause, according to a person briefed on the preparations. The move steps up Republicans’ effort to cripple their opponents’ political…

Trump’s Tariffs Expected to Grind Germany’s Growth to a Halt
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Trump’s Tariffs Expected to Grind Germany’s Growth to a Halt

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Germany’s economy will not grow for the third year in a row, the government said on Thursday, scaling back a previous prediction as President Trump’s tariffs bite into Europe’s largest economy, leaving it stagnant. In January, the German government had predicted 0.3 percent…

Red Line on Crimea Isn’t Just Zelensky’s. It’s Ukraine’s.
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Red Line on Crimea Isn’t Just Zelensky’s. It’s Ukraine’s.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When the Trump administration proposed a peace plan that would recognize Russian rule of the Crimean peninsula, the response from Kyiv was a loud and unequivocal no. Doing so would violate the nation’s Constitution, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine told reporters. It would…

Opinion | Pete Hegseth Blunders Into His Forever War
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Opinion | Pete Hegseth Blunders Into His Forever War

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump came into office promising to disentangle the U.S. military from its costly forever wars in the Middle East. Three months in, he is embroiled in the same sort of open-ended military campaign that plagued his predecessors, and one that holds the…