Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon
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Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump fired the country’s senior military officer on Friday after weeks of turmoil at the Pentagon, injecting politics into selecting the nation’s top military leader. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot known as C.Q. who became only the second…

Putin Has Long Wanted More Power in Europe. Trump Could Grant It.
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Putin Has Long Wanted More Power in Europe. Trump Could Grant It.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia shocked the audience at the annual security conference in Munich in 2007 by demanding the rollback of domineering American influence and a new balance of power in Europe more suitable to Moscow. He didn’t get what he…

Diplomats in Munich Fear Trump Is Giving Up Leverage to Putin Before Talks With Ukraine
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Diplomats in Munich Fear Trump Is Giving Up Leverage to Putin Before Talks With Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The top foreign policy official for the European Union had a blunt assessment on Friday of the Trump administration’s apparent willingness to give Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, much of what he wants in Ukraine, even before negotiations to end the three-year war…

Vance Mentions Sanctions, Military Action to Push Russia to End Ukraine War
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Vance Mentions Sanctions, Military Action to Push Russia to End Ukraine War

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Vice President JD Vance told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that all military and economic options were on the table if Russia did not agree to negotiate in good faith to end the war in Ukraine. “There are economic tools of leverage,…

Warming Trend in U.S.-Russia Relations Leaves Ukraine in a Tough Spot
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Warming Trend in U.S.-Russia Relations Leaves Ukraine in a Tough Spot

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was already facing a daunting week as foreign officials gathered in Europe for talks about his country’s future. The Trump administration was demanding $500 billion in Ukrainian mineral rights, it canceled Ukraine’s exemption from U.S. tariffs on steel,…

Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine’s Prewar Borders Is ‘Unrealistic’
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Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine’s Prewar Borders Is ‘Unrealistic’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is “an unrealistic objective” and an “illusionary goal” in the peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia that President Trump wants to accomplish, Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense secretary, said on Wednesday at a meeting of countries supporting…

Guantánamo Bay Prepares for President Trump’s Migrant Surge
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Guantánamo Bay Prepares for President Trump’s Migrant Surge

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines About 300 service members have landed at Guantánamo Bay to provide security and begin setting up at a new tent city for migrants, as officials comply with President Trump’s order to prepare the Navy base for as many as 30,000 deportees. The small…

Trump Orders Airstrikes Against ISIS in Somalia
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Trump Orders Airstrikes Against ISIS in Somalia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump ordered airstrikes on Saturday against the Islamic State in northern Somalia, the first major U.S. military operation overseas since he took office. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement that the military’s initial assessment was that “multiple operatives” in the…