As U.S. and Ukraine Haggle Over Minerals, Russia Attacks With Drones
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As U.S. and Ukraine Haggle Over Minerals, Russia Attacks With Drones

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ukraine and the United States remain locked in negotiations over a deal to trade Ukraine’s natural resources for American aid, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday, as Washington maintains pressure on Kyiv to sign an agreement quickly. Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president’s chief of…

Opinion | Trump Has the Same Idea in Mind for Ukraine and the Department of Justice
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Opinion | Trump Has the Same Idea in Mind for Ukraine and the Department of Justice

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines I grew up a Reagan Republican in the middle of the Cold War, and I never thought I’d see the day when the president of the United States became the world’s most prominent and effective Russian propagandist. Yet that’s exactly what happened last…

Macron and Starmer Have Played Trump’s Game Before, but the Rules Are Changing
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Macron and Starmer Have Played Trump’s Game Before, but the Rules Are Changing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “This is the moment of truth,” former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia said in an interview. “They simply have to have the steel to stand up to Trump and tell him what they think, namely, that siding with Putin against Ukraine is…

Elon Musk Tells Federal Workers to Detail Work in an Email or Lose Their Jobs
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Elon Musk Tells Federal Workers to Detail Work in an Email or Lose Their Jobs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The demand left many workers reeling. Most of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s work force had recently been placed on leave as Mr. Musk gutted the agency, and have been instructed not to work — leaving them with no accomplishments to report, a…

Trump’s Firing of Gen. Charles Q. Brown May Have Roots in George Floyd Protests
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Trump’s Firing of Gen. Charles Q. Brown May Have Roots in George Floyd Protests

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For the second time, the killing of George Floyd by a police officer has brought about a breakage between President Trump and the American military’s most senior leader. In abruptly firing Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…

Hegseth Fires Military’s Top JAG Lawyers in Pursuit of ‘Warrior Ethos’
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Hegseth Fires Military’s Top JAG Lawyers in Pursuit of ‘Warrior Ethos’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to fire the top lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force represents an opening salvo in his push to remake the military into a force that is more aggressive on the battlefield and potentially less hindered by…

Markets and Corporate America Are Unfazed by Washington Chaos, for Now
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Markets and Corporate America Are Unfazed by Washington Chaos, for Now

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Even by Washington standards, the second Trump presidency has begun in frenetic fashion: mass firings at federal agencies, tariff threats against allies and foes alike, and haggling over how to get a Republican budget through a narrowly divided Congress. Business leaders and corporate…

Headstrong Francis Put the Church Above His Health, Vatican Observers Say
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Headstrong Francis Put the Church Above His Health, Vatican Observers Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In the days after the Vatican announced on Feb. 6 that Pope Francis had bronchitis and would be restricting his activities to his residence, he proceeded to hold multiple private audiences a day with groups of nuns, pilgrims and leaders of foundations. On…

Global Right-Wing Leaders Revel in a Renewed Fight, Supercharged by Trump
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Global Right-Wing Leaders Revel in a Renewed Fight, Supercharged by Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines To longstanding American allies in Europe, remarks by President Trump and Vice President JD Vance about Ukraine and Germany this month represented one of the gravest tests of the postwar order in decades. But to a cohort of current and former world leaders…

U.S. Pressing Tough Demands in Revised Deal for Ukraine’s Minerals
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U.S. Pressing Tough Demands in Revised Deal for Ukraine’s Minerals

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ukraine on Saturday was seriously considering a revised American proposal for its vast natural resources that contains virtually the same provisions that Kyiv previously rejected as too onerous, according to a draft document of the new proposal. Some of the terms appear even…