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,…

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…

Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.
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Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Margery Hop Wong bade her older brother goodbye in 1943, she was just a 12-year-old girl who loved it when he took her for joy rides in his used convertible around the apple orchards their family worked. Yuen Hop left their home…

Musk Wields Scythe on Federal Work Force, With Trump’s Full Blessing
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Musk Wields Scythe on Federal Work Force, With Trump’s Full Blessing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s statement on Friday that he had directed Elon Musk to turn his budget-slashing initiative on the Pentagon underscored Mr. Musk’s rapidly expanding role in their charge to shrink the federal bureaucracy and stomp out any opposition to the president’s agenda. At…

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…

Trump Administration Promotes Its Immigration Push With Major P.R. Effort
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Trump Administration Promotes Its Immigration Push With Major P.R. Effort

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines White House officials said they were pleased that the Defense Department has cooperated fully in providing the administration with video content documenting the border deployment and the deportation flights. (According to the Defense Department, its videos are produced by career military public affairs…