How Trump Is Inspiring Wannabe Authoritarians Everywhere
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How Trump Is Inspiring Wannabe Authoritarians Everywhere

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When President Joseph R. Biden Jr. convened democracy summits at the White House in 2021 and 2023, he pointedly disinvited President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, a man he had once described an β€œautocrat” who deserved to be driven from office by voters….

Opinion | Foreign Spies to Team Trump: πŸ‘ŠπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ”₯
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Opinion | Foreign Spies to Team Trump: πŸ‘ŠπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ”₯

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines So-called zero-click spyware is now sold to regimes and corporations around the globe. Apple has notified users in 150 countries that they’ve been targeted. A program from a single Israeli spyware maker, the NSO Group, has been deployed in Saudi Arabia, Spain, Hungary,…

Trump Administration Deflects Blame for Leak at Every Turn
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Trump Administration Deflects Blame for Leak at Every Turn

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It was a hoax. The information wasn’t classified. Somehow the journalist got β€œsucked into” the Signal chat, either deliberately or through some kind of technical glitch. In the days since the editor in chief of The Atlantic revealed he had been inadvertently included…

Is Russia an Adversary or a Future Partner? Trump’s Aides May Have to Decide.
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Is Russia an Adversary or a Future Partner? Trump’s Aides May Have to Decide.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When the nation’s intelligence chiefs go before Congress on Tuesday to provide their first public β€œWorldwide Threat Assessment” of President Trump’s second term, they’ll face an extraordinary choice. Do they stick with their long-running conclusion about President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, that…

Putin’s Aims in Trump Talks on Ukraine
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Putin’s Aims in Trump Talks on Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump says he is focused on stopping the β€œdeath march” in Ukraine β€œas soon as possible.” But for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, cease-fire talks with Mr. Trump are a means to much broader ends. Russian and American officials are set…

Trump’s Plan to Discuss Ukraine’s Power Plants With Putin Prompts Questions
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Trump’s Plan to Discuss Ukraine’s Power Plants With Putin Prompts Questions

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Kremlin said Monday that preparations were underway for a phone call between President Vladimir V. Putin and President Trump, as questions swirled over the American president’s comments suggesting that power plants and β€œdividing up” Ukrainian assets were on the agenda. The highly…

Trump Says He Will Call Putin to Discuss Ending Ukraine War
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Trump Says He Will Call Putin to Discuss Ending Ukraine War

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump said he would speak with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Tuesday, as he continued to express optimism that Russia would agree to a proposal to halt fighting in Ukraine for 30 days. β€œWe want to see if we can…

Kremlin Says Putin Met With Trump’s Envoy, Steve Witkoff
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Kremlin Says Putin Met With Trump’s Envoy, Steve Witkoff

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy, in Moscow late Thursday and now expects to talk to President Trump about a possible cease-fire in Ukraine, the Kremlin said. Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, told reporters…

Israel-Hamas Talks Deadlocked as Trump Envoy Turns to Ukraine
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Israel-Hamas Talks Deadlocked as Trump Envoy Turns to Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Israel-Hamas negotiations to extend the cease-fire in Gaza were in limbo on Thursday as the Trump administration turned its attention to talks with Russian officials in Moscow over the Ukraine war. Steve Witkoff, Mr. Trump’s Middle East envoy, was expected to leave…

Putin Is β€˜Carefully Studying’ Proposed Ukraine Cease-Fire
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Putin Is β€˜Carefully Studying’ Proposed Ukraine Cease-Fire

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As recently as January, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia emphatically rejected the idea of a temporary cease-fire in Ukraine. But after a month in which President Trump turned American foreign policy on its head and Russian forces made progress in a key…