Under the plan outlined by Starmer, France and the U.K. would lead talks on building a “coalition of the willing” to offer security guarantees to Ukraine in case a cease-fire is reached. The two countries have for weeks been involved in building a proposal to deploy peacekeeping troops to Ukraine after a hoped-for truce has…
1. Picking up the phone: Almost three years after Russia’s unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Trump decided it was time to re-establish direct contact between the president of the United States and Putin, a leader facing U.S. and EU sanctions, as well as an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for crimes against humanity…
Senator Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, said on Friday that he was “disturbed” by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s “rookie mistake” when the Trump administration official said it was “unrealistic” for Ukraine to gain back its pre-war borders in its ongoing war with Russia. Newsweek reached out to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) via email…
The Trump administration has ordered an effective shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), directing the agency to stop investigations, suspend rule implementations, and cease supervision activities. Russell Vought, the newly appointed director of the Office of Management and Budget, issued the order in a Saturday night email. Newsweek reached out to the White…
President Donald Trump has spoken on the phone with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to try to find an end to the now nearly three-years long war in Ukraine, he told the New York Post in an interview on Friday. “He wants to see people stop dying,” Trump said. “All those dead people. Young, young, beautiful…
The U.S. president last week unveiled a $500 billion project to build infrastructure needed to cement American AI dominance in the years to come — but the Chinese app’s showing could call into question the efficacy of the investment, as DeepSeek was able to achieve its results at a much lower cost. “The release of…
President Donald Trump has questioned the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but potential cuts to FEMA may hit residents of three red states the hardest. “FEMA is going to be a whole big discussion very shortly because I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems,” Trump said during an interview…
Most “immigrants are not criminals,” she added. “They pay taxes and are good neighbors.” Trump hit back in the early hours of Wednesday on his social media platform Truth Social, calling Budde a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater” who is “not very good at her job” and demanding an apology. “She brought her church…
Today is the day of Donald Trump‘s inauguration and there will be a variety of celebrities in attendance. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, with his inauguration expecting to be attended by over 200,000 people, The Washington Post reported, citing local and federal officials. His team has enlisted…
As billionaire Elon Musk continues to buddy up with President-elect Donald Trump, he is losing face with celebrities, with some taking to social media to criticize him. Newsweek has emailed Musk, through Tesla, for a comment on Friday. Since Musk acquired Twitter—and renamed it X—in 2022, users dissatisfied with his platform changes have explored alternatives,…