A growing number of America’s closest allies are updating their travel advisories for citizens visiting the United States, citing stricter immigration enforcement and the potential for detention or deportation—even for travelers carrying valid visas or authorization. In mid-March, Germany, the United Kingdom, Finland and Denmark all revised their official guidance, warning that entry into the…
“China will not even be mentioned or discussed,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform. “How disgraceful it is that the discredited media can make up such lies. Anyway, the story is completely untrue!!!” Trump’s comments were then reposted on X by Musk, who called the New York Times “pure propaganda” and…
Donald’s Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday night in Moscow as the White House pushes the Kremlin to accept a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine. “The meeting between Witkoff and President Vladimir Putin will take place in a closed format this evening,” Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said in…
Elon Musk has accused Senator Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, of being a “traitor” for visiting Ukraine and advocating for the Eastern European country amid its ongoing war with Russia. Newsweek reached out for comment to Kelly’s office and X, the Musk-owned social media platform formerly known as Twitter, via email on Monday. Why It…
President Donald Trump addressed “rising worries” that his policies—particularly his lack of clarity on tariffs—may lead to a recession during an appearance on Fox News‘ Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. Why It Matters In last year’s presidential election, voters handed Trump a second term largely due to concerns over inflation and economic instability. Trump…
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…