Diplomats in Munich Fear Trump Is Giving Up Leverage to Putin Before Talks With Ukraine

Diplomats in Munich Fear Trump Is Giving Up Leverage to Putin Before Talks With Ukraine

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 begin. “It’s appeasement,” the official, Kaja Kallas, declared at the Munich Security…

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Trump’s Whirlwind Now Blows Through Europe

Trump’s Whirlwind Now Blows Through Europe

The great collision has begun. As President Trump’s national security team arrived in Europe this week, very little about their hard-line message came as a surprise. But to the political and diplomatic leaders arriving in Munich on Friday for an annual security conference where fault lines in the Western alliance are always on display, it…

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Pope Criticizes Trump’s Deportation of Migrants, Calling It a Violation of ‘Dignity’

Pope Criticizes Trump’s Deportation of Migrants, Calling It a Violation of ‘Dignity’

Pope Francis on Tuesday harshly criticized President Trump’s policy of mass deportations and urged Catholics to reject anti-immigrant narratives in an unusually direct attack on the American administration. In an open letter to American bishops, Francis said that deporting people who often come from difficult situations violates the “dignity of many men and women, and…

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Vance Accuses Judges Who Block Trump’s Executive Orders of Acting Illegally

Vance Accuses Judges Who Block Trump’s Executive Orders of Acting Illegally

Vice President JD Vance attacked federal judges on Sunday for blocking several of the Trump administration’s sweeping executive actions, characterizing their recent decisions as “illegal.” “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” Mr. Vance wrote on social media. Mr. Vance’s post raises questions about whether the Trump administration will abide by federal rulings…

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