U.S. President Donald Trump greeted Lee Jae Myung, the new president of South Korea, by asserting that a “Purge or Revolution” was taking place there and threatening to not do business with Seoul as he prepared to host the new leader at the White House later Monday. It was not immediately clear what Trump was … Read more
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iranian nuclear sites from U.S. strikes angered President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision and a White House official. Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he’ll “see whose fault it is” if Russia doesn’t come to the table for direct peace negotiations with Ukraine in the coming days, as doubts grow over whether a high-level meeting will take place. The White House said this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a … Read more
Ukraine’s future could hinge on a hastily assembled meeting Monday at the White House as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brings with him an extraordinary cadre of European leaders to show U.S. President Donald Trump a united front against Russia. The European political heavy-hitters were left out of Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin last … Read more
European and NATO leaders announced Sunday they will join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, with the possibility of U.S. security guarantees now on the negotiating table. Leaders from France, Britain and Germany are rallying around the Ukrainian leader after his exclusion from Trump’s summit on Friday with Russian President … Read more
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss a possible end to the Russia – Ukraine war. Over in Saskatchewan, many residents watched and waited for any signs of peace. One of those residents was Tanya Baran. Baran was born in Canada after her grandparents immigrated here after the … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would announce tariffs on imports of steel and semiconductor chips in coming weeks. “I’ll be setting tariffs next week and the week after on steel and on, I would say, chips,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would be disappointed if Friday’s pivotal sit-down with Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t lead to an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, setting new stakes for a summit that could determine the trajectory of the war. Trump made the comments as he flew to Alaska to meet with Putin, who is … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he wants Friday’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to “set the table” for a future meeting between the two leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which Trump is aiming to hold “shortly.” All eyes will be on whether Trump and Putin’s meeting in Alaska can lead to an … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the United States was making “sincere efforts” to halt the war in Ukraine and suggested Moscow and Washington could agree on a nuclear arms deal as part of a wider effort to strengthen peace. Putin was speaking to his most senior ministers and security officials on the … Read more