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White House envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than four hours last Friday in St. Petersburg to discuss potential peace settlements in Ukraine. While Witkoff emerged with a clearer understanding of Putin's demands, he did not secure approval for the 30-day ceasefire plan
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The White House’s announcement last week of new tariffs on foreign imports sparked an escalating tariff battle with China that has resulted in reciprocal rates of 125% on both American and Chinese imports, with both sides continuing to hold firm in the trade standoff. More than 75 countries have
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President Trump has introduced what some are calling one of the biggest economic gambles in presidential history - a new tariff structure featuring a 10% global baseline. Chinese imports will face a steep 54% tariff starting next week, while European goods will see 20% tariffs, with European vehicles specifically subject
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This Week’s News: * Israel Expands Ground Operations in Gaza: Israel intensified its military operations in Gaza, reclaiming territories in the north from which it had previously withdrawn under a ceasefire. The expanded ground campaign comes amid stalled negotiations aimed at securing a new ceasefire and the release of hostages.
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Following a meeting with Ukrainian officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where they agreed to an immediate 30-day ceasefire, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has now met with Russian President Putin, and Presidents Trump and Putin will likely speak this week. As of today, part of the Ukrainian army is surrounded in
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Last Saturday marked the end of Phase 1 of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. According to Axios, “As of that day, all living hostages who were part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal have now been released by Hamas. The bodies of four dead hostages are expected to be returned
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As The Trump administration seeks to negotiate an end to the Russia/Ukraine war, they have been in talks with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky to secure the rights to rare earth minerals in Ukraine as repayment for the $175B in aid the U.S. has given Ukraine. Trump sent Treasury
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Under phase one of the Israel/Hamas deal, 33 hostages held by Hamas (women, children, elderly, and sick) will be released. So far, 25 have been freed. Hamas has made a spectacle of many of the releases, donning crisp, new uniforms and parading the hostages on stages, dressing them up
President Trump delayed new tariffs on Mexico and Canada, after both countries agreed to toughen their border security. Mexico agreed to send 10,000 troops to its border, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada would commit more resources to battling the spread of fentanyl. Meanwhile, Trump’s 10
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On Wednesday night around 9 p.m. near Washington D.C., a UH-60 Black Hawk on a training flight crashed into American Eagle Flight 5342 bound from Wichita, Kansas to Reagan National Airport. There were no survivors from either aircraft, resulting in the deaths of all 64 airplane passengers, 4
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In a ceremony inside the Capital Rotunda building on Monday, Donald Trump was sworn in as the second president in U.S. history to serve two non-consecutive terms—completing the most unlikely political comeback of our time. His inauguration speech promised that although “the pillars of our society lay broken
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On Monday at 12 noon E.S.T., Former President Donald Trump will be sworn in as America’s 47th president. Due to the cold weather in D.C., the inauguration has been moved inside, to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda building, incidentally the same building where protesters entered on