Month: August 2025

President Trump will meet Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a high-stakes Oval Office meeting, three days after flying to Alaska to discuss peace with Russian President Vladimir Putin. European leaders will be at the White House to back up Zelensky, a clear effort by Ukraine’s allies to prevent the meeting from going off…
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Democrats are struggling to mount a response as Trump has federalized Washington, D.C., and seized control of the Metropolitan Police Department while threatening to take similar actions in other Democratic cities. In interviews with The Hill, some Democrats have expressed frustration with their party’s emphasis on decreasing crime rates instead of focusing on the way…
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The “Last Week Tonight” host cast serious doubt on the president’s effort to boost his image.

The president posted a strange message on his Truth Social website.

The secretary of state pointed to few actual specifics while touting alleged progress.

President Trump is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders on Monday following his controversial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. “I have already arrived in Washington, tomorrow I am meeting with President Trump. Tomorrow we are also speaking with European leaders. I am grateful to @POTUS …
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Conservatives are mocking former FBI Director James Comey over a post he made on his Substack on Sunday in which he discussed his admiration for pop superstar Taylor Swift. The post features a video of Comey calling Swift “a truly inspirational public figure” and noting her recent appearance on NFL stars’ Jason and Travis Kelce’s…
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A key meeting on the Russia-Ukraine war is set for Monday. Erin has been downgraded to a tropical storm but could still cause danger. But some on the internet want to know what President Trump was talking about with his “bela” post. Trump at 8:31 a.m. on Sunday posted the one-word message on his Truth…
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Sen. Chris Murphy called the failed meeting, in which no ceasefire was reached for the war in Ukraine, a “disaster” while on air with NBC News.

Restaurant attendance in the nation’s capital has taken a dive in the wake of President Trump’s Washington, D.C., crackdown on crime, according to data from OpenTable. Last Monday, Trump announced he was taking federal control of D.C.’s police department and deploying the National Guard in the city in an effort to fight crime.  Beginning that…
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Members of the African American Mayors Association started noticing last year declines in violent crime in their cities.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Sunday that President Trump “once again got played” by Russian President Vladimir Putin following their recent meeting in Alaska. “You’re on the Foreign Relations Committee. You watched that summit, I’m sure. What is your reaction to what happened?” ABC News’s Martha Raddatz asked Van Hollen on “This Week.” “Well,…
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Riley Gaines, a vocal Trump supporter, previously made national headlines for slamming transgender athletes for competing in women’s sports.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Sunday that authorities arrested 68 people overnight in Washington, D.C., amid a federal crackdown on crime in which President Trump has sent the National Guard to the nation’s capital and federalized the police force. “Over 300 arrests in D.C. — and counting: Just last night, our federal and DC…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday said the details of the negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war will need to be determined by the two countries, stressing that the U.S. is not in a position to accept the terms of a peace deal to end a war that it is not directly involved…
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday dismissed President Trump’s recent crackdown on Washington, D.C., as a “stunt.” “What’s happening here in Washington, D.C. is just a stunt. Donald Trump didn’t like the fact that the walls were closing in on him, that his own base was questioning why he wouldn’t release the Epstein files, why…
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service enacted a new eagle permitting regulation last spring, claiming that it would “promote eagle conservation.” But the new regulation only makes it easier for wind energy projects to receive permits, allowing them to kill eagles. The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act prohibits “take” of eagles, defining “take” as “pursue, shoot, shoot at,…
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Revisions to the jobs report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) are at the center of a political firestorm after President Trump fired the agency’s head earlier this month. The agency’s most recent report revised down employment numbers for May and June by a whopping 258,000 jobs, drawing accusations by the president and…
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President Trump’s first-term ambassador to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison, warned on Sunday that Chinese President Xi Jinping “is watching” President Trump’s approach to negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Hutchison said if the West appears weak against Russia — and if Russia doesn’t face adequate repercussions for starting…
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Schumer said that Trump’s failure to reach an agreement to end the war in Ukraine won’t earn him the Nobel Peace Prize he’s been vying for.

Former Vice President Pence said on Sunday he “fully” supports President Trump’s approach to combating crime in Washington, D.C., through his recent crackdown on the nation’s capital. “I welcome his decision to deploy the National Guard and essentially federalize the D.C. Police Department. I know that it’s all now working in a very cooperative way,”…
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President Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is breaking the mold of his predecessors and causing alarm among economists of all stripes. Commissioners of the BLS are usually academics or career civil servants with decades of experience in statistics and economics.   But EJ Antoni, who Trump nominated to lead the agency…
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Former Vice President Pence on Sunday praised President Trump for “not giving up on Ukraine,” even as Trump’s first-term vice president said he would have liked to see a ceasefire come out of the Friday Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I think he deserves credit as leader of the free world for not…
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The president ranted about negative coverage of his peace talks with Putin.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday that Russia-Ukraine land swaps are the “fundamental issue” that will be discussed at the White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Witkoff said land swaps will be the key discussion point on Monday when Zelensky…
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