
The Guardian - 44 min 46 sec ago
A fuel deal with Vladimir Putin, and sanctions against the legal institution, ram home the president's belief that might is right On Friday, Donald Trump drove home his belief that might is right and the rule of law is an obstacle rather than an essential foundation stone of international order. First came the escalated assault on the international criminal court (ICC) , sanctioning the body itself. Then he announced a deal with Russia to buy diesel. The US has long chafed at the notion of being...

The Guardian - 1 hour 13 min ago
Ukrainian president earlier rejected US call for Kyiv to stop bombing oil refineries, saying Moscow must first end attacks on energy infrastructure US politics live updates Donald Trump has announced an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, apparently without consulting Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the deal to stop long-range attacks was "news to me". In a social media post, the US president claimed the two sides had reached an agreement. "Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY...

The Guardian - 1 hour 14 min ago
Analysts say fuel will take weeks to ship and is too small to affect prices, with the full deal unlikely to be met given damage to Russian refineries Zelenskyy rejects Trump claim of Ukraine-Russia energy ceasefire' Donald Trump's deal with Vladimir Putin to temporarily lift sanctions on US imports of Russian diesel will have little "meaningful" impact for motorists and businesses in the US and overseas, energy and foreign policy analysts have predicted. The US president infuriated...

Mother Jones - 1 hour 17 min ago
President Donald Trump keeps pointing the finger at everyone for surging fuel prices but himself. Over the weekend, he once again blamed Ukraine, asserting that the country’s retaliatory airstrikes on Russia’s oil refineries were causing prices to spike. Now Trump is urging Ukraine to scrap its leader. "I suggest they get a new leader who […]...

The Raw Story - 1 hour 53 min ago
President Donald Trump raced to Truth Social Sunday to announce the brokering of a new ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine an announcement that stood for mere minutes before it was contradicted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to Axios' Barak Ravid . Trump claimed that "effective immediately," a ceasefire had been agreed to by Russia and Ukraine to halt strikes on energy infrastructure. Moments later, however, Ravid claimed to receive conflicting information after...

NBC News - 2 hours 7 min ago
President Donald Trump claimed Sunday that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to an "energy ceasefire" as part of the ongoing conflict.

The Guardian - 2 hours 18 min ago
US president provides no details of alleged agreement in social media announcement that came just after Ukraine's president spoke to US media Donald Trump has claimed Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an "energy ceasefire", though the US president gave no details of the purported agreement. Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social account shortly after Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, told ABC on Sunday that Ukraine was ready for a ceasefire, including on energy infrastructure...

Fox News - 2 hours 18 min ago
President Donald Trump declared an immediate energy ceasefire, but his recent deal easing Russian diesel exports drew sharp criticism from Kyiv.

The Raw Story - 2 hours 32 min ago
President Donald Trump announced a major development in the Russo-Ukraine war Sunday morning, one he said was "effective immediately." "Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. "Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!" Despite the celebratory nature of Trump's announcement, the president had made similar claims in the past, only to be rebuked on the world stage...

The Guardian - 2 hours 46 min ago
Official says coalition will respond firmly' as Houthis warn people to avoid Saudi airports and US considers intervening Middle East crisis live latest updates Analysis: attack will force rethink of Trump strategy The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has vowed to retaliate after a suspected Houthi missile attack on Riyadh airport killed 12 people and wounded more than 300, as Donald Trump said the US could join its military campaign. Saudi Arabia blamed the Iran-allied Houthi rebel movement for...

NBC News - 2 hours 54 min ago
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said that President Donald Trump's decision to ease sanctions on Russia in order to allow Russia to release diesel fuel to the global market may be breaking the law.

The Guardian - 3 hours 44 min ago
Comments were among the most direct overtures by Trump to woo Democratic senator into his Republican party Donald Trump on Saturday openly encouraged Democratic US senator John Fetterman to switch parties and become a Republican just weeks before the federal midterm elections could reshape control of Congress. "I'd love to see him as a Republican," the presidents told reporters at Joint Base Andrews as he returned to Washington DC from a rally in Tennessee. "He does better as a Republican...

The Guardian - 3 hours 47 min ago
US president's plan to park the conflicts in Iran and Yemen, while blaming Ukraine for high diesel prices, has unravelled Middle East crisis live - latest updates The reckless missile attack on King Khalid international airport in Riyadh on Saturday did not just export the death and misery inside Yemen to Saudi Arabia, it also left Donald Trump forced to reconsider his diplomatic and political strategy designed to take him into the midterm elections next month. The US president plan's had...

ABC News - 3 hours 59 min ago
President Donald Trump's tariffs are turning factory workers against his Republican Party over fears the import taxes could lead to fewer jobs instead of the manufacturing renaissance he promised...

ABC News - 4 hours 7 sec ago
President Donald Trump shows no signs of budging from a trade policy that many Americans don't like as the midterm elections loom...

The Raw Story - 4 hours 52 min ago
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said over the weekend he will force a House vote to block Russian oil purchases. The move directly challenges President Donald Trump's new diesel deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Axios reported. Fitzpatrick co-chairs the Congressional Ukraine Caucus. He said he would introduce the "Ronald Reagan Peace Through Strength Act" and use a discharge petition to get around Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). A discharge petition needs 218 signatures to bring...

NBC News - 4 hours 55 min ago
President Donald Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader after its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, criticized Trump for making a new deal with Russia to release hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel fuel into the global market. Meanwhile, President Trump says he'll make the decision whether or not to move ahead with the controversial decision to livestream the first military execution by a firing squad since World War II. NBC's Yamiche Alcindor reports for Sunday TODAY.

The Guardian - 6 hours 10 min ago
Threatening an ally is a terrible idea, but there's no denying the Arctic's increasing strategic importance One of Donald Trump's more diabolical talents is his ability to land on the right things in the wrong way. Since his first term, Trump has been obsessed with the Arctic Greenland in particular something that has puzzled and enraged many, particularly in Europe. He first brought up the idea of buying the icy landmass from Denmark in 2019. Right after re-election, he began ramping...

The Guardian - 7 hours 7 min ago
Defence secretary backs Ukrainian president and says priority is to maintain western unity over Russia conflict Britain stands behind Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the defence secretary has said, after Donald Trump called for the Ukrainian president to be replaced and the US announced a controversial agreement to buy Russian diesel. Wes Streeting said Ukrainians alone should be able to decide who led their country as he indicated Trump was facing domestic political pressure over fuel prices ahead of next...

The New Yorker - 7 hours 10 min ago
If the coming election does result in a blue wave, Trump will be faced with the fact of his diminishment. The rest of us will be faced with the wreckage.

The Guardian - 8 hours 10 min ago
Although there is scepticism about Tehran's capabilities, it has become clear it wants Britain to feel it poses a risk Britain may have been only peripherally involved in the bombing of Iran that Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu started, but in the past fortnight it has become clear that Tehran wants to pose a threat inside the UK in response. In the aftermath of the confused incident near RAF Fairford, western officials are weighing up whether to warn publicly that Iran now has US military...

Variety - 8 hours 13 min ago
LYON, France Todd Haynes, Zhang Ziyi, Daniel Br hl, Tsui Hark and Andrey Zvyagintsev attended the opening gala of France’s Lumi re Festival Saturday night where Haynes teased his anticipated De Noche,' starring Pedro Pascal. It also saw Lumi re Fest chief Thierry Fr maux, also head of the Cannes Festival, take a well-received swing at U.S. President […]...

The Guardian - 8 hours 32 min ago
US president Donald Trump says he is weighing whether the US will join Saudi strikes against the Iran-backed Houthis The Houthis this morning have just also issued a warning to travellers and airlines against using Saudi airports following yesterday's attack. It's the first public message from the group since Saturday's deadly assault. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said airports and airspace "are exposed to targeting and constitute a theatre of operations for our forces"...

The Guardian - 9 hours 10 min ago
David McCloskey's new book depicts a calamitous collapse of the special relationship' could things get darker still? The "special relationship", the time-honored emotional bond between the US and Britain that has sustained through war and peace, is in trouble. The ties of history, culture and language that have bridged an ocean and bound the two countries politically for generations are fraying as perhaps never before strained relentlessly by Donald Trump, who has gleefully sacrificed...