Trump steps back from Russia and Ukraine peace talks for now, sources say
Donald Trump is taking a step back from the negotiations to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The next stage is a bilateral meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The White House does not have a shortlist of locations where the meeting could take place.
The Trump administration is interested in buying a 10% stake in Intel. Bloomberg's Joe Deaux and Kai Ryssdal talk about the new way that the president is using corporate America for his policy goals on "Marketplace" today. They discuss how it might change the White House's approach to American capitalism.
DOJ Tried To Get Names And Social Security Numbers Of Trans Kids
The DOJ issued a subpoena to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in June. It asked for emails, texts, social media and Zoom recordings dating to January 2020. Last month, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Justice Department had issued more than 20 subpoenas to doctors and clinics offering gender-affirming care for minors.
The Republican-controlled state House in Texas passed new congressional maps that aim to pad the party's majority in Washington by as much as five seats in the midterm elections. California Democrats are moving quickly to implement a plan carving up their state's maps in retaliation. Republicans in states like Indiana, Missouri and Florida continue to talk about tweaking their maps …
Major Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine kills 1, injures 15
Russia fired 574 drones and 40 missiles on Ukraine overnight. One person was killed and 15 injured. It was Russia's third largest aerial attack this year in terms of the number of drones fired and the eighth-largest in the terms of missiles. Most such Russian attacks have hit civilian areas. The strikes occurred during a renewed U.S.-led effort to reach …
President Donald Trump intensified his criticism of windmills and wind turbines this week. He blamed them for higher energy prices, power shortages and environmental harm. On Tuesday, the U.S. Commerce Department expanded the scope of its steel and aluminum tariffs, adding 407 additional product categories.
Federal Agents Detain Dozens of Workers in Raid at New Jersey Warehouse
U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained 29 people at a warehouse in Edison, N.J., on Wednesday morning. It was unclear if other federal agencies were involved in the operation. The mayor's office said the police department was notified that the Department of Homeland Security would be in the area on Wednesday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi concluded a brief visit to New Delhi on Wednesday. China and India have struggled to maintain friendly relations for the past decade. The most prominent such episode occurred in June 2020 when Indian troops ousted the PLA from the Galwan Valley area of Ladakh and killed twice as many soldiers as they did in the …
LiveBlog USA under Trump: Civil lawsuit against Elon Musk approved | Faz
Elon Musk has to argue about a civil lawsuit for fraud and breach of contract. US federal judge Robert Pitman gave a lawsuit on Wednesday. Musk was accused of cheating voters with a competition before the presidential election. The applicant Jacqueline McAfert had credibly argued that she had no real chance of winning one million dollars. Musk wanted to obtain …
Critics say President Trump promotes a vision of America that demeans and dehumanizes people of color. He has ordered Confederate statues to be restored and celebrated and used language with uncomfortable racial overtones to describe Washington as a hotbed of "savagery, filth and scum"