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‘This remains an ongoing effort’: Melania Trump announces ‘open channel talk’ with Putin for release of Ukrainian children

Melania Trump announced she opened a channel of talk with Putin and the efforts led by her office secured the release of eight Ukrainian children. First Lady Melania Trump Friday made a rare announcement in which she said she opened a private channel of communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin since she wrote him a […]

‘Democrat hoax’: Trump rejects push to release more Epstein files; calls effort distraction from his success in office

US President Donald Trump (AP) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday brushed aside renewed demands to release additional Jeffrey Epstein files, dismissing the effort as a political distraction from his record in office.“This is a Democratic hoax that never ends,” Trump told reporters at the White House when asked about the Epstein records.“From what I […]

‘Not optics, direct challenge’: EU diplomat on Xi-Putin-Kim meet in China; effort to build ‘new world order’

The rare presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping at a parade in Beijing on Wednesday drew sharp criticism from the European Union, with its foreign policy chief warning that the show was “not just anti-Western optics” but a “direct challenge to the international […]

Inside Trump’s Effort on Russia and Ukraine

new video loaded: Inside Trump’s Effort on Russia and Ukraine By Maggie Haberman, Christina Shaman and John Pappas•August 20, 2025 President Trump has repeatedly bent other leaders to his will, simply by refusing to budge. But there is one person who refuses to budge even more than President Trump, and that is Vladimir Putin of […]

‘Nonsense’: Czech minister says Putin not serious about peace, praises Trump for effort

Czech foreign minister Jan Lipavský said Putin is not serious about negotiating peace. Czech foreign minister Jan Lipavský said Russian President Vladimir Putin is not at all serious about peace negotiation talks. Had he been, he would not have attacked Ukraine all day, the minister commented on the Alaska summit between Donald Trump and Putin. […]

‘Extreme lack of effort’: Hillary Clinton email row back in spotlight after probe documents declassified; Senate Judiciary Committee alleges FBI missteps

Hillary Clinton (File photo) Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley on Monday released newly declassified documents related to the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her time as Secretary of State. The materials, according to Grassley, reveal that the FBI “failed to fully investigate” Clinton’s handling of classified information.“This […]

Trump says Elon Musk is ‘off the rails’ with his third-party effort

President Trump assailed Elon Musk on Sunday night, describing him as “off the rails” after Musk said he was creating a new political party amid an ongoing rift with the president.“I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks,” Trump wrote on […]

Michigan court ends effort to sue Oxford school staff over 2021 mass shooting

Representative image (AP) DETROIT: The Michigan supreme court on Wednesday dismissed appeals by families of students killed or wounded at Oxford High School in 2021, ending efforts to hold employees partly responsible for the mass shooting. Under Michigan law, immunity is a high hurdle to overcome in lawsuits against a government body, including public school […]

Indian-origin Shri Thanedar’s impeachment effort against Trump not vetted by party, co-sponsors withdraw names

3 House Democrats withdrew their names as co-sponsors of Shri Thanedar’s articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Several House Democrats distanced themselves from Shri Thanedar’s articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. They were initially part of the impeachment attempt as they signed as co-sponsors of the resolution. Reps. Kweisi Mfume (Maryland), Robin Kelly […]

US threatens to quit Russia-Ukraine effort unless ‘concrete proposals’ | World News

WASHINGTON: Secretary of state Marco Rubio warned on Tuesday that the United States would give up on mediation unless Russia and Ukraine put forward “concrete proposals,” as US patience wanes on an early priority for Donald Trump.The US President had vowed to end the war in his first 24 hours back in the White House […]