Ukraine U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met Pres. Putin in Moscow this week, and Pres. Trump said Witkoff made "great progress" nudging Putin towards a Ukraine ceasefire deal he could agree to. Next, Tru …

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Gaza Israel is considering a plan to expand the war in Gaza and occupy the entire Gaza Strip - including the 25% it doesn't currently control. The cabinet will vote on the proposal tomorrow. Prime M …

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Ukraine Pres. Trump said he may send envoy Steve Witkoff to Russia this week to push Pres. Putin towards a Ukraine ceasefire: "We’ve got to get to a deal where people stop getting killed." Las …

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Coming up this week August 6 and 9 are the 80th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. New U.S. tariffs go into effect August 7 - unless frantic bilateral negotiations resul …

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Trade Tomorrow is Pres. Trump's deadline for new bilateral trade deals to avoid stiff new tariffs that will be imposed on trading partners that haven't yet struck a deal - i.e., all except for the U …

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Ukraine The Kremlin said it "took note" of Pres. Trump's threat to impose new sanctions and penalties if a ceasefire is not agreed with Ukraine by roughly Aug. 7-9. In lieu of a direct response to …

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