President Donald Trump is ready to sign a punishing Russia sanctions bill that GOP hawks have pushed for months. But only if it changes to give him more control. A senior administration official granted anonymity to discuss the presidentโs view said that โconceptually thereโs an opennessโ to the bill from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), but [โฆ]
Oksana Markarova will be recalled from Washington in move designed to strengthen ties with Trump teamVolodymyr Zelenskyy is replacing Ukraineโs ambassador to the US, who has been heavily criticised by leading Republicans, as part a diplomatic reshuffle…
The tech mogul spent the weekend blasting Trumpโs agenda on social media.
The president’s former supporter announced Saturday he was forming an independent political party.
The decision left officials on both sides of the Atlantic scrambling to find out how long the pause might last.
Spokesperson Sean Parnell confirms defence department reviewing shipments may not affect only UkrainePentagon says US strikes set back Iran nuclear program โone to two yearsโThe Pentagon has said that it is reviewing weapons deliveries to allies around…
France’s recent elections all had surprises, but each time the contestโs basic structure was still foreseeable. That isnโt the case now.
The worldโs richest man resumed his attacks on the GOPโs sweeping domestic legislation over the weekend.
Support for Sen. Tim Kaineโs war powers resolution fell largely along party lines.
Trump officials are trying to prove the airstrikes in Iran were every bit as flawless as the president first claimed.
President Donald Trumpโsย sudden announcementย Saturday night that he bombed three Iranian nuclear sites has Republican skeptics of U.S. military action against Iran largely falling in line. The prospect of strikes against Iran had sparked backlash from Democrats and days of infighting within Trumpโs MAGA coalition, but after the president posted on Truth Social that the U.S. [โฆ]
Israelis see value in weakening Iran as Trump seeks negotiations.
The administration has demanded that allies commit to spending at least 5 percent of GDP on defense.
Germany, France and the U.K. prepare for talks with Iranian officials in Geneva. Can they stop Trump joining Israel’s war?
โThe Israelis have to finish what they started. They started this,โ says Steve Bannon.
The 90-day extension marks the third delay in enforcing the law, as Beijing uses the popular app as leverage in ongoing trade negotiations.
The president said in May the cost would be โpeanuts compared to the value of doing it.โ
Various misconduct allegations against the former fast food executive sank his bid to be Labor secretary in the first Trump administration.
The U.S. president and his agencies have powerful weapons to deploy against his former DOGE chief, if they choose to.
Trump is the most politically powerful man in the world, Musk is the wealthiest man in the world, and their fates have become inextricably linked.
The fallout from the very public breakup could engulf Republican hopes of holding onto the House.
The president and the worldโs richest man, once close friends, sparred with increasingly explosive insults and threats.
โThe Trump tariffs will cause a recession in the second half of this year,โ Musk wrote on X.
Trumpโs meetings are unpredictable. This is how foreign leaders prepare.
A Madrid exhibition of work by the celebrated comic book artist Paco Roca marks 50 years since the death of FrancoThe map of Paco Rocaโs mind, a landscape of memory and loss, unfolds across the walls of an exhibition hall in Madrid, inviting visitors t…
The investigation will look into whether Bidenโs aides โconspired to deceive the publicโ about Bidenโs mental and physical state.
Zelenskyy allies visit Congress to bolster Russia sanctions bill.
โShame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong,โ he wrote.
Les Rรฉpublicains and the Socialists, the country’s old establishment parties, see a narrow window to reclaim relevance.
The decisive vote will have a dramatic impact far beyond the country.
The DOGE leader said his โscheduled timeโ as a special employee is up.
The organization of a CPAC conference in Poland on Tuesday was an opportunity for US Republicans to support the PiS candidate in the face of ‘wokeism’ and ‘globalism.’
Lawmakers see an opening for more sanctions on Russia, but the president is undecided.
The House members say that Poland’s government is favoring centrist candidate Rafaล Trzaskowski and accuse the Commission of not getting involved.
The king of the U.K. and Canada is reminding Donald Trump who’s head of state.
Whether or not he actually stops contributing is still an open question.
Itโs a shift from the U.S. presidentโs first term, and is driving a fresh wedge within his Republican Party.
โIf I see a reason to do political spending in the future, I will do it. I donโt currently see a reason,โ he said.
The offering will be “basically done with full transparency and very legally,” top Doha official says.
Bridget Brink on Friday wrote that she couldnโt in good faith adhere to the diplomatic instructions coming out of the Trump White House.
The makeup of Columbiaโs campus leaves it more exposed in an expensive dispute with the White House.
Negotiations on the war that Trump promised to end on โDay Oneโ of his term have dragged on over the last four months.
The president offered a brash new brand of mercantilism in the Middle East.
The firm said it expects federal deficits to widen, mostly due to increased interest payments on debt, rising entitlement spending and relatively low revenue generation.
The former FBI director said the message โ8647โ wasnโt intended to express violence against the 47th president.
The dynamics are shifting in the Middle East under a U.S. president who sees the world through a financial lens.
Unresolved grievances continue to threaten the survival of France’s minority government.
Johnson, who was U.K. PM when Russia invaded Ukraine, criticized the West’s Biden-era approach โ and said Trump can do better.
The challengers say the president is violating the Constitution and hope the Court of International Trade will grant their request for a preliminary injunction before the end of the month.
The path forward requires neither knee-jerk reactions nor naive optimism but steady, conditional support for Kyiv’s war effort.
Close China watchers say they donโt expect Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng to make any immediate concessions when the two sides meet in Switzerland this weekend.
The account posted criticism of the administration on social media.
George Simion tells POLITICO he’ll follow Donald Trump’s doctrine on Ukraine and defense policy.
Itโs a remarkable elevation for a former 2016 primary rival who exchanged personal attacks with Trump as they battled over the Republican Partyโs future.
Low-value packages from China will now be hit with a tariff. Itโll hurt online shoppers who have been increasingly drawn to cheap goods.
Harris delivered her most direct rebuke of Trumpโs second term during a speech to hundreds of Democratic donors in San Francisco.
The president lashed out at critics and celebrated the first 100 days of his second term in office.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer decried President Donald Trumpโs handling of the Russia-Ukraine war on Sunday, saying that the U.S. is risking its European alliances and making the country look โweakโ against foreign adversaries. The Trump administration has been ramping up pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent weeks [โฆ]
New polling ahead of Trumpโs 100-day mark shows Americans disapprove of Trumpโs immigration policies.
U.S. and European officials are sparring in meetings of the International Energy Agency, which helps guide global investments and policies.
Heโs the second major Republican to enter the race, setting up a battle for the GOP base.
The White Houseโs statement comes as the Trump administration faces a firestorm of criticism from Democrats and legal experts over due process and the rule of law.
โIf the economy just completely tanks, then itโs Political Science 101 that the incumbent is in trouble,โ a North Carolina GOP consultant said.
Overall prices and mortgage rates will inevitably rise because of the president’s tariff imposition. And when they do, maybe then his MAGA base will start to erode.
โThe market now believes that trade policy can change from minute to minute,โ said Chip Hughey, a managing director of fixed income securities at Truist.
Party strategists say a relatable message on the economy could be the way out of the wilderness for Democrats.
Here are the politicians most likely to occupy top posts in the next government.
โIt sounds like they are getting some good results,โ Senate Majority Leader John Thune said.
The lack of engagement is one signal the White House is still far from reaching substantive trade deals ahead of the midnight deadline for stepped-up global tariffs to kick in.
His comments follow reports that the Pentagon is considering removing thousands of servicemembers from the continent.
The surprise announcement comes as the Defense Department prepares to lay off tens of thousands of civilians.
Whatโs Washington without Elon Musk? Thatโs a question many Republicans are hoping to answer in the weeks ahead after President Donald Trump told allies that Muskโs time in the White House is soon coming to an end. But getting the worldโs richest man and designatedย small-government crusader to move on will be complicated, even if [โฆ]
Europe is at a turning point, where it can choose to reassert the ideals once pledged by the EU and confront the authoritarian brew emanating from U.S. If not now, when?
With a historic antitrust suit looming against Meta, could the company get a reprieve from its new ally in the White House?
Other countries encounter the โprisonerโs dilemmaโ as they weigh how to respond.
At issue is a nearly-50-year-old law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, that Trump is citing to impose tariffs.
Dreadful sales numbers are just the latest sign of the EV manufacturerโs โcrisis tornado.โ
His selection had surprised U.S. allies because the lawyer had no significant foreign policy experience.
The lessons we can take from how easily institutions have folded to Trumpโs remarkable revenge campaign.
Any push by Trump or his allies to get the president into the Oval for a third time would run directly counter to the Constitutionโs 22nd Amendment.
Trumpโs former national security adviser lets loose on the leaked Signal group chat and Trumpโs foreign policy.
The president continues to throw curveballs at businesses โ and even his own team.
Messages inadvertently shared with Atlantic journalist lays bare the unvarnished truth about how Vance and Hegseth feel about European alliesIf Europe wasnโt already on notice, the extraordinary leak of deliberations by JD Vance and other top-level Tru…
โYou canโt have recklessness as the national security adviser,โ one official said.
In seeking a historic peace accord between Russia and Ukraine, President Donald Trump has presented himself as an agnostic arbiter focused only on bringing the three-year war to an end. But his divergent approach to the parties โย quick to apply pressure on a more vulnerable ally Ukraine, more patience and gentle coaxing for the aggressor [โฆ]
One Democratic congressional aide called it an โoperational security nightmare.โ
President Trump is taking apart one of George W. Bushโs proudest achievements.
Any deal could face security concerns from China hawks in Congress.
The polls this week show doubt among voters, as Trump looks to close a deal with Russia to end the war.
The idea of Moscow as a paragon of Christian nationalism has penetrated the party of Reagan โ and the lurch in US policy has huge implications for the global orderNever miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key stories in rea…
As Mike Amesbury bows out of his career as a Labour MP after being caught on tape assaulting a constituent, this weekโs episode of Westminster Insider goes inside politiciansโ wrangles with the law. Host Sascha OโSullivan finds out if winding up in front of a judge can ever be survivable for a politician โ high-profile [โฆ]
Itโs the accounting maneuver that could break the Senate, upend the federal budget process and explode the national debt. Thatโs according to critics of a fiscal tactic that congressional Republicans are now seriously considering as they struggle to figure out how to deliver on all of President Donald Trumpโs policy demands. Adopting the โcurrent policy [โฆ]
The comment came during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheรกl Martin as Republicans try to get a government spending bill enacted before funding runs out on Friday evening.
The U.K. hopes teaming up with the U.S. on advanced tech might help avoid the president’s tariff wrath.
The presidentโs endorsement of ideas once relegated to the fringes of the crypto community could jeopardize broader efforts by policymakers to legitimize the $3 trillion market.
The president convened his secretaries, with Musk, to clarify power.
โThe people elected me to do the job, and Iโm doing it.โ
He levied sweeping tariffs on key trading partners Mexico, Canada and China early Tuesday morning.
U.S. vice president mocks idea of โsome random country that hasnโt fought a war in 30 yearsโ helping Ukraine, though after backlash denies he was referring to France or U.K.
Charges of hypocrisy do not land if the supposed hypocrite is not committed to any kind of consistency in the first placeHistorians and psychologists will study when exactly the meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy started to descend in…
