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Manafort, who advised former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, said Zelenskyy has political motivations for prolonging the conflict.

Donald Trump is a president at the height of his political power — and well aware of it.

Americans awoke on Tuesday morning to an intensifying trade war, as President Trump’s newest tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese imports were imposed and those countries quickly moved to retaliate. The Trump administration imposed 25 percent tariffs on most imports from Canada and Mexico and a new 10 percent tariff on imports from China. In...

The claim that NATO expansion triggered the war is nothing new. But what President Trump is doing is qualitatively different, and far more dangerous. 

The Trump administration is considering selling or canceling leases on thousands of empty federal buildings to help solve the dual problems of a surplus of empty federal office buildings and the housing shortage, with developers potentially turning them into apartments and condos.

President Trump is set to address a joint session of Congress for the first time during his second term on Tuesday, outlining the goals of his administration and how he views the state of the country. The first address that the president gives to Congress is technically not referred to as a State of the...

President Trump has turned the history of the Western world upside down by luring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into the Oval Office and using the occasion to put the United States squarely in the camp of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In today’s issue: President Trump will tell Americans in a prime-time speech tonight that his dizzying moves early in his second term should give them confidence about constructing what he calls the nation’s new “golden age.” Trump’s remarks are aimed at helping jumpstart his congressional agenda while defending broad cuts to federal agencies, an escalating...

Republican lawmakers are urging President Trump to salvage negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in hopes of reaching a peace deal that halts Russian encroachment and possibly gives the United States access to Ukraine’s rich mineral wealth. GOP senators say they hope Trump and Zelensky can put Friday’s heated exchange in the Oval Office behind...

U.S. businesses are bracing for the impact of President Trump's new tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods. After months of threats and pushed deadlines, Trump said Monday he would go ahead with implementing import taxes of 25 percent on goods from Canada and Mexico. The new tariffs, set to take effect Tuesday, would mark a...

Legendary investor Warren Buffett likened tariffs to "an act of war" in a new interview as President Trump doubles down on his embrace of the economic strategy. In an interview that aired Sunday on CBS News, anchor Norah O’Donnell asked Buffett about the effects tariffs will have on the economy. "Tariffs are actually, we've had...

Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) on Monday defended the budgets and workforce cuts at the Department of Veterans Affairs, as he said he “can’t guarantee” veterans’ benefits and care would be immune from cuts. In an interview with CNN's Brianna Keilar, Murphy said the cuts are essential to reining in government spending and restructuring to ensure...

Vice President JD Vance on Monday knocked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for "a certain sense of entitlement" during a clash with the Kyiv leader and President Trump in the Oval Office last week. “Even when Zelensky was kind of needling him, even when Zelensky was saying things that I thought were untrue, the president just...

The Pentagon, in initial work with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has found some $80 million in what it's deemed wasteful spending, according to the building's top spokesperson. In a video posted to X Monday evening, Press Secretary Sean Parnell read from an unreleased list detailing funding devoted largely to diversity, equity and inclusion...