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Trump Got Away With Trying To Extort Ukraine The First Time, And Is Now Trying Again

Sky-high diesel prices are a result of Trump’s war of choice against Iran, but Trump repeatedly blames Ukraine as he again cozies up to Russian dictator Putin.

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Ukrainian officials accuse U.S. of withholding intelligence, leading to Russian missile attackUkrainian officials suspect the U.S. has been withholding information about incoming Russian air strikes. The U.S. has threatened to do so if Ukraine continues striking Russian energy targets, which President Trump blames for driving up diesel prices. Aidan Stretch reports.

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U.S. Continues to Provide Intelligence to Ukraine, Officials SayConfusion about the U.S. stance has mounted in Kyiv amid restrictions on how the military version of Starlink is used.

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Fury after 'deeply unwell' Trump babbles about new states at rally: 'Complete insanity'President Donald Trump once again brought back his obsession with annexing Canada at his rally on Wednesday. "Canada will become the 51st state," Trump proclaimed to the crowd. "Just like Greenland" — referencing his other ongoing fixation on taking a foreign territory. Commenters on social media could only shake their head in pity. "Complete insanity.…

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Trump's now horrified by Russia's war — but it's not for the dead UkrainiansThe attacks in the war between Russia and Ukraine have finally gone too far for President Donald Trump. But it's not the bodies piling up that have sickened him. Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.

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The Memo: Crisis and chaos hit Ukraine as questions multiply over Trump’s roleThe war in Ukraine — and the question of the American role in it — has been thrown into a new moment of chaos and crisis. Wednesday brought a blizzard of developments: revelations that Ukraine had been abruptly restricted in its use of a satellite service that is crucial to its wartime efforts; an accusation...

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4 GOP senators join letter demanding Pentagon inspector general investigation of Ukraine’s Starlink outageFour Republican senators have signed on to a letter to the Defense Department’s inspector general expressing “grave concern” over Ukraine’s sudden loss of access to intelligence-sharing and high-speed Starlink data, which it needs to intercept Russian drones, and asked him to investigate whether senior Defense officials played a role. “We urgently…

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UK and EU consider coordination on China tariffsThe UK said it was prepared to align its tariffs on Chinese EVs with the EU’s, delivering a boost to Brussels amid trade negotiations with Beijing.

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Questions flare over US role in Ukraine's Starlink shut-off: What to knowOn Wednesday, Elon Musk’s Starlink was pulled into the center of a controversy after Ukraine’s military faced restricted access to Starshield, the military version of the satellite-based system. Starlink services were cut off for objects that traveled more than 100 mph, impacting the capabilities of Ukraine’s drones, airplanes and helicopters, a source…

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Kristi Noem quietly removed from Trump envoy role amid admin reshuffling: reportKristi Noem is no longer serving in the diplomatic role President Donald Trump gave her after removing her as Homeland Security secretary, CBS News reported Thursday. Her designation as a special envoy for the Shield of the Americas expired last month, a State Department official told the network. She remains in the MAGA administration, working on the…

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Zelenskyy: ‘Pity’ Ukraine Losing Strong Partner"Balance of Power" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On today's show, Marc Short, former Chief of Staff to former Vice President Mike Pence, says reports of graft and corruption involving the Trump administration and the president's family are becoming a bigger liability for Republicans ahead of the midterms. Rep. Gabe Amo…

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