Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared to throw cold water on any possibility for peace with Russia last week when he told reporters that the Ukrainian public would never allow him to give up land in the eastern Donbas that is not yet in Moscow’s control.
Tag: Trump administration
ICE’D OUT: COURTS HAVE RULED 4,400 TIMES THAT FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS HAVE JAILED IMMIGRANTS UNLAWFULLY
The Trump administration has been handed stinging rebukes from federal courts in the U.S. since October, which ruled that over 4,400 immigrants have been unlawfully detained during the government’s crackdown on illegal immigration, Reuters reported.
HAS TRUMP LOST CONTROL TO NETANYAHU?
In our discussion on Monday, Nima and I examine the problematic situation in which Netanyahu has placed US President Donald Trump.
U.S. CARRIES OUT 31ST AIRSTRIKE ON SOMALIA OF THE YEAR, AS HORN OF AFRICA BECOMES ‘CRITICAL THEATER’ FOR GLOBAL POWERS
The U.S. announced last week that it carried out its 31st airstrike on Somalia’s Puntland region to target ISIS fighters in the region, as the Horn of Africa emerges as a region drawing new interest from global powers.
BITCOIN RATTLED AMID TECH-STOCK SELLOFF
Bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, came out limping after last week’s tech selloff, falling below $67,000, as industry insiders acknowledge that “sentiment has deteriorated sharply.”
CHINA HAWK WINS SNAP ELECTION IN JAPAN TO THE DELIGHT OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister, won a snap election on Sunday, drawing praise from the Trump administration because of her hawkish approach to China.
BILLIONAIRE GRIFFIN CALLS OUT TRUMP’S GRIFT
Ken Griffin, the billionaire founder of Citadel, offered rare criticism of President Donald Trump from a business leader last week when he raised questions about the Trump family’s business dealings and its pay-to-play tactics.
TRUMP NOW WANTS HARVARD TO PAY $1 BILLION OVER HANDLING OF ‘ANTISEMITISM’ PROTESTS
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social last week to up the ante in his standoff with Harvard and said the Ivy League school must now pay $1 billion to the federal government over its unacceptable tolerance of antisemitism on campus during the spring of 2024.
CONGRESS LAUNCHES PROBE INTO TRUMP FAMILY’S WORLD LIBERTY FINANCIAL
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the House Committee on Competition, announced last week that he launched a probe into the Trump family’s crypto company World Liberty Financial (WLFI) that took a $500 million investment from a royal in Abu Dhabi that raised questions if the deal had anything to do with the major U.S. chip sale to the UAE that raised national security concerns.
PENTAGON DIGS IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST JOURNALIST ACCESS
The Pentagon last week responded to a lawsuit filed by The New York Times pertaining to its new restrictions in place on reporters who cover the military from inside the building and insisted that the measures are intended to safeguard key national security information.









