WASHINGTON — In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has taken measures that strengthen Russia’s position and may rehabilitate Russian President Vladimir Putin’s soiled reputation in the international community. Trump returned to office vowing to swiftly end the Russia-Ukraine war, proclaiming last year that he was on “nobody’s side” except “humanity’s side.” But the neutral posture…
President Trump said Sunday he is “in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine,” despite the two countries continuing to trade strikes, including one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war. Smoke billowed on Sunday at an oil export terminal and depot in St. Petersburg, which was set ablaze…
The United States Treasury Department announced sanctions Wednesday on Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, the new Tehran agency that collects fees for traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz. “The Iranian military’s latest attempt to extort global maritime trade is proof that Economic Fury has left the regime desperate for cash,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent…
