Russian President Vladimir Putin was “automatically in better shape” than Donald Trump to negotiate over the war in Ukraine last Friday, the president’s former National Security Adviser, John Bolton, said Monday. Bolton also told The Daily Beast Podcast about his experience briefing the president on another consequential summit with Putin back in 2018—and what challenges that entailed. “Typically, he has …
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Ukraine to buy $90 billion in U.S. weapons as part of security guarantees Kyiv has offered to purchase around $90 billion in U.S. weapons, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reportedly said at a press briefing outside the White House Monday. The purchase offer, which has yet to be formalized, was part of security guarantees that were discussed, Zelenskyy said, according to …
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Ukraine offers $100bn weapons deal to Trump to win security guarantee Financial Times Trump-Zelenskyy live updates: US will give Ukraine ‘very good protection,’ Trump says ABC News FirstFT: Trump floats US security guarantees for Ukraine Financial Times Putin agrees that US, Europe could offer NATO-style security guarantees to Ukraine, Trump envoy says AP News Trump Officials Hint at Possible Concessions by Putin The New York …
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hailed the decision to offer security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal as he prepared to meet Donald Trump in Washington on Monday. “Security guarantees, as a result of our joint work, must really be very practical, delivering protection on land, in the air and at sea, and must be developed with Europe’s participation,” …
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Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund is an estimated eight years away from exhausting its asset reserves, which would trigger sweeping benefit cuts. A fresh analysis from the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Actuary foresees the “big, beautiful bill” modestly exacerbating the program’s cash outflow. However, ongoing demographic changes are the root cause of Social Security’s …
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Trump’s flagship tax and spending law is expected to have a material (and adverse) impact on America’s leading retirement program. For most aging Americans, Social Security income isn’t a luxury — it’s a necessary payout that ensures a stable financial foundation. For 24 years, Gallup has been surveying retirees to gauge their reliance on the income they receive from Social …
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U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 28, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow the United States …
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President Donald Trump signed his “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” into law on July 4, 2025. But as 19th century author Margaret Wolfe Hungerford wrote, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Not everyone views the president’s new law favorably. Even while the bill was making its way through Congress, opponents said it would cause the Social Security trust funds …
Read More »NEW YORK (AP) — Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with President Donald Trump to allow the U.S. and European allies to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defense mandate as part of an eventual deal to end the 3 1/2-year war. “We were able to win the …
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US ready to be part of security guarantees for Ukraine, Germany’s chancellor says The United States is ready to be part of security guarantees for Ukraine, German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said on Saturday after a summit in Alaska between the US president, Donald Trump, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, ended without a ceasefire deal. Merz was speaking to the …
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