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The seven European leaders who accompanied President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House on Monday made little secret of why they had suddenly interrupted their summer vacations to make the trip. They believed they might need to shield the Ukrainian leader from the disparagement and bullying he had to endure on his last Oval Office in February.
Trump met with Ukraine's president and other European leaders. The DOJ will begin sharing Epstein-related files with Congress on Friday. The latest: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said his committee will start receiving the government's records on Jeffrey Epstein at the end of this week.
The Ukrainian president’s outfit during his visit to the White House Monday reflects a change in tactics since his disastrous meeting with President Trump earlier this year.
Another major talking point is on security guarantees. Trump says security guarantees for Ukraine would be "provided" by European countries with "coordination" by the US. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told the BBC that the UK negotiators will shortly be arriving in Washington for further planning on this.
Rock star Jack White’s blistering critique of Donald Trump and the president’s blinged-out Oval Office makeover has sparked a furious response from the White House. Communications Director Steven Cheung lashed out after the White Stripes star described the Trump-era decor as “vulgar.
President Donald Trump made some false claims to the press while meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Monday – including a long-debunked claim that the US has given Ukraine more than $300 billion in wartime aid.
Sir Keir Starmer commends President Trump's efforts in Alaska on Friday, saying it brings "us closer than ever before" to ending the war.