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‘Maybe we like a dictator’: Trump defends his federal crackdown on cities
During a rambling appearance in the Oval Office, the US president complained he was not getting credit for clamping down on crime and immigration, and praised North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
- Danny Kemp
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‘Deathonomics’: Why Russia’s new middle class can’t afford for Putin’s war to end
It is a good time to be a Russian factory worker. But the real money comes if you join the military.
- Eir Nolsoe and Tim Wallace
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
Sucking up to Trump is now the diplomatic norm. But does it work?
Displays of deference by world leaders towards Donald Trump look so worshipful and self-belittling, they resemble courtiers tip-toeing around a mad monarch.
- Nick Bryant
Trump renews sanctions threat as Russia says no Putin-Zelensky meeting planned
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly called for the Russian president to meet him, saying it is the only way to negotiate an end to the war.
- Dasha Litvinova
‘A bitter peace’: The hard choices now facing Ukraine – and Trump
Seated around the US president at the White House, each of Europe’s leaders was invited to speak. The Finnish president, a former Trump golf buddy, stood up – and shared a telling story.
- Michael Koziol
‘Fight back’: Trump airs support for Ukraine going on offensive against Russia
The US president slammed American policies that prevented Ukraine from launching full-scale attacks on the “invader’s country”, posting a picture of himself pointing at the chest of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to reinforce his point.
- David Crowe
What Russia is doing to grab Ukrainian land while it still can
As US President Donald Trump presses Ukraine and Russia to reach a peace deal, Putin’s forces are pushing to capture as much land as possible.
- Kim Barker and Michael Schwirtz
The territory at the heart of Russia’s war in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has long tried to change Ukraine’s borders, even before his February 2022 invasion. It could now happen as the price for peace.
- Aliaksandr Kudrytski, Kateryna Chursina and staff writers
- Opinion
- Putin's Russia
The real meaning of the Zelensky summit was not as it appeared
Trump claims to have resolved several wars – from the Congo to Kosovo and Cambodia – in his seven months in office. Ukraine will soon be added to his list of “successes”.
- M. Gessen
- Analysis
- Russia-Ukraine war
Five takeaways from Trump’s Ukraine summit (and his post-mortem on Fox News)
What started with a historic, if disconcerting, meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska led to a hasty summit with European leaders - and then a revealing interview on Fox News.
- Michael Koziol