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The seal of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System is displayed in the ground at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building, February 5, 2018, in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Why US Federal Reserve has historically been independent of the White House

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WASHINGTON, August 26, 2025 (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook late Monday, in a move viewed as a sharp escalation in his battle to exert greater control over the independent institution. Trump said in a letter posted on his Truth Social platform Monday that he is firing

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President Donald Trump with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders at the White House on Monday. (Photo: Washington Post)

Zelensky leaves Washington with Trump’s security guarantees, but are they enough?

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Canberra, Aug 20 (The Conversation) The last time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the White House earlier this year, he was berated by Donald Trump. On Monday, he returned with European leaders by his side. He emerged with some signs of progress on a peace deal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. The presence of

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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky (front) at the negotiating table ahead of closed-door talks, watched on by UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French president Emmanuel Macron and US president Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Trump begins planning for Putin-Zelenskyy meeting while affirming US help with security guarantees

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WASHINGTON August 19, 2025 (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he’s begun arrangements for a face-to-face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a pathway to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while affirming that the U.S. would back European security guarantees aimed at preventing Moscow from reinvading its neighbor once the current

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  • President Donald Trump says there will be “very severe consequences” if Russia doesn’t agree to stop the Ukraine war after Friday’s summit with President Vladimir Putin. He said a pre-summit call with Ukrainian and European leaders was “very friendly.” (Photo: AP)
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attend a video meeting of European leaders with US President Donald Trump on the Ukraine war in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, ahead of the summit between the US and Russian leaders. (Photo: AP)
  • French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a statement following a video conference on Ukraine at the Fort de Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, Wednesday Aug.13, 2025. (Photo: AP)
  • Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer co-chairs a videoconference call with European leaders on Ukraine, in London, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (Photo: AP)
  • A soldier of Ukraine’s 30th Mechanized Brigade prepares to fire a howitzer towards Russian positions on the front line near near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (Photo: AP)
  • Ukrainian servicemen of the 15th Army Corps stand by an armed pickup truck during night duty in the Chernihiv region, Ukraine, late Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (Photo: AP)

Trump warns of ‘severe consequences’ if Putin does not agree to stop war after summit

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BERLIN, August 14, 2025 (AP) — President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that there will be “very severe consequences” if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop the war against Ukraine after the two leaders meet for a summit later this week in Alaska. Trump made the comment in response to a question from

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