Day: February 26, 2025
Starmer faces up to Trump over Ukraine role in peace talks – PM flies into critical one-on-one meeting with US president and doubles down on declaration there can be ‘no negotiations about Ukraine without Ukraine’ – as he banks on special relationship to secure $400bn in trade
Elon Musk made heads turn with his presence at Trump’s first Cabinet meeting. He is neither a Cabinet member nor elected to office.
Elon Musk, though not a federal employee or a Senate-confirmed official, made a significant appearancea at Donald Trump’s first cabinet meeting.
Chief Justice John Roberts has temporarily halted a lower court order requiring the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid.
President Trump announced that despite a drop in illegal border crossings, he will impose 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods starting April 2
Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily let President Donald Trump keep freezing foreign-aid payments while the US Supreme Court weighs whether to lift an order that would require disbursement of as much as $2 billion.
Federal officials circulated a memo asking agency leaders to plan even more job reductions after thousands of federal workers were fired in recent weeks.
Nearly $2 billion in foreign aid has been suspended despite a lower court’s order, and the administration faced a midnight deadline for disbursing it.
