Blog Verité

Chief justice pauses order for Trump to pay $2 billion in foreign-aid funding  SCOTUSblog

Putin warns Europe against sabotaging US-Russia rapprochement  Reuters Putin says Russia-US talks ‘inspire hope’ as Starmer set for Ukraine meeting with Trump  BBC.com Vladimir Putin hopeful after US talks on Ukraine ceasefire  Financial Times ‘It’s the beginning’: Kremlin plays it cool ahead of

Andrew Tate: Influencer and brother Tristan leave Romania for US  BBC.com Andrew Tate, charged with rape and trafficking in Romania, heads to the U.S.  NBC News Tate brothers land in South Florida on flight from Romania  CBS Miami Influencer Tate brothers, who face

Chief Justice John Roberts pauses order for Trump admin to pay $2 billion in foreign aid by midnight  CNN Chief Justice Allows U.S. to Continue Freeze on Foreign Aid Payments  The New York Times Judge gives Trump administration two days to release

‘We’re not prepared’: States brace for Trump’s plans to dismantle the Education Department  NBC News

At a pivotal time for Europe and NATO, Germany holds elections on Sunday. NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to Constanze Stelzenmüller of the Brookings Institution about the stakes of the election.

White House and Ukraine nearing rare earths deal that would tighten relationship, AP source says  The Associated Press Trump says deal with Ukraine for US access to its rare earth minerals is ‘pretty close’  Fox News Draft US-Ukraine rare earth minerals deal

The UN Must Act to Bring Peace to Europe  Department of State US offers UN resolution on war in Ukraine that stops far short of competing European statement  The Associated Press US Pushes Allies to Block Ukrainian UN Text That Condemns Russia  Bloomberg

Exclusive | White House and Ukraine Close In on Deal for Mineral Rights  The Wall Street Journal

President Trump upended U.S. – Russia policy in one week, and foreign policy experts are trying to understand why and what might come next.