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The fiery and very public bust-up between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a disaster for Ukraine and its European allies and a triumph for Russia.

Vice President JD Vance acknowledged the pope’s criticism of the Trump administration’s crackdown, without responding to any of its specifics or to the pontiff’s apparent criticism of Vance’s own deployment of Catholic tradition to justify such policies.

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Eggs have become the grocery staple that Americans can’t stop talking about, whether its fears of widespread bird flu getting worse or the drastic increase in prices. (Image credit: Frederic J. Brown)

The iconic voices of female jazz & blues legends Billie Holiday, Phyllis Hyman, Nancy Wilson and Bessie Smith were honored at Aretha’s Jazz Café in Detroit for Black History Month (Image credit: Sylvia Jarrus)

The novice diplomat embodies the president’s transactional worldview

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has fired 7,000 workers in Washington, D.C., and around the country—layoffs occurring right as the 2025 tax return filing season hits full steam. The cuts are one step in the charge of the newly created

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Graham called the meeting a “complete, utter disaster” and said he’s “never been more proud” of President Donald Trump.