Moscow threw Donald Trump's Ukraine peace initiative into disarray on Thursday, insisting it must have a veto over any postwar support for the country as its forces carried out a large-scale overnight missile barrage. In a series of hardline remarks, Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said European proposals to deploy troops in Ukraine after a settlement would amount to "foreign intervention", which he called absolutely unacceptable for Russia. Lavrov said Russia wanted to return to discussing a framework first proposed during the initial peace talks held in Istanbul in 2022, under which Moscow and Beijing would help guarantee Ukraine's security alongside European allies " terms Kyiv considers unacceptable.V
When House Republican leaders rushed to leave Washington for a long August break, they seemed desperate to quell the anger among their supporters about the Trump administration's backtracking on a promise to release files related to its investigation of the accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. But halfway through a five-week congressional recess, the clamor shows little sign of quieting. [Meanwhile] Democrats, in some cases with the help of Republicans, have laid a series of procedural traps that will make it all but impossible for the G.O.P. to avoid confronting the issue again when Congress reconvenes in September. read more
Trump posted a mysterious message on his Truth Social account on Sunday that left people puzzled, at least for a little while. In the midst of a posting spree in which he attacked the media, blamed former President Joe Biden for Russia's war on Ukraine, and defended himself after last week's seemingly unproductive meeting with Vladimir Putin, the president posted a message with just four letters: "Bela." read more
Rumours about Donald Trump's deteriorating health have intensified after the US president seemingly struggled to walk in a straight line in Alaska. read more
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday [Feb. 21]said the Jeffrey Epstein client list is "sitting on my desk right now" and she is reviewing the JFK and MLK files as well after President Donald Trump's earlier directives. "It's sitting on my desk right now to review," Bondi told 'America Reports' host John Roberts on Friday [Feb. 21]. "That's been a directive by President Trump." read more
For openers ...
1. Gutting the Voting Rights Act
2. Creating insanely broad presidential immunity
3. Holding blameless those who carry out presidential diktats (see 2 above)
4. Legalizing bribery of and payoffs to public officials
5. Citizens United ...
... and on.