by Francesca Ebel (c) 2025 , The Washington Post MOSCOW – The Trump administration’s rewrite of decades of U.S. foreign policy on Russia, laid bare in the Oval Office confrontation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, is bringing Washington into alignment with Moscow, the Kremlin said Sunday, a shift that could upend […]
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Washington now ‘largely aligns’ with Moscow’s vision, Kremlin says
by Francesca Ebel (c) 2025 , The Washington Post MOSCOW – The Trump administration’s rewrite of decades of U.S. foreign policy on Russia, laid bare in the Oval Office confrontation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, is bringing Washington into alignment with Moscow, the Kremlin said Sunday, a shift that could upend […]
Trump announces ‘reciprocal’ tariffs in latest trade move
By David J. Lynch, Rachel Siegel, Anthony Faiola · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump on Thursday continued his relentless remaking of U.S. trade relations, announcing a new policy of taxing foreign goods at the same rate that other nations apply to American products that could start in the coming weeks or months. The president billed his new […]
Trump announces ‘reciprocal’ tariffs in latest trade move
By David J. Lynch, Rachel Siegel, Anthony Faiola · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump on Thursday continued his relentless remaking of U.S. trade relations, announcing a new policy of taxing foreign goods at the same rate that other nations apply to American products that could start in the coming weeks or months. The president billed his new […]
The many foes Trump and Co. have targeted — and friends they’ve rewarded
By Aaron Blake · The Washington Post (c) 2025 There’s a lot of norm-breaking – and according to multiple judges, apparent lawbreaking – going on with the Trump administration right now. And it can be difficult to keep track of everything. But one of the defining trends of President Donald Trump’s first three weeks back in office […]
The many foes Trump and Co. have targeted — and friends they’ve rewarded
By Aaron Blake · The Washington Post (c) 2025 There’s a lot of norm-breaking – and according to multiple judges, apparent lawbreaking – going on with the Trump administration right now. And it can be difficult to keep track of everything. But one of the defining trends of President Donald Trump’s first three weeks back in office […]
Court grants request to block detained Venezuelan immigrants from being sent to Guantanamo
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal court on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from sending three Venezuelan immigrants held in New Mexico to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba as part of the president’s immigration crackdown. In a legal filing earlier in the day, lawyers for the men said the detainees “fit the profile of […]
Court grants request to block detained Venezuelan immigrants from being sent to Guantanamo
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal court on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from sending three Venezuelan immigrants held in New Mexico to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba as part of the president’s immigration crackdown. In a legal filing earlier in the day, lawyers for the men said the detainees “fit the profile of […]
This time, the anti-Trump resistance is in the courts more than in the streets
By Naftali Bendavid · The Washington Post (c) 2025 As President Donald Trump opens his presidency with a barrage of actions that critics say defy or ignore existing laws, his opponents, after a brief period of shocked paralysis, have ramped up dozens of lawsuits that now form the leading edge of the liberal pushback against his second-term […]
This time, the anti-Trump resistance is in the courts more than in the streets
By Naftali Bendavid · The Washington Post (c) 2025 As President Donald Trump opens his presidency with a barrage of actions that critics say defy or ignore existing laws, his opponents, after a brief period of shocked paralysis, have ramped up dozens of lawsuits that now form the leading edge of the liberal pushback against his second-term […]

