As President Donald Trump's second administration continued its effort to swiftly reshape the federal government, a union ...

But Trump's new steel, aluminum and reciprocal tariffs will boost inflation. Big tariffs on Canada, Mexico, Europe, Japan and others will weaken those economies, encourage retaliation against the U.S.

Ukraine could trade territory in potential peace talks with Russia, Zelensky says Ukraine strikes Russia's Saratov oil ...

Over at the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin is holding further talks with regional governors. Having spoken with the Russian governor of the occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine yesterday, the president is ...

As we reported earlier, Donald Trump has suggested that Ukraine "may or may not be Russian someday" (see 8.17am post). We've been keeping an eye on reaction in Ukraine, where the comments are ...