Trump says Ukraine peace deal will happen ‘fairly quickly or not at all’

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pressed President Trump for a stronger U.S. commitment to protecting Ukraine if the war ends and warned his U.S. counterpart not to reward Russian President Vladimir Putin in any peace deal. But in Oval Office talks and a later press conference, Mr. Trump publicly brushed aside those pleas insisting that it was now or never to negotiate an end to the brutal war. The Washington Times stories: White House

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Ahmaud Arbery’s Dad Says ‘All Lives Matter’ in Reaction to Verdicts

Ahmaud Arbery’s father reacted to the guilty verdict of the three men involved in his son’s murder Wednesday, proclaiming “all lives matter.” “For real, all lives matter,” Marcus Arbery told the media following the guilty verdicts. “Not just black children, we don’t want to see nobody go through this. I don’t want to see no daddy watch their kid get left and shot down like that. So it’s all our problem.” Arbery, a 25-year old black man, was shot and killed in Brunswick, Georgia on Feb. 23, 2020, when three men…

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US government partial shutdown grinds on with democrats venting and Trump ‘all alone’ – The Straits Times

US government partial shutdown grinds on with democrats venting and Trump ‘all alone’  The Straits Times Top Democrats say it is hard to see shutdown solution with Trump  Reuters Government shutdown, day 3: Trump complains he’s ‘all alone’ waiting for Democrats to deal  USA TODAY Democrats, Trump Blame Each Other for Government Shutdown Chaos  VOA News Trump ‘plunging us into chaos’, Democrats say, as markets tank and shutdown persists  The Guardian View full coverage on Google News “us democrats” – Google News

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