US president says Russia’s Putin wants Ukraine war ‘settled’
After threatening sanctions against Moscow, US President Donald Trump says his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin wants the war with Ukraine “stopped and settled”.
Trump says he has sent a letter to Iran asking the country to agree to nuclear negotiations; Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran will not enter into talks until Washington suspends its “maximum pressure” policy.ministration also had aggressively pushed to gain access to the dairy sector in Canada.
The basic idea behind supply management is that it helps limit fluctuations in the supply and demand of key products – ensuring production matches consumption.
Canadian dairy farmers must have a permit, known as a “quota”, to sell their products and those permits are tightly controlled.
Trump confirms a ‘digital Fort Knox’ for government-owned cryptocurrency
A day after he signed an executive order announcing the government would establish a digital currency reserve, Trump has held a meeting he dubbed the “ first-ever White House Digital Assets Summit”.
“Last year I promised to make America the Bitcoin superpower of the world and the crypto capital of the planet, and we’re taking historic action to deliver on that promise,” Trump said.
He also explained that the US would acquire more cryptocurrency, which would be managed by the Treasury.
“This will be a virtual Fort Knox for digital gold to be housed within the United States Treasury. That’s a big thing,” Trump said.DEI layoffs begin at Director of National Intelligence office, lawyer says
Officials involved in diversity, equality, inclusion and accessibility programmes at the office have been ordered to resign or be fired, the lawyer for two of the officials has said.
Lawyer Kevin Carroll said he did not know how many other Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) officials had received the directive beyond his clients.
Unlike the CIA, ODNI was giving those who received the order a chance to appeal, Carroll said.
An ODNI spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Reuters news agency.
As we’ve been reporting, the Trump administration has launched a sweeping campaign to slash government spending and jobs. The Republican leader has also attacked DEI programmes, ordering them to be rescinded.DEI layoffs begin at Director of National Intelligence office, lawyer says
Officials involved in diversity, equality, inclusion and accessibility programmes at the office have been ordered to resign or be fired, the lawyer for two of the officials has said.
Lawyer Kevin Carroll said he did not know how many other Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) officials had received the directive beyond his clients.
Unlike the CIA, ODNI was giving those who received the order a chance to appeal, Carroll said.
An ODNI spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Reuters news agency.
As we’ve been reporting, the Trump administration has launched a sweeping campaign to slash government spending and jobs. The Republican leader has also attacked DEI programmes, ordering them to be rescinded.
