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I was going to say the same approach as SCOTUS
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Yeah, he needs to let that idea die.
Trump Appointed US Secretary of Defense considers it "unrealistic" for Ukraine to return to pre-2014 borders
A return to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an "unrealistic" goal, as stated by US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, at a NATO meeting in Brussels. He also mentioned that the US does not see Ukraine's accession to NATO as part of a peace plan to end the war in Ukraine."We, like you, want a sovereign and prosperous Ukraine, but we must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic goal. Pursuing this illusory goal will only prolong the war and cause more suffering," were Pete Hegseth's words.
Ohh look they are even lying about a Prisoner release from Russia....>WHY ??? Seriously....WHY lie about his ??
Teacher Marc Fogel released from Russia
Marco Rubio and hostage affairs envoy Adam Boehler joined “CUOMO” via phone on their way to pick up American teacher Marc Fogel, whose release from Russian detainment was secured by the Trump administration Tuesday.
The pair pointed out that Russia asked for nothing in return when releasing Fogel, which Rubio said “There wasn’t some deal here where we had to release, like, 10 spies,” Rubio added. “And I think it shows President Trump’s commitment to bringing home Americans.
A spokesperson for the Kremlin told reporters earlier on Wednesday that the U.S. had released a Russian citizen in exchange for Fogel, but declined to identify the person until they returned to their home country, according to the Associated Press.
The Russian man freed in the deal is Alexander Vinnik, 45, who stands accused of laundering billions through the digital currency exchange website he ran, an unnamed U.S. official told The New York Times on Wednesday.
The news comes after Trump on Tuesday evaded questions about what exactly the U.S. gave up to free Fogel. The president would only repeat his evaluation that the deal was “very fair.”
Teacher Marc Fogel released from Russia
Marco Rubio and hostage affairs envoy Adam Boehler joined “CUOMO” via phone on their way to pick up American teacher Marc Fogel, whose release from Russian detainment was secured by the Trump administration Tuesday.
The pair pointed out that Russia asked for nothing in return when releasing Fogel, which Rubio said “There wasn’t some deal here where we had to release, like, 10 spies,” Rubio added. “And I think it shows President Trump’s commitment to bringing home Americans.
A spokesperson for the Kremlin told reporters earlier on Wednesday that the U.S. had released a Russian citizen in exchange for Fogel, but declined to identify the person until they returned to their home country, according to the Associated Press.
The Russian man freed in the deal is Alexander Vinnik, 45, who stands accused of laundering billions through the digital currency exchange website he ran, an unnamed U.S. official told The New York Times on Wednesday.
The news comes after Trump on Tuesday evaded questions about what exactly the U.S. gave up to free Fogel. The president would only repeat his evaluation that the deal was “very fair.”
So now even Republicans are trying to Stop Musk DOGE cuts.
Republicans Try to Save USAID Food Program
WASHINGTON——One of the first efforts to restore a program run by the U.S. Agency for International Development has begun—and it is coming from Republicans.
Congressional Republicans from farm states are trying to save a $1.8 billion U.S. food-aid program that purchases U.S.-grown food and is administered by USAID, which has been largely closed by the Trump administration in recent weeks.
GOP Reps. Tracey Mann of Kansas, Rick Crawford of Arkansas, Dan Newhouse of Washington, David Rouzer of North Carolina, House Agriculture Committee Chairman GT Thompson of Pennsylvania, along with Republican Sens. Jerry Moran of Kansas and John Hoeven of North Dakota, are introducing legislation Tuesday to preserve the Food for Peace program by transferring it to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which currently funds it but doesn’t run it.
“By moving Food for Peace to USDA, the program can continue to equip American producers to serve hungry people while providing more transparency and efficiency as to how taxpayer dollars are stewarded,” Mann said in a written statement Tuesday.
In 2022, American farmers provided more than 4 billion pounds of U.S.-grown grains, soybeans, lentils, rice and other commodity staples through the program, according to a congressional office.
The bill marks a rare effort from Republicans to defend a federal program targeted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency as it has blitzed through USAID in an unprecedented effort to shrink the federal government. Republicans have largely applauded President Trump’s steps to freeze foreign-aid funding, but are moving to try to restore a program that generates revenue for U.S. farmers.
Additional Republicans from agriculture-rich states are expected to sign on to the bill, according to a congressional aide. The White House hasn’t raised objections to the effort and is watching to see how much support there is for it, the aide said.
Farm groups, which have worried about the impact of pausing federal funding that flows to farmers, backed the legislation.
Caleb Ragland, president of the American Soybean Association, said in a written statement that his group “strongly supports efforts to protect these programs and to ensure U.S. grown commodities continue to feed vulnerable populations around the globe.”
The program’s roots date to the 1950s as a way to send surplus U.S.-grown food to other countries that could use it. It is now the biggest single donor of food for the United Nations’ World Food Programme, among other partners, according to the U.N.
The program was halted after Trump’s executive order freezing foreign aid. Although the order provided an exception for emergency food aid to continue, the administration’s steps to put so many USAID employees on leave, combined with uncertainty over the waivers, made it hard to deliver food overseas, according to a report this week from the USAID’s inspector general.
The Agriculture Department already administers some overseas food aid, including the McGovern-Dole program, which sends U.S.-grown food to schoolchildren in low-income countries. The USDA didn’t respond to questions about whether those programs were continuing to operate.
The Trump administration has sought to slash USAID’s 10,000-person worldwide staff to 600 full-time employees, officials said, and to cancel most of its $40 billion in programs, which include work that tracks and prevents diseases, provides maternal and neonatal care, and delivers food to the hungry.
The effective closing of USAID had thrown U.S. food-aid programs into limbo, stranding hundreds of millions of dollars’ of already-paid-for food at U.S. ports. Republican lawmakers, including Moran, had lobbied the White House to resume exporting U.S.-grown food aid, which the State Department began doing over the weekend, Moran said.
NEW: A 25-year-old associate of Elon Musk and former Treasury Department employee was "mistakenly" given the ability to make changes to a sensitive federal payment system, officials with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service disclosed in a series of court filings late Tuesday.
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NEW: A 25-year-old associate of Elon Musk and former Treasury Department employee was "mistakenly" given the ability to make changes to a sensitive federal payment system, officials with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service disclosed in a series of court filings late Tuesday.
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It's true. From a shortage of Ukrainian troops, Russia is just waiting for total exhaustion from Ukraine, unless NATO is willing to throw in thousands of troops.
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