In today’s bulletin: a gap between the presidents of the United States and Ukraine spill to public view. Republicans are divided into “school choice” programs that assign public money to private schools. And a look back in the first incursion of Elon Musk in high -level policy.
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The week that overturned the relations between the United States and Ukraine
President Donald Trump falsely called his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator” yesterday when a crack among the leaders of the two nations extended to public opinion and complicated efforts to put an end to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. In a publication about Truth Social, Trump also requested a presidential choice in kyiv after Zelenskyy accused him of living in a “Russian misinformation bubble.”
“There is frustration,” said a White House official, accusing Zelenskyy and some other European leaders to try to “denigrate” Trump’s peace efforts.
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Privately, the Ukrainian officials were alarmed after Zelenskyy was told that his meetings with the target officials of the Trump administration could be canceled if he did not agree quickly with certain demands, including a asking for Ukraine to give him the property of the United States of half of its rare land minerals. The officials were also worried about themselves to join NATO would be on the table in the negotiations. And they were worried when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the United States could withdraw a significant number of their European troops.
From Trump’s perspective, Zelenskyy showed resistance to what Trump watched as a reasonable question. Trump also enraged by public complaints of Ukraine about being excluded from the conversations between the United States and Russia about ending the war.
So how did Trump deliver a hard rhetoric about Russia after the 2024 elections to announce that his team would negotiate with the Putin government to end the war? NBC News reporters interviewed more than two dozen US and European officials and other people with knowledge of private meetings and discussions between and within the Trump administration and the Ukrainian government.
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More news from Trump’s administration and politics:
- The 9th Court of Appeals of the United States Circuit rejected the request of the Department of Justice To immediately restore the executive order of Trump that limits the citizenship of birth rights, establishing a possible fight in the Supreme Court.
- Elon Musk and Trump are promoting cost reduction efforts and Doge fraud, but two of their most notable statements They have collapsed under scrutiny.
- Trump moved to Finish the federal approval of “congestion prices” In New York City.
- A federal judge said he will soon decide whether to dismiss the corruption case of the mayor of New York City, Eric Adams. This is what happened At the Court Court on Tuesday.
- The State Department appointed Mexican drug cartels, as well as the MS-13 and Venezuelan gang trend of Aragua As foreign terrorist organizations.
- The Trump administration told the office that it supervises the resettlement of Afghan to the United States to Prepare plans to close in Aprilthat could leave more than 250,000 people and their families stranded.
- The Trump administration also told organizations that they provide funded legal representation to unaccompanied migrant children To stop the service.
Some Republicans are divided into Trump’s call for ‘school choice’
Idaho will join more than two dozen states that have some type of public financing for private schools after the state Senate voted yesterday in favor of a bill to provide up to $ 5,000 in fiscal credits for students who attend them. A similar bill in Texas also seems to be successful. But Republicans in some states, including South Mississippi and Dakota, have chosen not to advance invoices this year that would expand financial support for private schools. It is one of the few visible chasms in a party that has widely supported the agenda of President Donald Trump.
The “school choice”, as the proponents call it, has attracted the support of many conservative governors who see it as a matter of parents’ rights. Trump has framed it as a way of giving parents more control over the education of their children. However, in small communities, there are concerns about the loss of funds from public schools that they need so much. For example, a superintendent in the rural area of Mississippi recently wrote on Facebook that fears the loss of transport and special education programs.
The debate shows an imminent battle within the Republican Party and a “fire test” for legislators, an expert in educational policies said. AND bets for those who do not meet With the opinion of the National Republican Party it is increasing.
The youngest hostages of Hamas returned to Israel after the ceremony full of propaganda
Hamas launched the bodies of four dead Israeli hostages on Thursday, parading four black coffins on a stage in a context of propaganda slogans and behind the white red paint missiles that carried the phrase “were killed by US bombs. UU.” .
In what is probably one of the defining images of the war in Gaza, the four coffins sat on an elevated platform against smiling illustrations of three members of the Bibas family, who became a symbol of the cruelty of the cruelty of the Palestinian militant group . October 7, 2023, terrorist attack against Israel and Oded Lifshitz, 84.
Among the bodies delivered by the Palestinian militant group They were those of Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who at nine months and four were the two youngest captives seized in the attack that began the Israel-Ahamas War.
Ralph Yarl Shooter dies days after declaring himself guilty
Andrew Lester, the 86 -year -old white man who declared himself guilty and faced up to seven years in jail in the shooting at the house of black teenagers Ralph Yarl, died, said prosecutors yesterday in Clay’s county, yesterday. Prosecutors did not say how or when Lester died. It had been scheduled for the sentence on March 7.
In the April 2023 incident, Yarl, then 16 years old, rang the timbre of Lester, confusing him with the house where he was supposed to pick up his brothers. Lester shot multiple shots, grazing Yarl in the head and hitting him on the arm.
In a statement yesterday, Yarl’s family said Lester never apologized for their actions, and “now, another black boy damaged by prejudice will never see the man who shot him to face the entire weight of the justice system.” Yarl’s family They have also expressed frustration with Lester and prosecutors in the case
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- Delta Air Lines is offering $ 30,000 To each passenger who was on the flight of Toronto, who landed and turned backwards.
- A clinical trial found that custom MRNM vaccines have proven promising As pancreas cancer treatment.
- At least two people died After two small aircraft of a single engine collided in the air at a regional airport in Arizona.
- Blake Lively lawyers filed a complaint amended Against the director and actor of “IT ends with us”, Justin Baldoni, claiming that made other women feel uncomfortable.
Staff selection: A backward look at Musk’s first foray into high -level policy
The rapid and disorientor renovator of Elon Musk of the Federal Government is one of the first signature stories of the second administration of President Donald Trump. And it is one that none of Musk’s first fans in the professional political class could have predicted less than a decade ago.
During the last month, my mind has returned to the Conference of the National Association of Bipartisan Governors 2017 at Rhode Island, which I covered. The governors there were absolutely excited to listen to Musk, then a prominent technological tycoon but still somewhat mysterious with a more flexible political worldview, particularly when it came to the regulations of AI and government. Recently I registered With some of the leaders at the audience that day. It was an interesting exercise, and quite revealing, since most did not want to remember the moment when they welcomed Musk with open arms. – Henry GómezSenior political reporter
NBCU Academy: Lester Holt about what is needed to lead in a writing room
The anchor of a network news program requires more than just presentation and presentation skills. Anchor Nightly News Lester Holt He sat down with the NBCU Academy Discuss what is needed to lead in a writing room.
How do you go to the writing room? I know people look at me very carefully. Sometimes it is just encouraging words at the right time. Pandemia suddenly found us and people were being sent home. I remember telling the younger people: “This could be the greatest story of your career. The country is closing, and none of us has gone through something similar. ”
When you started your career, how did the leaders help you? I started in local news in New York at age 23, so I was swimming in the background, no doubt. I had people who influenced me, mentors. Sometimes you don’t appreciate it until you look back: “Wow, I made many silly mistakes and did not fire me.” They stayed with me and applaud them for that.
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