Trump to offer Putin minerals for peace

US president will propose money-making opportunities to encourage Russia to end Ukraine war

The Telegraph
Connor Stringer, Deputy US Editor
Joe Barnes, Brussels Correspondent

13 August 2025 9:25pm BST

Donald Trump is preparing to offer Vladimir Putin access to rare earth minerals to incentivise him to end the war in Ukraine.

Hard Truths

We look at how the Trump administration

 deals with unfavorable data

By Evan Gorelick

Aug. 13, 2025, 6:53 a.m. ET

The Bureau of Labor Statistics, an obscure economic arm of the federal government, is getting a new leader. Trump has nominated an economist from the conservative Heritage Foundation to replace the bureau’s chief, whom he fired after a less-than-stellar jobs report.

Trump Isn’t Liberating D.C. He’s Subduing It.

We’ve seen this happen in other countries. 

We thought it couldn’t happen here. It is.

William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift

Aug 12, 2025

New consumer price numbers out this morning! Overall, inflation held steady at 2.7 percent year over year last month, the Labor Department reported. But core inflation was elevated, coming in at 3.1 percent as tariff-related price hikes started to kick in.

With Trump’s handpicked goon likely coming in to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this could be the last reliable inflation report we get for a while—so, you know, try to savor the flavor. 

The Epstein Files: The more desperate Trump’s distractions become, the more it appears that he has something to hide

The Greek Courier

It will be quite challenging for the White House to shield us journalists from the Epstein files, even with all the distractions stemming from Putin, the Clinton subpoena, or the authoritarian push in Washington, D.C. While the latter may indeed represent a significant crisis, the Epstein files hold a wealth of explosive information, and the President seems to be entrenched in the middle of it all.

Vladimir Putin Could Be Laying a Trap

Donald Trump badly wants a deal to end the war in Ukraine. What is he willing to give up?

By Jonathan Lemire

August 12, 2025, 9:35 AM ET

Vladimir Putin has had a tough few months. His military’s much-feared summer offensive has made incremental gains in Ukraine but not nearly the advances he had hoped. His economy has sputtered. Donald Trump has grown fed up with Putin’s repeated defiance of his calls for a cease-fire and, for the first time, has targeted the Russian president with consistently harsh rhetoric. Last week, Trump slapped one of Russia’s major trading partners, India, with sanctions.

Panic in eastern Ukraine as Trump entertains idea of giving parts of it to Russia

By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Wright, Kosta Gak, Brice Laine

Sloviansk, Ukraine —On the beaches of Sloviansk’s tiny salt lake, where the medicinal waters provide a moment of solace from the whirling violence of the eastern frontlines just a few miles away, talk of a Ukraine land deal at Friday’s Alaska summit seems dark and surreal.

Why Donald Trump is wrong to take over the DC police

United States | Capital offensive
The emergency he cites is overhyped

Aug 11th 2025

AMERICA’S CAPITAL city was designed as a showcase for its democracy: sweeping boulevards, white-marble palaces of administration, monuments aplenty. This week, however, Washington, DC has become a manifestation of something less inspiring: the grandstanding instincts of the current president.

Judge Will Not Unseal Grand Jury Papers in Epstein and Maxwell Cases

President Trump has tried to subdue criticism and conspiracy theories by pushing to disclose the transcripts from the cases of Jeffrey Epstein, who abused teenage girls, and Ghislaine Maxwell, who assisted him.

By Hurubie Meko

Aug. 11, 2025

A federal judge on Monday denied the government’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts from its investigation into Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime companion of Jeffrey Epstein who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sexually exploiting and abusing teenage girls.

Trump puts DC police department under federal control, deploys National Guard

Despite the president’s claims, crime in D.C. has been down over the last two years.

By Kelsey Walsh and Tierra Cunningham

August 11, 2025, 8:21 AM

President Donald Trump held a news conference Monday to reveal plans he's said "will, essentially, stop violent crime in Washington, D.C."

Trump demands homeless people 'immediately' move out of Washington DC

Max Matza
BBC NEWS
US President Donald Trump has said homeless people must "move out" of Washington, DC, as he vowed to tackle crime in the city, but the mayor pushed back against the White House, likening the capital to Baghdad.

Israel protesters intensify pressure against plan to expand Gaza war

Jack Burgess

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Israel to oppose the government's plan to expand its military operation in Gaza.

On Friday, Israel's security cabinet approved five principles to end the war that included 'taking security control' over the Gaza Strip, with the Israeli military saying it would "prepare for taking control" of Gaza City.

IRS and White House fought over Immigrant Data Before Trump Fired Commissioner Billy Long

The Greek Courier

Source: The Washington Post, The Independent

Saturday, August 9, 2025

A recent report reveals tensions between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the White House regarding the use of taxpayer data to identify undocumented immigrants. This clash occurred mere hours before the Trump administration ousted IRS Commissioner Billy Long on Friday.

How Quantum Computing Could Upend Bitcoin

Hackers stand to gain “a superpower.” Will the crypto industry be ready?

By Mackenzie Tatananni

Aug 08, 2025, 1:30 am EDT

Two of this century’s breakthrough technologies are on a collision course. Investors in Bitcoin _ should pay attention.

Trump Just Did What Not Even Nixon Dared To

This isn’t the first time the BLS commissioner aroused presidential ire. But at least Nixon faced constraints.  

Tim Naftali

Thu, August 7, 2025

Putin wants Eastern Ukraine, Trump wants his Nobel Prize and Zelensky wants none of that shit

The Greek Courier

By Yiannis Damellos

Donald Trump is delusional if he truly believes he can get a good deal from Putin on the issue of Ukraine. Why? The Russians are masters of diplomacy, negotiation, and deceit; they are, without a doubt, some of the best chess players in the world. And Putin is the most intelligent chess player in Russia. When Russians have the upper hand, they apply immense pressure to achieve their goals. Militarily, they are winning this war. Also, President Trump is vulnerable at home, and Putin is well aware of this. 

Trump gauges Europe's reaction to Putin's ceasefire offer

The White House has held multiple calls in recent days with Ukraine and its European allies to discuss the plan, an official source said.

By Megan Messerly, Felicia Schwartz, Veronika Melkozerova and Myah Ward

08/08/2025 05:13 PM EDT

The Trump administration is privately gauging European allies’ reactions to a possible ceasefire proposal with Russia after special envoy Steve Witkoff relayed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demands for a deal, according to a White House official and a European helping facilitate talks with the administration.

Inflation and Constant Deprivation Shock Greece

GREEK ECONOMY
08.08.25 14:13
efsyn.gr
Soaring year-on-year increases in electricity, rent, and essential retail goods were recorded by ELSTAT (Hellenic Statistical Authority) from July 2024 to July 2025. These figures demonstrate that even the minimal wage increases granted never translated into increased purchasing power for workers. The numbers categorically refute government narratives about the alleged improvement in citizens' incomes and living standards.

James Cameron Sounds the Alarm: Is Humanity Facing a Terminator-Like Future?

AI and Military Systems: A Troubling Coexistence

Foteini Levoyianni

August 7, 2025, 7:12 PM

James Cameron, creator of the legendary Terminator film series, warns that reality is disturbingly approaching the nightmarish science fiction scenarios he envisioned decades ago.