After the US held bilateral talks with Russian delegates in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, breaking from US policy on the Ukraine war, US President Donald Trump chided Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a social media post on Wednesday, calling him a “dictator” and baselessly faulting him for causing the war. Zelensky responded by qualifying Trump’s … Read more

Does the United States already face a constitutional crisis? At what point does a president’s ‘rule by decree’ manner of governing take a centuries-old democracy into unchartered territory? Source link

A US judge said on Wednesday he will take some time to consider a request by prosecutors under orders from a Donald Trump political appointee to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams, saying he wants to make a reasoned decision on a “somewhat unusual situation.” Source link

Relations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump deteriorated rapidly Wednesday as Zelenskyy said Trump was living in a Russian-made “disinformation space” and Trump called Zelenskyy “a dictator without elections” in comments that were sure to complicate efforts to end the war. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports from Kyiv. Source link

President Donald Trump has launched a flurry of controversial claims about the war in Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky, while addressing reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Many of these claims were made without providing any evidence. We fact-check these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake Source link

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged with orchestrating a coup to stay in office despite losing the 2022 election — a plot that the country’s top prosecutor says included a plan to poison his opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the unprecedented charges, FRANCE 24’s … Read more

President Donald Trump is moving to give the White House direct control of independent federal regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. The move generated criticism that it could ultimately lead to widespread abuse by the Trump administration. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, … Read more

For the past month, US President Donald Trump has been asserting control at every opportunity, including hardline positions on immigration. And he is being backed up by loyalists at all levels of government. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Eve Irvine welcomes Jean Lantz Reisz Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, and Clinical Associate … Read more

Young people in New York City are climbing on top of trains for thrills. The dangerous phenomenon, known as subway surfing, has been around for decades but is seeing a revival that sometimes ends in tragedy. There were six subway surfing deaths in New York in 2024. These tragedies are part of a global trend of … Read more

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration will continue restricting the Associated Press’ access to events and news conferences until the outlet adopts his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico. Acknowledging the move as retaliation for AP’s editorial stance, Trump insisted the body of water be called the “Gulf of America” and accused … Read more