Trump demands ‘seditious’ Democrats be arrested ahead of Mamdani showdown at White House: Live updates

The new 28-point plan would consist of “security guarantees, security in Europe, and future US relations with Russia and Ukraine”, Axios reported, citing sources.

The deal would require Kyiv to cede control of the eastern Donbas region while legally retaining ownership of it. In exchange, Russia would pay an undisclosed rental fee for de facto control of the region, officials familiar with the deal told the Telegraph.

Two sources, who asked not to be identified, also said the proposals involved significantly cutting the size of Ukraine’s armed forces in half. The military would also reportedly be banned from possessing long-range missiles.

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A former Pentagon official has warned that Trump’s deal with Saudi Arabia could leave him looking like a “buffoon,” according to The Telegraph.

An assessment by the Pentagon of the president’s sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia was leaked to The New York Times last Thursday.

The report found that there is a risk that the sale could result in secret U.S. technology falling into the hands of the Chinese military.

“They’re buying it from Lockheed [Martin],” Trump bragged, ahead of the sale. “And it’s a great plane. We make, by the way, the best military equipment,”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has defended Donald Trump after he called a female reporter ‘piggy.’

Trump made the bizarre comment on Air Force One, as a journalist asked him questions about the Epstein files. When he had moved on for her question, he told her to be “quiet, quiet piggy.”

But Leavitt says that Trump is “honest” when talking to journalists.

“Look, the president is very frank, and honest with everyone in this room,” Leavitt said. “He gets frustrated with reporters when you lie about him, when you spread fake news about him and his administration. But he is also the most transparent president in history.

“I think the president being frank and open and honest to your faces rather than hiding behind your backs is a lot more respectful than what you saw in the last administration,”

Trump has signed an order which will removed the 40 percent tariffs that he slapped on beef, coffee, cocoa and fruits from Brazil, according to Reuters.

Bolsonaro is a close Trump ally.

The move comes after Trump hiked tariffs on several countries, causing the cost of food in the United States to skyrocket.

Conservatives raged against the video and Trump posted on Truth Social: “Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???”

Later on, Trump reposted a Truth user saying, ‘HANG THEM’ and later said they committed “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR” which was “punishable by DEATH.”

“What I read was he was defining the crime of sedition,” he told The Independent. “But obviously attorneys have to parse the language and determine all that. What I’m saying, what I will say unequivocally, that was a wildly inappropriate thing for so called leaders in Congress to do to encourage young troops to disobey orders.”

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Donald Trump’s peace plan would see Russia being invited back to the G7, as well as all Western sanctions against the country being lifted.

Russia would also be given two-thirds of its $300 billion frozen assets, with the remaining $100 being used to rebuild Ukraine.

“The remainder of the frozen Russian funds will be invested in a separate US-Russian investment vehicle that will implement joint projects in specific areas,” the proposal read, according to The Telegraph. “This fund will be aimed at strengthening relations and increasing common interests to create a strong incentive not to return to conflict.”

European governments have slammed the proposal as being a capitulation to Russia.

Senator Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA officer, has pushed back on Trump’s call for his political enemies to be put to “death.”

She slammed his comments as being “beyond the pale,” and said that “intimidation” will not stop her speaking out.

Donald Trump has shared a screenshot of a post, uploaded to X by Elon Musk, on Truth Social.

The photograph shows Musk and Trump surrounded by Saudi officials, with the tech CEO looking at the president with what appears to be a nervous expression.

“I would like to thank President Trump for all he has done for America and the world,” Musk captioned the post.

The pair were once close political allies, before a disastrous fall-out once Trump took office.

The acting commander of the US Coast Guard, Admiral Kevin Lunday, confirmed on Thursday that swastikas and nooses will remain banned.

His comments come after a new harassment policy, posted on the Pentagon’s website, suggested that the symbols were just “potentially divisive.”

“Potentially divisive symbols and flags include, but are not limited to, the following: a noose, a swastika, and any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups as representations of supremacy, racial or religious intolerance, or other bias,” the guidance read.

Represnative Lauren Underwood took to X to slam the new harrassment policy and confirmed that she met with Admiral Lunday.

“Today it was revealed that the Coast Guard would no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols. Unacceptable,” she posted. “I just met with Admiral Lunday, and got his committment to publish a new policy.

“Hate has no place in our armed services,” she continued.

Yesterday, the DOJ sued the State of California in a federal court, claiming that providing in-state college tuition to unauthorized students is illegal.

The claim also alleges that it discriminates against out-of-state Americans who pay tuition costs.

A press statement from the Office of Public Affairs claims that the policy helps to “create incentives for illegal immigration, and reward illegal immigrants with benefits.”

“California is illegally discriminating against American students and families by offering exclusive tuition benefits for non-citizens,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “This marks our third lawsuit against California in one week — we will continue bringing litigation against California until the state ceases its flagrant disregard for federal law.”

The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Governor Newsom, the State Attorney General, and the Regents of the University of California, the Board of Trustees of the California State University, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges are also named in the lawsuit.