Trump administration briefing: trade turmoil, Zelenskyy peace offer and British fury at Vance
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Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:45:52 +0200

As the world awaits Donald Trumps first key speech to Congress in second term, here are the key US politics stories from Tuesday at a glanceTrumps first address to Congress since returning to the White House, which will begin at 9pm ET from the chamber of the House of Representatives, marks his first major speech six weeks into a presidency that has seen the president empowering Elon Musk to dramatically downsize the federal workforce, threatening Americans allies with tariffs and coddling longtime American foes.His administration has initiated sweeping mass layoffs of federal employees, mobilized officers from nearly every federal law enforcement agency and the US military to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations, and rattled Europe with his pursuit of a peace deal to end Russias war in Ukraine on terms preferential to Moscow.
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