Trump speech at Saudi-backed event highlights questions over business ties

Washington — President Trump will speak at an investment conference in Miami sponsored by Saudi government entities on Wednesday, an address that comes as the Trump Organization seeks to expand its real estate empire in Saudi Arabia and the president looks to strengthen ties with the Middle East partner. Mr. Trump is slated to speak

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Trump calls Zelenskyy a “dictator” after blaming Ukraine for Russia’s invasion

Washington — President Trump attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a “dictator without elections,” echoing rhetoric from the Kremlin about the war in Ukraine and escalating a public feud between the two leaders. In a post on Truth Social Wednesday, Mr. Trump lashed out at Zelenskyy, accusing him of duping the U.S. into providing billions

DOGE team’s “wall of receipts” shows errors in tallying billions in savings

After repeated delays, the Department of Government Efficiency on Monday released a “wall of receipts” — what it characterized as documentation of the money saved by the slashing cuts to jobs and contracts pushed by Elon Musk’s team at DOGE over the past several weeks.  The initial accounting was overstated by billions of dollars, a

Trump’s pro-union pick for labor secretary faces confirmation hearing

Washington — Former GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Trump’s nominee to run the Labor Department, appeared before a Senate committee for her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, where she has faced questions about her support for a pro-union bill when she was in Congress and other labor issues. Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who sits