Day: February 12, 2025

The visit by Scott Bessent will be the first by a Trump official since the president’s return to office and comes amid uncertainty about the future of U.S. support for Ukraine.

Marc Fogel, 63, who had been held in Russia since 2021 after being arrested on drug charges, was met by President Donald Trump at the White House after returning to U.S. soil.

“This is impossible. Russia has never discussed and will never discuss the topic of exchanging its territory,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.

Pope Francis has been diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs and his latest laboratory tests and chest X-rays continue to reveal a “complex” medical picture, according to a Feb. 18 Vatican statement.

Follow live updates as the Senate votes on Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination. The House DOGE subcommittee, led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, holds its first hearing.

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The amount of Russian and Iranian oil held on ships has hit multi-month highs as harsher U.S. sanctions reduced the number of buyers, leaving fewer tankers available to deliver cargoes and driving up crude costs, trade sources and analysts said. Washington has imposed multiple rounds of sanctions on ships and entities dealing with oil from Iran and Russia since October, disrupting trade with major importers China and India. U.S. President Donald Trump last week restored his “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran that includes efforts to drive its oil exports down to zero in order to stop Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

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