Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is under intense pressure from the US to take his country to the polls as early as this spring. Donald Trump is demanding elections as a condition for American security guarantees for Ukraine against any future Russian invasion. Zelensky has faced persistent calls from Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and at times from Trump as well, to hold an election. His term expired in 2024, but the country’s constitution forbids elections during wartime. So to schedule a poll will also mean a constitutional change to enable it. But if the US president gets his way and elections are held...

The Trump administration must release over $200 million in funds for the Gateway Tunnel rail project after a federal appeals court declined on Thursday to overrule a lower court’s Feb. 6 decision compelling it to let the money flow for two weeks. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals referred the federal government’s appeal of U.S. District Court Judge Jeannette Vargas’s decision that it must temporarily release funds it has withheld from the project since October to a motions panel on Feb. 12.  See the full article at amNY Gateway Tunnel: Appeals court declines to overrule order that Trump regime must release more than $200M in funding Source...

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is under intense pressure from the US to take his country to the polls as...

The Trump administration must release over $200 million in funds for the Gateway Tunnel rail project after a federal appeals court declined on...