Trump News for Monday, May 19, 2025

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa traveled to Washington, D.C., on Monday and will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to discuss "global issues of interest" amid strained relations.

President Trump said ceasefire negotiations would begin "immediately," but the Kremlin has expressed little eagerness for a ceasefire in the war it began.

If President Trump wants a true end to the war in Ukraine, he needs to unleash secondary sanctions on those who are keeping Russia's war machine chugging.

President Trump’s associates and crypto entrepreneurs are rushing back to the market for the once-hot, but mostly troubled, investment vehicles called special purpose acquisition companies.

Mr Trump also suggested at least one of the doctors treating Mr Biden had previously found the the former US president to be "cognitively fine".

Kid Rock took to social media to respond to reports of ICE raids targeting his Nashville bar.

Former FBI director describes as ‘crazy’ claim that seashell photo on Instagram signified assassination call

It is the Trump administration’s latest effort to remake the department’s civil rights division, which has historically worked to fight discrimination against minorities.

President Donald Trump said he spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and various European leaders after his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Punitive measures against the Chinese economy won’t bring back the victims of COVID — but they must not be forgotten: That's part of the moral imperative to constraining Beijing.

Finance leaders from the G7 face challenges in maintaining unity amid U.S.-imposed tariffs and divergent priorities. With Trump's tariffs creating tensions, discussions focus on balancing U.S. demands with collective goals. The summit aims to address these issues while preparing for June's G7 leaders' meeting in Kananaskis.

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — The United States on Monday sent 68 immigrants from Honduras and Colombia back to their countries, the first government-funded flight of what the Trump

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem moved to revoke the Temporary Protected Status program, or TPS, for Venezuelans in February.

The owners of a luxury Chicago steakhouse who are opening an outpost at a Midtown tower that’s partially owned by Donald Trump allegedly used federal funds meant to pay employees’ salaries during COVID for personal expenses – including $2 million on Learjet, according to a bombshell lawsuit.

President Donald Trump is set to speak Monday with Vladimir Putin, in what the U.S. president said is an attempt to stop the “bloodbath” of the war in Ukraine.

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher was in discussion with President D. Trump’s administration re: his proposed 100% tariffs on films made overseas.

There was no announcement of a ceasefire after President Trump's two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin on Monday, but Trump said he believes it "went very well."...

After Trump claimed Taylor Swift is ‘no longer hot,’ the White House has now weighed in, linking his remarks to something completely different to her appearance.

An initial wave of bipartisan sympathy for Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis has begun to ebb, giving way to suggestions from Trump allies of a cover-up.

Americans are more optimistic about the direction of the country and believe the economy has been stronger since President Trump eased his sweeping tariff policy, which most voters see as the biggest failure of his second term.

Presidents Trump and Putin discussed initiating negotiations for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Trump resisted imposing further sanctions on Russia, suggesting some progress was being made. European leaders have pressured Russia with sanctions, while Trump coordinated global leaders towards finding a peaceful resolution.

Subaru of America is hiking prices on several models, the company said on Monday, the latest automaker to pass along cost increases to consumers as their expenses rise from the Trump administration's tariffs.

Cato analysis goes against Trump administration’s claim that only undocumented people were deported to Cecot

Also, the nation’s third-largest school district has embraced A.I. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.