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President Donald Trump has reportedly paused all U.S. military aid to Ukraine, following a contentious meeting with that country’s leader last week at the White House.
During the talks, the U.S. and Ukraine were expected to finalize a rare minerals deal and discuss ending the war with Russia.
Instead, members of the administration began to berate Zelensky when he brought up the need for security guarantees to prevent further Russian aggression.
Republicans later called on the Ukrainian leader to resign.
In other news, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s largest chip manufacturer, will invest $100 billion in the United States to build new facilities and bring jobs.
In a press conference on Monday afternoon, Trump said TSMC plans to build facilities in Arizona and bring approximately 20,000 jobs to the U.S.
Meanwhile, Trump said sweeping 25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports would begin on Tuesday. Though they were initially postponed in February, Trump said there was “no room left” for negotiations with the countries. Share prices began to tank, ending the day significantly down.
‘The Ukrainians didn’t think we were serious’
More details are emerging about why the Trump administration cut off U.S. military aid to Ukraine.
The White House was reportedly exasperated with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and sought to raise the stakes in its push to get him to accept some form of peace deal with Russia.
“The Ukrainians didn’t think we were serious,” a Trump administration official told The Wall Street Journal. “We had to make a demonstration.”
Josh Marcus4 March 2025 02:15
Kremlin says Trump ‘largely aligns’ with their vision of foreign policy
Since taking office, Trump appears to be taking a friendlier position toward Russia than his predecessors, potentially changing the geopolitical dynamic that has largely existed since World War II.
Oliver O’Connell4 March 2025 02:00
Vance to sit down for interview with Sean Hannity amid Ukraine chaos
An interview between Vice President JD Vance and Sean Hannity of Fox News is set to air this evening at 9pm EST.
During the chat, Vance is sure to be asked about the chaotic White House meeting in which he and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky clashed in front of news cameras.
That confrontation set the stage for today’s announcement that the U.S. is suspending military aid to Ukraine.
We’ll be following all the latest details, so stay tuned.
Josh Marcus4 March 2025 01:37
Watch: Tuberville says Putin and Trump to decide future of Ukraine — not Zelensky
Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama says the future of Ukraine will be decided by Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, not Volodymyr Zelensky — who he claims has been “brainwashed” by “globalist, socialist grouping in Europe.”
Oliver O’Connell4 March 2025 01:30
Trump’s break with Zelensky was a long time coming
Trump administration officials, describing their sudden decision to halt U.S. military aid to Ukraine, have described the move as a short-term “pause,” meant to determined if Zelensky remains “committed” to an acceptable peace deal with Russia.
But the cracks in the U.S.-Ukraine alliance have been showing for some time now.
Growing voices on the right flank of the GOP have long taken issue with the war, and Trump himself took in recent days to calling Zelensky a dictator and falsely accusing him of starting the war.
His administration also negotiated directly with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia, without including Ukraine.
Here’s more on Trump and Zelensky’s long, tortured relationship.
Josh Marcus4 March 2025 01:17
TSMC to spend $100 billion to expand chip manufacturing in US, Trump announces
Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest a $100 billion in the United States, President Donald Trump announced Monday as he appeared with the company’s head at the White House.
TSMC, the world’s biggest semiconductor manufacturer, produces chips for companies including Apple, Intel and Nvidia. The company had already announced plans to invest more than $65 billion in the U.S., including three plants in Arizona after the Biden administration offered billions in subsidies. Its first factory in Arizona has started mass production of its 4-nanometer chips.
Trump and TSMC’s chief executive officer C. C. Wei said the $100 billion is on top of the $65 billion that was already announced.
Watch: Trump says, ‘No room left for Mexico or Canada’ in tariffs deal
Ariana Baio4 March 2025 00:30
Breaking: Trump halts all military aid to Ukraine after White House row with Zelensky
The decision, reported by Bloomberg News, comes after a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday descended into chaos, the latest in a larger fraying of the U.S.-Ukraine alliance.
We’ll be following all the latest details.
Josh Marcus4 March 2025 00:21
Trump tells US farmers to up production ahead of tariffs from April 2: ‘Have fun!’
“To the Great Farmers of the United States: Get ready to start making a lot of agricultural product to be sold INSIDE of the United States. Tariffs will go on external product on April 2nd. Have fun!” the president wrote on Truth Social on Monday.
However, he did not specify what products would be subject to the tariffs or if there would be any exceptions.
Mike Bedigan has the story.
Josh Marcus4 March 2025 00:20
Melania mocks Democrats during Capitol Hill roundtable
First Lady Melania Trump was surprised and frustrated that Democratic lawmakers ignored a roundtable meeting on Capitol Hill on Monday discussing a bill making its way through Congress that would criminalize the sharing of intimate photos online without the subject’s consent.
The bill, called the “Take It Down Act,” would criminalize the sharing of intimate photos on the internet without the subject’s consent, which is colloquially known as “revenge porn.”
Josh Marcus4 March 2025 00:09
