David Axelrod, Barack Obama's chief strategist, tried to downplay interest in the president's first "100 days".He said it is just a "hallmark holiday", meaning that the date is of little interest to those who make a point

Donald Trump has said Russia and Ukraine are "very close to a deal" with "most of the major points agreed" - as he called for the two sides to meet. Shortly after arriving in Rome for Pope

First he took the US on a collision course with China. Then he came for the rest of the world.He crashed into the financial markets and now Donald Trump has been gently tapping on the brakes all

Donald Trump wants to emulate Vladimir Putin and "govern his own country in a similar fashion", his former national security adviser has said.Fiona Hill told Sky News' The World with Yalda Hakim that the US and Russian

Donald Trump has claimed a deal to end Russia's war on Ukraine is "very close" as he heaped pressure on Volodymyr Zelenskyy to "get it done".Hours after US secretary of state Marco Rubio withdrew from high-level talks

Elon Musk has said the time he spends with Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will "drop significantly" from May and he will allocate more time to Tesla.It comes after first-quarter profits at Tesla sank as

US President Donald Trump has said he hopes Russia and Ukraine "will make a deal this week" as Vladimir Putin's "Easter truce" expired, with the two countries blaming each other for breaking it.The Russian leader said he

Donald Trump has threatened to "take a pass" on attempts to secure a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia, as he denied the Kremlin was playing him.The US president's past confidence he could do a quick deal

The US government has frozen more than $2.2bn (£1.67bn) in funding for Harvard University after it defied demands made by the Trump administration to curb protests on campus.The Ivy League university, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has accused the

Chalk this one up to the bond vigilantes. This is the term used periodically to describe investors who push back against what are perceived to be irresponsible fiscal or monetary policies by selling government bonds, in the