President Trump’s recent attack on Volodymyr Zelensky sees GOP accused of parroting Vladimir Putin’s talking points, Joe Sommerlad reports https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-putin-russia-maga-republicans-b2716558.html Donald Trump’s Oval Office attack on Ukraine’s president last month appeared to mark a very public realignment of America’s sympathies – away from Europe and towards Russia in a manner that few could have imagined…

Trump had invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport five Venezuelans, but order halted by judge https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/15/trump-alien-enemies-act-deportations Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters Donald Trump has invoked the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport five Venezuelan nationals from the US. The White House issued a presidential…

The president’s approval rating has been struggling for at least a month https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fox-news-trump-approval-rating-b2715688.html President Donald Trump is “underwater on everything” when it comes to his approval ratings, a Fox News host declared Thursday. Jessica Tarlov pointed to a new Quinnipiac poll released this week that found 53 percent of voters disapprove of the president’s second…

Leaving the EU would reverse our economic fortunes, Brits were told a mere nine years ago – now the US president is raving about a new era for America as he begins waging trade wars. It’s not hard to see where this is going, writes Chris Blackhurst https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-canada-tariffs-brexit-b2710928.html Canadian PM Justin Trudeau hits out at…