🗞️Trump shortens deadline for Putin

July 28th, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• President Trump has shortened the 50-day deadline he previously set for Russian President Putin to make progress toward ending the war in Ukraine to a new timeline of about 10 to 12 days…Trump expressed his disappointment in Putin for the ongoing attacks and emphasized there is "no reason to wait" since no progress has been made

• Ghislaine Maxwell is seeking to have the U.S. Supreme Court overturn her 2021 sex trafficking conviction by arguing that she is protected by a 2007 non-prosecution agreement (NPA) that Jeffrey Epstein made with federal prosecutors, which she claims also shields her from criminal charges…read more about it here

• The U.S. and the European Union have reached a major trade agreement that imposes 15% tariffs on most EU goods entering the U.S., with exceptions for key industries…the EU has also committed to purchase $750 billion of U.S. energy and invest an additional $600 billion into U.S. economy

• The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has developed an AI-powered tool known as the DOGE AI Deregulation Decision Tool, designed to analyze approximately 200,000 existing federal regulations and identify those that can be eliminated

• Former Democratic North Carolina Governor, Roy Cooper, has officially announced that he is running for the U.S. Senate in 2026 to succeed the retiring Republican Senator Thom Tillis

• Tesla has signed a multiyear, $16.5 billion deal with Samsung to manufacture its next-generation AI chips, with production set to take place at Samsung’s upcoming $37 billion chip factory in Taylor, Texas

• PayPal has launched a new "Pay with Crypto" feature allowing U.S. merchants to accept payments in over 100 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD Tether, and Solana…this is the latest drive to expand digital asset integration into mainstream commerce

• DOW down .14% / S&P up .02%

• The Trump administration has denied permission for Taiwan’s President, Lai Ching-te, to stop in New York while on his way to Central America…this comes after China raised objections with the U.S. government about the visit

• President Trump has publicly acknowledged the severe hunger crisis and "real starvation" in Gaza, breaking with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's claim that there is no starvation there…read more here

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