Trump news at a glance: EU chief hits back after US claims of Europe’s ‘civilisational erasure’ | Trump administration
The European Union’s foreign policy chief criticized US claims that Europe was facing “civilizational erasure” and rejected what she called “fashionable euro-bashing.”
Kaja Kallas told an audience at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday that other countries admire Europe for its values, such as press freedom.
She said: “Contrary to what some may say, woke and decadent Europe is not facing civilizational erasure. In fact, people still want to join our club, and not just their fellow Europeans. In Canada, I have been told that more than 40% of Canadians are interested in joining the EU.”
EU foreign policy chief slams US ‘fashionable euro bashing’
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has denied US claims that Europe faces civilizational erasure, rejecting what she called Washington’s “fashionable denigration of the euro”.
She also said that the United States was discovering that it could not resolve the war in Ukraine without European participation and consent.
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US teenager who lobbied for her father’s release from ICE detention dies of cancer
A Chicago teenager whose father was arrested by immigration authorities while she was undergoing treatment for cancer died Friday, a family spokesperson said.
Ofelia Torres, a 16-year-old from Chicago, had been undergoing treatment for an aggressive and rare form of cancer since late 2024.
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Renderings show most detailed view of Trump’s White House ballroom
New renderings released this week provide the most detailed view yet of Donald Trump’s proposed $400 million addition to the White House Ballroom.
The renderings, submitted by the project’s architects and released Friday by the National Capital Planning Commission, depict a vast, sprawling structure, expected to span about 90,000 square feet, from multiple angles.
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Watchdogs say expanding immigration crackdown risks ‘threatening civil rights’
Homeland Security watchdogs who were forced out of their jobs said the Trump administration’s “alarming” rush to task hundreds of local police departments with enforcing federal immigration law — while destroying independent oversight — risked “posing a threat to civil rights nationwide.”
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US forces board second oil tanker linked to Venezuela in Indian Ocean
US military forces boarded another oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the sanctioned vessel from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil linked to Venezuela, the Pentagon said on Sunday.
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