[UPDATED: April 19, 7:37 pm , Kyiv time. Updated with statements from President Zelensky, Foreign Minister Sybiha, and continued reports of Russian attacks despite ceasefire claims.] Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his troops will observe a 30-hour ceasefire from the evening of April 19 to April 20, 2025. The announcement was made on

President Donald Trump is registering the worst economic approval numbers of his presidential career amid broad discontent over his handling of tariffs, inflation and government spending, according to the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey. The survey found that the boost in economic optimism that accompanied Trump’s reelection has disappeared, with more Americans now believing the

ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for an Easter cease-fire in his invasion of Ukraine. A statement said Russian military operations would cease from 6 p.m. Moscow time Saturday

President Trump is threatening to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Whether such a move is legal could soon be decided by the Supreme Court. The president has asked the nation’s highest court in an emergency petition to endorse his decision to fire the chairs of two other independent agencies — the National Labor Relations

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When a group of Senate Democrats helped pass a government funding bill in March, it caused a major fissure within the party, with the base itching to fight the Trump administration even if it came at the cost of a shutdown. But just over a month later, President Donald Trump’s tariff policy has resulted in

CNN  —  The Trump administration is ready to recognize Russian control of Crimea as part of the US proposal to drive an end to the war with Ukraine, an official familiar with the framework told CNN on Friday. Crimea, southern Ukraine, has been under Russian occupation since it was illegally annexed in 2014. Four other

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Senior Labour figures are urging Keir Starmer to take a leaf out of Donald Trump’s book and make more frequent media appearances in an attempt to dominate the political agenda as the US president does. MPs told the Guardian they want the prime minister to act more like Trump, who has upended political convention by

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Over the past few years consumers have grown used to seeing prices rise at an exorbitant rate. The cost of everything – from used cars to utility bills and the humble loaf of bread – has rocketed in the worst inflation shock across advanced economies since the 1980s. While inflation has cooled in the past

During his campaign, Donald Trump said repeatedly that he would be able to end the war between Russia and Ukraine “in 24 hours” upon taking office. He has changed his tone since becoming president again. As various U.S. emissaries have held talks looking for an end to the war, both Trump and his top officials

Students help put away supplies at the end of a reading and writing lesson at the Head Start program run by Easterseals, an organization that gets about a third of its funding from the federal government, on Jan. 29, in Miami. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Blackwell/AP The Trump administration is considering eliminating

Michael Race Economics reporter, BBC News Getty Images Stock markets around the world have been relatively settled this week after a period of chaos, sparked by US trade tariffs. But investors are still closely watching a part of the market which rarely moves dramatically – the US bond market. Governments sell bonds – essentially an

CNN  —  A federal judge in Washington, DC, told lawyers for migrants in Texas who believed the Trump administration is about to swiftly deport them under the Alien Enemies Act that he did not have the power to pause the deportations, even though he was concerned about the administration’s actions. “I am sympathetic to everything

Amazon Prime Video, owned by multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, has canceled Clean Slate, one of the few streaming series led by a trans woman. The show premiered on Feb. 6 and ran for only three months until Amazon axed it, reported Deadline. Laverne Cox, the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award

By all accounts, Elon Musk had a busy summer. The billionaire was throwing his lot in with the presidential campaign of Donald Trump as Ashley St Clair, a conservative influencer and sometime girlfriend, was pregnant with his 14th child, and yet they were already discussing the idea of recruiting surrogates to bring more of their

Skip next section Russia says US relations ‘complicated’ in Ukraine peace talks 04/19/2025April 19, 2025 Russia says US relations ‘complicated’ in Ukraine peace talks Russia said on Friday that contacts with the United States were rather complicated over Ukraine peace talks.  “Contacts are quite complicated, because, naturally, the topic is not an easy one,” Kremlin

President Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Friday. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration is moving forward with efforts to make it easier to fire some federal workers from their jobs, as part of its push to both shrink the federal government and