Trump-Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting a 'calculated political ambush:' Democratic Senator

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Geraldo Rivera: Zelensky walked into Oval Office 'ambush'
Media pundit Geraldo Rivera weighed in on the heated meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying during an interview that Kyiv’s leader walked into an Oval ...The Hill - 2h -
Trump and Zelenskyy clash in heated Oval Office meeting
President Trump and Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy clashed in a heated oval office meeting, surrounding the issue of security guarantees for Ukraine. While disagreements usually play out behind ...NBC News - 1h -
The Oval Office showdown heard round the world: From the Politics Desk
The fallout at home and abroad from today’s White House meeting between Donald Trump, JD Vance and Volodymyr Zelenskyy that devolved into a shouting match.NBC News - 2h -
Heated Trump-Zelenskyy meeting in Oval Office | Special Report
President Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy got heated as Vice President JD Vance quarreled with Zelenskyy over the war with Russia. Maurice DuBois anchors this CBS News ...CBS News - 7h -
How could Russia react to the Trump-Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting?
Russia may react positively to the bombastic meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata, who has covered the ...CBS News - 7h -
Full Video: Trump-Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting explodes into shouting match
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance argued with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with Vance accusing Zelenskyy of disrespect.CNBC - 5h -
Trump and Zelenskyy key takeaways: Oval Office meeting explodes into shouting match
With Ukraine's future in the balance, the high-stakes meeting on Friday between President Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy devolved into a shouting match.ABC News - 5h -
Trump vs Zelensky In The Oval Office
James, Laura and Chris dissect what happened.BBC News - 3h -
Trump and Zelensky clash in the Oval Office
The Ukrainian president leaves White House after angry meetingBBC News - 4h -
The Papers: 'The Fight House' and 'Meltdown in Oval Office'
One story dominates Saturday's papers: Volodymyr Zelensky's row with Donald Trump at the White House.BBC News - 2h -
Special Report: Trump and Zelenskyy meet in tense Oval Oval exchange
President Trump and Vice President JD Vance hold a tense meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they negotiate a possible peace deal.NBC News - 7h -
Whole Hog Politics: Democrats learn the limits of resistance
On the menu: COVID-19 at root of Gen Z move to the right; Vivek readies battle for Ohio; Kemp brushes back Greene; A very big fish story It may be fitting that President Trump has been in a ...The Hill - Feb. 21 -
James Carville: It’s Time for a Daring Political Maneuver, Democrats
There’s nothing Democrats can legitimately do to stop Trump, so we need a tactical pause in our fight to plan for the future.The New York Times - 3d -
Senate Democrats challenge transfer of migrants to Guantánamo Bay
A group of five Senate Democrats led by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) sent a letter to President Trump on Monday challenging his transfer of migrants to detention centers at the U.S. Naval station in ...The Hill - 4d -
Trump, Vance go off on Zelensky in contentious Oval Office spat
President Trump went off on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during an extraordinary Oval Office meeting in front of cameras on Friday in which he raised his voice and called the foreign ...The Hill - 8h -
Trump on Oval Office spat with Zelensky: ‘This is going to be great television’
President Trump predicted that his Oval Office spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will make for good entertainment after the two leaders went off on each other in front of reporters ...The Hill - 7h -
Zelensky thanks Trump for visit after Oval Office clash
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked President Trump for hosting his visit to the United States on Friday despite the two leaders’ clash in the Oval Office, which led to the cancellation ...The Hill - 5h -
Medvedev cheers Trump for Zelensky's 'proper slap down' in Oval Office
Top Russian official and former president Dmitry Medvedev celebrated what he called President Trump’s “proper slap down” of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday. “The ...The Hill - 5h -
Photos: Trump, Vance have tense blow up with Zelenskyy in Oval Office
The world saw tensions rise in real time as President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance shouted at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.ABC News - 6h -
Trump and Zelenskyy’s Oval Office meltdown will fill Putin with glee
It is not hard to imagine that the US president and his deputy were spoiling for a fight with the Ukrainian leaderFinancial Times - 5h -
Graham says Zelenskyy should apologize to Trump after Oval Office clash
Sen. Lindsey Graham says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should apologize to President Trump after their exchange in the Oval Office. CBS News' Nancy Cordes reports.CBS News - 5h -
What it was like in the room during Oval Office shouting match
BBC reporters witnessed the extraordinary exchange between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky firsthand.BBC News - 3h -
Trump-Zelenskyy Oval Office clash 'a gift' to Putin: Fmr. Amb. to Russia
Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the tense public confrontation between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office and ...NBC News - 4h -
5 takeaways from Trump-Vance-Zelensky Oval Office blowup
An astonishing scene played out in the Oval Office on Friday as President Trump and Vice President Vance got into a shouting match with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Amid angry crosstalk, ...The Hill - 3h -
Zelensky won’t apologize for Oval Office spat, says it was bad for both sides
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wouldn’t apologize for the meeting with President Trump, which erupted into a remarkable and tense spat, arguing that the situation was bad for both ...The Hill - 1h -
Senate Republicans approve budget framework, pushing past Democratic objections
Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage over Democratic objections after a nearly all-night voteABC News - Feb. 21 -
Democrats channel outrage over DOGE, Ukraine and more in marathon Senate session
The budget resolution from Republicans was on the agenda in the Senate, but the nearly all-night debate encompassed so much moreABC News - Feb. 21 -
Senate Democrat after Brown ouster: Trump's 'quest for power' endangers military
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) offered President Trump a fiery rebuke late Friday, admonishing the president for the administration's moves to overhaul the Defense Department, which he says are rankling ...The Hill - 6d -
'Ultimate d‑‑‑ boss move': Democratic senator rips Musk email
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) slammed tech billionaire Elon Musk over an email sent to federal employees requesting information on “what you accomplished last week.” “This is the ultimate d‑‑‑ boss ...The Hill - 5d -
'This is insane': Democratic senator rips DOJ official calling prosecutors 'Trump's lawyers'
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) strongly criticized the interim attorney for D.C., Ed Martin, for describing prosecutors as "President Trump's lawyers," calling his statement "insane." In a social ...The Hill - 4d -
Senate Democrats press Trump's FTC commissioner nominee over agency independence
Multiple Senate Democrats on the Commerce, Science and Transportation on Tuesday pressed President Trump's Federal Trade Commissioner nominee, Mark Meador, over the independence of the agency amid ...The Hill - 3d -
Senate Democrat begins CNN interview knocking 'nonsense' Trump-Ukraine report
Sen. Chris Murphy criticized CNN's Nick Paton Walsh for suggesting that President Trump's intentions on Ukraine are unclear, while Trump's administration has been pushing negotiations directly with ...The Hill - 2d -
Senate defeats Democratic resolution to end Trump’s energy emergency
A Democratic-led resolution to end President Trump’s declaration of an “energy emergency” failed along party lines Wednesday afternoon. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) ...The Hill - 2d -
Trump's labor secretary pick on track to clear Senate committee with Democratic help
The former lawmaker will need at least one Democrat in her corner if Sen. Rand Paul's opposition holds firm.CBS News - 1d -
Democratic senator presses Trump CFPB nominee: 'Who's really going to be in charge?'
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) pressed President Trump’s nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over who will be making key decisions at the agency Thursday, after it dismissed ...The Hill - 1d -
Elon Musk’s four-year-old son blended in perfectly in the Oval Office with all the other bogeymen | Catherine Bennett
Regardless of anxiety by most parents about over-sharing, the president’s aide brought one of his children to the White House. If the reversal of declining birthrates is genuinely a preoccupation ...The Guardian - 5d -
Zelensky says Ukraine still ‘ready’ for minerals deal with U.S. after Oval Office blowup with Trump
Ukraine’s trove of rare earths and other critical minerals remains in the spotlight after a White House clash between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky.MarketWatch - 1h -
Senate Republicans voice DOGE concerns in meeting with White House chief of staff
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles worked to alleviate concerns by Senate Republicans Wednesday over Elon Musk’s dismantling of the federal bureaucracy.NBC News - 2d -
GOP senators vent Musk frustrations at closed-door meeting
Republican senators vented their concerns about tech billionaire Elon Musk’s aggressive approach to freezing federal spending and cutting government jobs during a private meeting with White House ...The Hill - 1d
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Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump and Vance unravels into an extraordinary clash
Trump later said the Ukrainian president had “disrespected” the U.S., while Zelenskyy said he didn’t think he owed his American counterpart an apology.NBC News - 1h -
Protests over veterans laid off as part of Trump’s cuts to federal bureaucracy
In Michigan, veterans protested the dismissal of probationary workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Trump administration said the downsizing is part of the president’s campaign promise ...NBC News - 2h -
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Susan Glasser, Symone Sanders Townsend and Danielle Pletka join the Meet the Press NOW panel to discuss the heated Oval Office meeting between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, President Trump and ...NBC News - 4h -
Trump-Zelenskyy Oval Office clash 'a gift' to Putin: Fmr. Amb. to Russia
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Young federal workers express shock, hope after firings
Many recent college graduates who had planned careers in civil service were among those who lost their jobs to cuts pushed by President Trump and DOGE. NBC News' Morgan Radford spoke to several ...NBC News - 5h
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