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22.11.2025 - 05:35 [ PBS.org ]

WATCH: Trump says ‘people would be shocked’ but he and Mamdani want to see the ‘same thing’

“Ultimately, it’s for the good of New York,” Trump said, of the two men’s goals. “I don’t care about affiliations or parties or anything else. … If he could be a spectacular success, I’d be very happy.”

Trump said he and Mamdani discussed crime in New York City, without getting bogged down in their political differences over ICE.

“What we did is we discussed crime, more than ICE per se, we discussed crime. He doesn’t want to see crime and I don’t want to see crime,” Trump said. “And I have very little doubt that we’re not going to get along on that issue.”

22.11.2025 - 05:30 [ ABC7 New York ]

NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani and President Trump discuss crime, affordability in Oval Office meeting

The Oval Office meeting marked the first time that Mamdani and Trump have met face to face following a war of words between the two leaders throughout Mamdani‘s campaign and election.

„It was a productive meeting focused on a place of shared admiration and love, which is New York City and the need to deliver affordability to New Yorkers,“ Mamdani said.

20.11.2025 - 15:29 [ New York Times ]

Trump and Mamdani Will Meet at White House on Friday

Zohran Mamdani, who ran for mayor of New York City in part on a promise to stand up to President Trump, will meet with the president at the White House on Friday, weeks before taking office.

Mr. Trump announced the meeting on social media on Wednesday night, saying that Mr. Mamdani had asked for it and labeling him incorrectly as the “Communist Mayor of New York City.” Mr. Mamdani is a democratic socialist.

20.11.2025 - 00:55 [ CNN ]

White House calls a lid, offering no update on Epstein bill

When CNN asked whether the president had received the bill or whether any timing had been set, officials did not respond.

“I have nothing to add today,” Miller told reporters when pressed for an update on the legislation.

20.11.2025 - 00:34 [ CBS News ]

Survivors await Trump‘s signing of Epstein files bill

Legislation that would force the release of federal files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is now only missing President Trump‘s signature. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.

20.11.2025 - 00:21 [ USA Today ]

When could Trump sign bill to release Epstein files? Live updates

President Donald Trump is expected to sign the Epstein files bill later today, a White House official told USA TODAY.

The bill had not arrived at the White House as of Wednesday afternoon.

19.11.2025 - 23:10 [ CNN ]

White House offers no timeline as Epstein bill awaits Trump’s signature

Trump had not decided Tuesday when he would sign the measure, a White House official told CNN at the time. And a senior White House official also told CNN that “the bill will be signed whenever it gets to the White House.”

But by Wednesday, the White House remained silent as the bill awaits the president’s signature.

16.10.2025 - 14:52 [ Seymour Hersh / Substack ]

WHY ARE US TROOPS OCCUPYING AMERICAN CITIES?

The Trump administration is playing another long game, or trying to, in the streets of US cities under Democratic Party governance, using existing presidential emergency powers to send National Guard, Army troops and ICE agents to hunt down and arrest suspected undocumented immigrants and detain and deport them, without the due process demanded by the Constitution. What’s happening now may be a trial run for the use of those forces to interfere on the behalf of the president and the Republican Party in states where the Democratic Party has a chance to win crucial seats in next fall’s Congressional elections. I’ve been told by someone with inside knowledge that planning for such action is now under way in the White House.

16.10.2025 - 14:49 [ Seymour Hersh / TKP.at ]

Warum das US-Militär demokratische Städte übernimmt

Trump behauptet, er habe die rechtliche Befugnis, bei Feststellung eines Notstands Kriminalität in allen Staaten zu bekämpfen, einschließlich derer unter demokratischer Kontrolle. Mir wurde jedoch berichtet, dass das politische Team im Weißen Haus eine parallele, tiefere Motivation verfolgt: einen Präzedenzfall für bundesweite Notstandseingriffe zu schaffen – per präsidentieller Anordnung –, um vor den Kongresswahlen im nächsten Herbst mit Truppen intervenieren zu können.

Einige im Weißen Haus – nicht unbedingt der Präsident selbst – wissen, dass diese angerufenen Notstände „falsche Notstände“ sind. Aber wie ein Insider es formulierte: Wenn man es „wiederholt tut“, können solche Maßnahmen zukünftigen politischen Einfluss entfalten. Nennen Sie es eine neue politische Normalität.

28.09.2025 - 21:08 [ NPR.org ]

Palestinian death toll tops 66,000 as Netanyahu prepares to meet Trump

In Monday‘s White House meeting, Trump is expected to share a new proposal for ending the war.

11.09.2025 - 18:25 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

DER 11. SEPTEMBER: Langer Marsch eines Molochs

(10.09.2014)

Die Kommission

Auf dem langen Marsch der Institutionen in den 11. September gab es manchen großen Sprung nach vorn. Einen zentralen davon repräsentiert die unter Bill Clinton 1996 formierte „Kommission des Präsidenten zum Schutz kritischer Infrastruktur“. In der Kommission waren, fast schon klischeehaft, die Bausteine des heutigen imperialen Molochs, des „lebenden, atmenden Organismus“, „jeder Kontrolle entwachsen“, des “elektronischen Polizeistaates”, des “sicherheitsindustriellen Komplexes” vertreten, der fünf Jahre später durch den 11. September entfesselt und über die Welt herfallen sollte, obwohl er angeblich dafür gezüchtet worden war genau solche Attentate zu verhindern.

Neben den Konsortien AT&T (früher das landesweite Telefonmonopol Bell Company, s.o.) und dem vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg als „Computing Tabulating Recording Company“ gegründeten IBM Konzern saßen NSA, CIA, FBI, Militär, Pentagon, das Justizministerium, hochrangige Bürokraten des Präsidentenpalastes der heute „Weißes Haus“ genannt wird, die Zentralbank Fed, das Finanzministerium, das Transportministerium, das 1934 aus fünf Industrie-Vereinigungen verschmolzene Eisenbahn-Trust „Association of American Railroads“, das Handelsministerium, die Eliteuniversität in Georgetown, usw, usw.

Den Vorsitz hatte der 1925 geborene Robert T. Marsh, ein Vier-Sterne-General, bereits seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg in der Air Force, später im Kalten Krieg als Stabsoffizier im Strategischen Kommando zuständig für die Infrastruktur gebunkerter Atomwaffen, sowie u.a. Leiter der Produktions- und Entwicklungsstätte elektronischer Systeme der Air Force auf der Luftwaffenbasis in Hanscom.

In ihrem am Oktober 1997 überreichten Bericht machte die Kommission eine endlose Reihe von „Empfehlungen“ für Gesetze, Behörden und Bestimmungen, sowie dazu gleich eine ebenso lange Reihe von Rechtsbegriffen bzw Definitionen, die später durch den Präsidenten eins zu eins umgesetzt wurden, u.a. in den geheimen Präsidentenbefehlen PDD 62 und PDD 63.

Bereits zu diesem Zeitpunkt, in 1997, betonte die Kommission:

„Wir müssen unser neues Denken der Cyber-Dimension anpassen. .. Mit das Wichtigste ist zu erkennen, dass die Besitzer und Betreiber unserer kritischen Infrastruktur nun an den Frontlinien unserer Sicherheitsbemühungen stehen. Sie sind diejenigen, die gegenüber Cyber-Attacken am Verwundbarsten sind. Und diese Verwundbarkeit setzt unsere Nationale Sicherheit, unsere globale wirtschaftliche Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und unser heimisches Wohlergehen auf´s Spiel.

Es ist in diesem Sinne, dass wir unseren Bericht vorstellen.“

Leider ist die nächste Seite des Berichts „absichtlich leer gelassen“. So ganz öffentlich war der Bericht nicht.

Ebenfalls in weiser Voraussicht formulierte die „Kommission des Präsidenten zum Schutz kritischer Infrastruktur“:

„Das Transportministerium hat den Gesetzentwurf H.R. 1720, Surface Transportation Safety Act of 1997, übermittelt, der entworfen wurde um Passagiere und Angestellte in Schienenverkehr und Massentransportsystemen und die Bewegungen von Fracht durch Schienenverkehr vor terroristischen Angriffen / Terroranschlägen („terrorist attacks“) zu beschützen. Die Kommission empfiehlt diesem Gesetzentwurf starke Unterstützung durch Administration und Kongress zu geben.“

Eine „kritische“ (entscheidende, „critical“) Infrastruktur im Transport-Sektor definierte die Präsidentenkommission als

„charakterisiert durch das physische Vertriebs (Beförderungs-)system, das kritisch ist in der Unterstützung der Nationalen Sicherheit und dem ökonomischen Wohlergehen dieser Nation, eingeschlossen das nationale Luftraumsystem, Fluglinien und Flugzeuge, und Flughäfen.“

Auch was die Sicherheit im Flugverkehr anging, sprach man, vier Jahre vor 9/11, schon durchaus miteinander.

„Mehrere Bundesbehörden stellen Besitzern und Betreibern von Infrastruktur Information(en) zur Verfügung. Das ´Awareness of National Security Issues and Response´ (ANSIR) Programm des FBI gibt über 25.000 Mitgliedern der Industrie Auskunft („information“), die Einblicke in Bedrohung und Verwundbarkeit gibt. Enger gefasste Programme sind die Benachrichtigung des Transportministeriums über terroristische Bedrohungen an die zivile Luftfahrtindustrie und die informationssicherheitsbezogene Verwundbarkeits-Einschätzung („INFOSEC Vulnerability Assessment“) der National Security Agency, das informationssystem-bezogene Daten Partnern im privaten Sektor zur Verfügung stellt.“

Dem Transportministerium und seiner Luftfahrtbehörde FAA („Federal Aviation Administration“) konstatierte die Präsidentenkommission in 1997:

„Die Sicherheit (in) der zivilen Luftfahrt bleibt die erste Priorität und der Schwerpunkt des Transportministeriums. Die FAA hat die Verantwortung und die Autorität Notfallmaßnahmen für Luftfahrtunternehmen und Flughäfen anzufordern, um schnell und effektiv mit unmittelbaren Bedrohungen gegen die zivile Luftfahrt umzugehen.“

Aber:

„Das Luftfahrtkontrollsystem der FAA basiert auf Jahrzehnte alter Technologie. Das Ersatzsystem, obwohl zweifellos effizienter, wird verwundbarer sein, wenn keine speziellen Sicherheitsmaßnahmen eingefügt werden.“

Und deshalb:

„Empfehlen wir: Die Bundesluftfahrtbehörde (FAA) handelt sofort darin, ein umfassendes Nationales Luftraum-Sicherheitsprogramm zu entwickeln, etablieren, finanzieren und zu implementieren, um das modernisierte Nationale Luftraum-System vor informations-basierten und anderen Störungen, Eindringungen („intrusions“) und Angriffen zu beschützen. Umsetzung durch Programm sollte geleitet sein von den Empfehlungen, die man im ´Vulnerability Assessment of the FAA National Airspace System Architecture´ findet, die für diese Kommission vorbereitet wurde.“

Man empfahl dem Präsidenten also etwas, was einem empfohlen worden war.

Das neue System der Luftfahrtbehörde FAA

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26.07.2025 - 05:44 [ NDTV.com ]

Who Is Ghislaine Maxwell‘s Father, Alleged Spy For Israel, UK And Russia

(July 24, 2025)

Multiple sources report that UK Foreign Office suspected Maxwell as a double or triple agent, with ties to MI6, the Soviet KGB, and Israeli intelligence Mossad.

Robert Maxwell moved between the White House, the Kremlin, Downing Street, and the leadership of France, Germany, and Israel.

08.07.2025 - 17:54 [ Al Jazeera ]

Netanyahu, Trump discuss forced transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza

“If people want to stay, they can stay, but if they want to leave, they should be able to leave. It shouldn’t be a prison. It should be an open place and give people a free choice,” Netanyahu said.

“We’re working with the United States very closely about finding countries that will seek to realise what they always say, that they wanted to give the Palestinians a better future. I think we’re getting close to finding several countries.”

07.07.2025 - 16:08 [ Reuters ]

Exclusive: US-backed aid group proposed ‚Humanitarian Transit Areas‘ for Palestinians in Gaza

A controversial U.S.-backed aid group proposed building camps called “Humanitarian Transit Areas” inside – and possibly outside – Gaza to house the Palestinian population, according to a proposal reviewed by Reuters, outlining its vision of „replacing Hamas‘ control over the population in Gaza.“
The $2 billion plan, created sometime after February 11 for the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or GHF, was submitted to the Trump administration and recently discussed in the White House, according to a source familiar with the matter.

07.07.2025 - 15:59 [ NPR.org ]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet President Trump Monday

The deal resembles a similar one proposed by Israel and the U.S. earlier this year. Israel and Hamas had agreed on a ceasefire that took effect just as Trump came into office in January, and lasted until Israel renewed attacks in Gaza in March, and stopped all aid from entering the besieged coastal enclave. Food deliveries only resumed in late May under tight Israeli control in a system that the U.N. — which used to run aid deliveries — has called „death traps“ for Palestinians trying to access the handout sites.

30.06.2025 - 20:35 [ Reuters ]

Israel strikes pound Gaza, killing 60, ahead of US talks on ceasefire

A day after Trump called to „Make the deal in Gaza, get the hostages back“, Israel‘s strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer, a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s, was travelling to Washington for talks on Iran and Gaza, according to an Israeli official and a source familiar with the matter.

26.06.2025 - 14:41 [ ABC News ]

Trump administration plans to limit classified info it shares with Congress on Iran attack

The administration is planning to limit classified information it shares on CAPNET, the classified information sharing system used by both the House and Senate, the sources said.

It was not immediately clear how much information the administration plans to limit moving forward.

01.05.2025 - 09:08 [ Kyiv Independent ]

US signed minerals deal with Ukraine ‚to be protected,‘ Trump says

Future military assistance from the U.S. could count as contributions to the newly established joint investment fund, but prior aid will not.

Pre-existing projects, such as those owned by Ukraine‘s state-owned companies, will not be impacted by the minerals deal.

„Revenues from projects already launched or budgeted revenues are not included in the Fund. The agreement refers to further strategic cooperation,“ First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said.

01.05.2025 - 09:06 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

Ukraine‘s Minister of Economy, U.S. Treasury Secretary sign deal to establish U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund

Ukraine and the United States will establish a U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund to attract global investments into the country. The relevant agreement was signed on Wednesday in Washington by First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

„The Fund will be financed exclusively through revenue from NEW licenses – specifically, 50% of the proceeds from new licenses for critical materials and oil and gas projects that will flow into the budget after the Fund‘s creation. Revenues from already launched projects or budgeted income will not be included in the Fund,“ Svyrydenko wrote in a Facebook post.

01.05.2025 - 08:57 [ CNN ]

US and Ukraine sign critical minerals deal

The US Treasury Department on Wednesday announced that both countries signed the agreement. “As the President has said, the United States is committed to helping facilitate the end of this cruel and senseless war,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.

“This agreement signals clearly to Russia that the Trump Administration is committed to a peace process centered on a free, sovereign, and prosperous Ukraine over the long term,” Bessent said. “And to be clear, no state or person who financed or supplied the Russian war machine will be allowed to benefit from the reconstruction of Ukraine.”

14.03.2025 - 08:13 [ SRF.ch ]

Waffenruhe in der Ukraine? – So reagiert Trump auf die Aussagen von Putin

Donald Trump wertet es schon einmal positiv, dass nicht ein kategorisches Nein aus Russland kommt und die Verhandlungen weitergehen. Auch positiv sieht er, dass Wladimir Putin mit ihm sprechen will. Geht es nach Trump, könnte dies schon heute der Fall sein. Und auch wenn es Putin etwas weniger eilig haben dürfte, gibt es offenbar Anzeichen, dass dieses direkte Gespräch zwischen den beiden Präsidenten tatsächlich heute stattfinden könnte.

14.03.2025 - 07:50 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

If Russia doesn‘t agree to peace deal, it will be very disappointing for the world – Trump

Ukraine and the United States have discussed many details of the draft peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia, and now it is up to Russia to join it, said US President Donald Trump.

„A lot of the details of a final agreement have actually been discussed. Now we‘re going to see if Russia is there and, if not, it will be a very disappointing moment for the world,“ Trump said at a joint briefing with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday.

12.03.2025 - 14:44 [ Kyiv Independent ]

Trump to invite Zelensky back to White House following Saudi talks

„We‘re going to meet with them (Russia) later on today and tomorrow, and hopefully, we‘ll be able to (work) out a deal. I think the ceasefire is very important,“ Trump said.

When asked if Zelensky would be invited back to the White House, the U.S. president responded, „Sure, absolutely.“

10.03.2025 - 06:45 [ CBS News ]

Trump selects Sean Curran, agent who protected him during Butler shooting, to lead Secret Service

(January 23, 2025)

In a post to his Truth Social platform, Mr. Trump said Curran is „a Great Patriot, who has protected my family over the past few years, and that is why I trust him to lead the Brave Men and Women of the United States Secret Service.“

Curran previously served as the special agent in charge of Trump‘s security detail for four years and sprung to cover him on stage during the first assassination attempt against him on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania.

10.03.2025 - 06:37 [ New York Times ]

Secret Service Shoots Armed Man Near the White House

On Saturday, the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington shared information with the Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies about a man named Andrew Dawson who may have been traveling to Washington from Indiana.

The law enforcement bulletin said that Mr. Dawson wanted to die by “suicide by cop” and was armed with a BB gun. His last known address was in North Manchester, Ind. The bulletin had a picture of a car that Mr. Dawson was driving.

05.03.2025 - 06:09 [ Reuters ]

Exclusive: US, Ukraine now plan to sign minerals deal, sources say

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

04.03.2025 - 21:12 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

Ukrainians must sit down at negotiating table, start talks with President Trump – Vice President Vance

He explained that, in his opinion, the most important thing is not the public statements, such as President Zelenskyy saying he was committed to peace or apologizing to the president. He emphasized that what matters more is what the Ukrainians do to get meaningfully involved in what a peaceful settlement would look like. He stated that they need Ukrainians to come to them privately and say what they need, what they want, and how they will participate in the process of ending the conflict. He concluded that this lack of private participation is what concerns them the most.

04.03.2025 - 21:07 [ CNN ]

‚Come to the table‘: Vance says Ukraine must negotiate for aid to be restored

Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Capitol Hill that Ukraine must “come to the table and start negotiating” in order for aid to be restored and that President Donald Trump is still committed to a rare minerals deal.

04.03.2025 - 13:53 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

Polish PM on US suspension of military aid to Ukraine: Reports coming from border confirm US statements

Reports from the border, from the logistics hub in Yasenka, confirm the statements of the American side about the suspension of US military aid to Ukraine, said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

04.03.2025 - 13:51 [ CNN ]

Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine after Oval Office argument with Zelensky, White House official says

The halt in aid, which came after Trump held a series of meetings with top national security officials at the White House, could have dire effect on Ukraine’s war-fighting abilities, officials and analysts said. It will remain in place until Trump determines Zelensky has made a commitment to seeking peace talks, one official said, essentially forcing Ukraine to a negotiating table by threatening further losses on the battlefield.

03.03.2025 - 20:56 [ Kyiv Independent ]

Ukraine committed to work with US, Europe to end war ‚the soonest possible,‘ Zelensky says

Trump called it „the worst statement that could have been made“ and accused Zelensky of not wanting peace „as long as he has America‘s backing.“

Zelensky countered that Ukraine needs real peace and that no one wants it more than Ukrainians, as the war continues to devastate cities and claim lives.

„Peace is needed as soon as possible,“ he said.

03.03.2025 - 20:54 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

Ukraine very much hope on US support on path to peace

According to the president, Ukraine continues to work with partners and is preparing for other steps in the near future.

“It is very important that we try to make our diplomacy really substantive to end this war the soonest possible. We need real peace and Ukrainians want it most because the war ruins our cities and towns. We lose our people,” Zelenskyy noted.

He stressed that the war must be stopped and security guaranteed.

03.03.2025 - 20:51 [ APNews.com ]

Trump slams Zelenskyy for saying the end of the Russia war ‘is still very, very far away’

“It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelenskyy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the U.S. — Probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia,” Trump added in his post. “What are they thinking?”