U KRAINIAN OFFICIALS are locked in talks with America whose brinkmanship is dizzying even by Donald Trump’s standards. He and his team are demanding Ukraine sign over profits from its mining, ports and other industries in return for any backing from Uncle Sam.

He said the United States wanted to recoup the billions of dollars in military aid Washington has given to Ukraine in its fight to repel Russian invaders. He said the United State

President Donald Trump of the United States reversed course on Friday and said Russia invaded Ukraine, stating that Kyiv would soon sign a minerals agreement with the United States as part of efforts to end the Ukraine war.

Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, sued the Trump administration earlier this month after the president fired him.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to let Donald Trump immediately fire the head of a federal watchdog agency after a judge's order had temporarily blocked the Republican president from ousting the official.

The Trump administration took the case to the Supreme Court after an appeals court prevented the president from firing Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel.

US President Donald Trump was right to re-establish links with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to set up peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, a senior Labour minister has said. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said there could be "no negotiated peace without Russia" and that Trump's approach had brought "Russians to the table".

As U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated the need to put an end to the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he’d be willing to step down to achieve peace. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias has the details.