The Weekly Leaf

The Weekly Leaf

This week, EU leaders agreed to a defense spending surge at an emergency summit on Ukraine, Arab leaders endorsed Egypt’s proposal for the reconstruction of Gaza, the White House announced partial tariff exemptions for Mexico and Canada, and South Korean fighter jets...
The Weekly Leaf

The Weekly Leaf

This week, talks broke down between President Trump and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Bundestag election took place in Germany, President of France Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister of the UK Keir Starmer traveled to Washington, and Austria formed a...
The Weekly Leaf

The Weekly Leaf

This week, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Keith Kellogg and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in Kyiv following talks between U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia, the foreign ministers of the G20 met in Johannesburg, and M23 rebels captured Bukavu...
The Weekly Leaf

The Weekly Leaf

This week, the Munich Security Conference kicked off; the AI Action Summit was held in Paris; President Trump and Vice President Vance spoke to President Putin and President Zelenskyy, respectively, about ending the war in Ukraine; and President Trump held meetings...
The Weekly Leaf

The Weekly Leaf

This week, President Trump proposed a possible U.S. takeover of Gaza following his meeting with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, the USAID workforce was severely cut as the majority of workers were terminated or put on administrative leave, the White House...
The Weekly Leaf

The Weekly Leaf

This week, the White House ordered a pause to all federal grants and loans in a memo that was later rescinded, President Trump’s Cabinet nomination hearings continued in the Senate, 67 people were killed in the deadliest plane crash in the U.S. since 2001,...
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