Trump Issues New Warning to Putin Ahead of High Stakes Meeting

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Speaking to reporters from the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Wednesday, President Donald Trump issued a new warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin over his refusal to end the war against Ukraine. 

"There will be very severe consequences," Trump said if Putin refuses to follow through with some kind of peace agreement. 

Trump will travel to Alaska on Friday for a high stakes meeting with Putin, the first since he started his second term in January. 

Earlier in the week Trump said he would know in "two minutes" whether Putin is serious about making a deal. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is currently not scheduled to attend, but that could change over the next 48 hours. 

Trump, Zelensky and a number of European leaders held a meeting Wednesday ahead of the Alaska summit.

The Trump Administration May Finally Call Muslim Brotherhood What It Really Is

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration is moving to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group over its longstanding ties to radical Islamic extremist organizations.

Rubio made the announcement during an appearance on the Sid Rosenberg radio show. During the conversation, Rubio and Rosenberg discussed the Trump administration’s decision to label drug cartels as a terrorist organization.

This conversation prompted Rosenberg to ask, “Why wouldn’t you guys designate the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations)? 

“Yeah, all of that is in the works, and obviously there are different branches of the Muslim Brotherhood, so you’d have to designate each one of them,” Rubio replied. “But let me just tell you that there’s a process which I didn’t fully appreciate till I came into this job, and I know people don’t want to hear about processes, but because these things are going to be challenged in court, right? Read more and see Xs here.