Foreign policy
- ‘Adjust Your Meds’: NewsNation Host Gets Endlessly Mocked Over Her ‘One Word’ to Describe Trump - NewsNation host Batya Ungar-Sargon kicked up a firestorm of mockery over the weekend with some praise of President Donald Trump that left her critics scratching their heads.
- China slaps tariffs of up to 42.7% on EU dairy products, alleging 'damage' to the domestic dairy industry - The tariffs range from 21.9% to 42.7%, and will take effect on December 23.
- European Union approves over $105 billion toward Ukraine aid package for next two years - European Union countries have agreed to allocate 90 billion euros ($105.5 billion) in aid to Ukraine for 2026 and 2027, the EU Council President said on Friday.
- Putin ally Viktor Orbán tells CNBC using frozen Russian assets is a 'dead end' - European officials are trying to convince a handful of EU member countries to back controversial plans for providing more financial support to Ukraine.
- Defense giants say investors should still bet on them, as hopes for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal spark a selloff - European defense stocks fell on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said negotiators were closer than ever to securing a peace deal for Ukraine.
- New Trump tariffs collection hits $200 billion, Customs says - President Donald Trump this year unilaterally imposed, without congressional authorization, what he calls reciprocal tariffs and fentanyl tariffs on imports.
- Ukraine gives up joining NATO in bid to shift the dial in Russia peace talks - Russia's opposition made NATO membership unlikely for Ukraine, but it's a major policy shift to publicly abandon the goal.
- Trump wants the U.S. shipbuilding industry to be great again. Here's what it will take, and what's at stake - President Trump is promising a shipbuilding renaissance in the U.S. to rival China, but it will not happen overnight, and will require allies.
- Trump scared Europe with his national security strategy. That's no bad thing, ex-CIA chief says - Former CIA Director General Petraeus told CNBC it was good that European nations had received a wake-up call to look after their future defense and security.
- Russia's charm offensive on Trump leaves Europe scrambling to win him back - Russia has tried to make the most of the White House's national security strategy and President Trump's criticism of Europe and Ukraine's leadership of late.