{"id":193372,"date":"2025-12-12T17:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-sick-of-meetings-as-ukraine-russia-peace-deal-talks-drag-on-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T17:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:36:08","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-sick-of-meetings-as-ukraine-russia-peace-deal-talks-drag-on-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-sick-of-meetings-as-ukraine-russia-peace-deal-talks-drag-on-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president \u2018sick of meetings\u2019 as Ukraine-Russia peace deal talks drag on – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump\u2019s press secretary suggested Trump was growing weary of process as Ukraine\u2019s president under immense pressure to sign US deal \u2013 key US politics stories from 11 December 2025
When it comes to Ukraine peace talks, Donald Trump<\/a> is \u201csick of meetings just for the sake of meetings\u201d, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday.
Leavitt added that the White House may send a representative to meet with European and Ukrainian officials this weekend if it feels like a meeting is \u201cworthy\u201d of the US\u2019s time, adding that Trump is \u201cextremely frustrated with both sides of this war\u201d.
\u201cHe wants this war to come to an end, and the administration has spent more than 30 hours [on] this just in the past couple of weeks, meeting with the Russians and Ukrainians and the Europeans,\u201d Leavitt said.
Ukraine\u2019s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been under immense pressure from Trump to sign up to the US peace plan. In recent days Trump has attacked Zelenskyy, claiming he \u201chas not even read\u201d the draft peace plan, suggesting he lacks legitimacy<\/a> and Ukraine should hold an election.
Zelenskyy said the Ukrainian negotiating team had sent their revised plan to Washington on Wednesday, and that questions over territory and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant were two of the remaining sticking points.
Leavitt said Trump was \u201caware\u201d of Ukraine\u2019s updated peace proposal, but offered no further comment.
The US wants Ukraine to withdraw its troops from the Donbas region, and Washington would then create a \u201cfree economic zone\u201d in the parts Kyiv currently controls, Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> has said.
Previously, the US had suggested Kyiv should hand over<\/a> the parts of Donbas it still controlled to Russia, but the Ukrainian president said on Thursday that Washington had now suggested a compromise version in which Ukrainian troops would withdraw, but Russian troops would not advance into the territory.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Senior Democratic lawmakers and at least one Republican have condemned the US seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker<\/a> off the nation\u2019s coast, with one saying Donald Trump is \u201csleepwalking us into a war with Venezuela\u201d.
There is growing, at least somewhat bipartisan unease in Washington over the administration\u2019s escalating military posture in the region. Trump has accused Venezuela<\/a> of facilitating drug trafficking, and increased the US military presence in the Caribbean to a level not seen in decades.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Indiana Republicans have rejected an effort to redraw the state\u2019s congressional map, a stunning rebuke of Donald Trump<\/a> and Republican efforts to reconfigure the state\u2019s congressional districts to add two more Republican-friendly seats.
The measure failed 19-31, with 21 Republicans<\/a> joining 10 Democrats in rejecting the new maps. Republicans currently hold seven of Indiana\u2019s nine congressional districts. The new map would have favored<\/a> Republicans in all nine districts.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US Senate<\/a> on Thursday rejected competing proposals to address the imminent expiration of subsidies for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans, greatly increasing the chances that healthcare costs will soon rise to unaffordable levels for millions of Americans.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Protesters briefly interrupted the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem<\/a>, during a Capitol Hill hearing, evoking a quote from the film The Exorcist.
As Noem delivered her opening remarks before the House committee on homeland security, two protesters disrupted the session, with one yelling: \u201cStop ICE raids! The power of Christ compels you! End deportations, the power of Christ compels you!\u201d
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The department has attempted to twice file new charges against James after a judge dismissed an indictment against her after determining the prosecutor handling the case had not been properly appointed.
It\u2019s an embarrassing blow to the Trump justice department as the president has sought retribution against one of his political rivals.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Free speech advocates have accused Donald Trump of \u201cshredding civil liberties\u201d and \u201ccensorship pure and simple\u201d after the White House said it planned to require visa applicants from dozens of countries to provide social media, phone and email histories for vetting before being allowed into the US.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Kilmar \u00c1brego Garc\u00eda has been freed from an immigration detention facility<\/a><\/strong> in Pennsylvania after a federal judge in Maryland ordered his release on Thursday. \u00c1brego was released shortly before 5pm ET, his attorney told the Associated Press. He plans to return to Maryland<\/a>, where he has lived for many years with his US citizen wife and child after first entering the country illegally as a teenager.
South Carolina health officials have reported an \u201caccelerating\u201d measles outbreak in the state<\/a><\/strong> in the wake of Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vaccinations, with hundreds of people in quarantine.
The US\u2019s sharpening ideological polarization is affecting a wider and much more junior cross-section of the country\u2019s armed forces<\/a><\/strong> and challenging the military\u2019s ability to remain above the political fray, a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has said.
The US\u2019s southern border is poised to become more militarized<\/a><\/strong> following an announcement by Trump administration<\/a> officials<\/a> that armed forces would now oversee 760 acres of public land for a three-year period.
As the US\u2019s top vaccine<\/a> officials come under pressure from lawmakers and former leaders, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it will release information \u201csoon\u201d about changes to regulations following unconfirmed claims of deaths after Covid vaccination<\/a><\/strong>.
Mike Lindell, a pillow salesman and election conspiracist,<\/a><\/strong> announced he is running for governor of Minnesota.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 10 December 2025<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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