White House halts Ukraine aid, explores Russia sanctions relief amid tariff tensions and political divides.

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The White House is at the center of several significant international and domestic developments. President Trump has halted all U.S. military aid to Ukraine, while simultaneously, the administration is reportedly directing officials to draft a proposal to lift U.S. sanctions on Russia, potentially seeking a plan for sanctions relief. Meanwhile, in the economic realm, Warren Buffett has described tariffs as 'an act of war,' highlighting tensions in trade policies. Domestically, Democrats are responding to the current political climate by inviting fired federal workers to President Trump’s Congressional address, underscoring the ongoing political divisions.

Top Stories

• Trump halts all U.S. military aid to Ukraine, White House official says (www.reuters.com)

• Warren Buffett: Tariffs are ‘an act of war’ (www.cnn.com)

• White House seeks plan for possible Russia sanctions relief, sources say (www.reuters.com)

• Democrats Invite Fired Federal Workers to Trump’s Congressional Address (www.nytimes.com)

• White House directs officials to draft proposal to lift US sanctions on Russia (www.theguardian.com)

United States

• Dow tumbles 750 points as Trump confirms tariffs on Mexico and Canada will start Tuesday (www.cnn.com)

• Democrats Invite Fired Federal Workers to Trump’s Congressional Address (www.nytimes.com)

• White House directs officials to draft proposal to lift US sanctions on Russia (www.theguardian.com)

• Trump and Zelenskyy’s White House clash a ‘deliberate escalation’ by US, says Germany’s Merz (www.politico.eu)

• Majorities say state of the union is not strong (www.npr.org)

• RFK Jr. urges people to get vaccinated amid deadly Texas outbreak (www.axios.com)

• Car Prices Are Poised for $12,000 Surge (www.bloomberg.com)

Africa

• Nigerian Muslims arrested for eating in public during Ramadan (www.bbc.com)

• ECOWAS mission leaves Guinea-Bissau after 'president's threats' (www.bbc.com)

• Lawmakers in Ghana reintroduce an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that sparked criticism (apnews.com)

Middle East

• Exclusion of Kurds, other constituents threatens Syria's Future: ENKS (www.rudaw.net)

• Syria’s White Helmets continue to help people in devastated Aleppo (www.aljazeera.com)

• Iranian government official who was key to 2015 nuclear deal tenders resignation under pressure (apnews.com)

Indo-Pacific

• Malaysia's ex-PM Ismail Declares Wealth to Anti-graft Agency Amid Seizure of Assets (www.reuters.com)

• China Can Capitalize on Damage Caused by Trump, Former PLA Colonel Says (www.theguardian.com)

• Trump says US will impose additional 10% tariff on China (www.bbc.com)

• China’s Ambassador Criticizes Australia’s Move to Limit DeepSeek (www.bloomberg.com)

• Japan skips UN nuclear arms conference to avoid 'wrong message' over US deterrence (www.euronews.com)

• Japanese government to auction stockpiled rice on March 10 (japantimes.co.jp)

Europe

• Calls for boycotting US products spread in northern Europe (www.lemonde.fr)

• Europeans move towards seizing €200bn of Russian assets (www.ft.com)

• Saab wins $159 million cruise missile maintenance order from Germany (www.reuters.com)

• German citizen, 40, identified as Mannheim suspect after two killed as car driven into crowd – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)

• Europeans embrace Zelensky after meeting with Trump (www.cnn.com)

• Ukraine Is Europe’s War Now (www.nytimes.com)

Latin America

• Latin America recognizes the familiar ‘caudillo’ in Donald Trump (www.ft.com)

• Lincoln Diaz-Balart, who put Cuban embargo into law, dies at 70 (axios.com)

• The ‘Hustling Expert’ Behind Argentina’s $250 Million Crypto Scandal (wsj.com)

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