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Trump caps off 29th week in office with peace deal, celebrating 200th day of second presidency

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President Donald Trump has capped off his 29th week back in the Oval Office, which included celebrating his 200th day as the 47th president, completing revamps to the White House’s Rose Garden and an overall focus on the U.S. economy and international diplomacy that unfolded at a break-neck pace this week.
«In just 200 days, President Trump has turned America into the hottest country in the world,» White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital, reflecting on Trump’s 200th day in office on Thursday. «Under Joe Biden’s failed leadership, families and businesses were struggling, and America was dead — but President Trump has quickly restored American greatness. The historic trade deals and peace deals he secured on behalf of the American people made President Trump’s second 100 days just as successful as the first.»
The first 100 days of a new administration have commonly been viewed as a symbolic benchmark to measure a president’s early successes. A White House official told Fox Digital that Trump’s measure of success was seen not only in the first 100 days, but also in the timeframe between the 100th day and Aug. 7 — the 200th day.
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Economy and tariffs
Trump’s 29th week in office included an overall and ongoing focus on new business investments in the U.S. and new tariffs on foreign nations as the administration looks to bring parity to the U.S.’ historic trade deficit with other nations. The White House teased that Trump would make a major announcement on Wednesday, which ultimately revealed Apple had increased its U.S. investment commitment by $100 billion to $600 billion.
«Today Apple is announcing that it will invest $600 billion — that’s with a B — in the United States over the next four years. That’s $100 billion more than they were originally going to invest. And this is the largest investment Apple has ever made in America and anywhere else,» Trump said on Wednesday from the Oval Office, where he was joined by Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Trump’s announcement on the deal was one facet of this week’s focus on the U.S. economy. The president signed a pair of executive orders on Thursday allowing Americans to invest their 401(k) retirement plans in cryptocurrency, private equity and real estate, as well as another EO that works to ensure that banks do not «deny or restrict services based on political beliefs, religious beliefs, or lawful business activities,» according the EO.
Trump kicked off the week by announcing he would increase tariffs on India over the country’s continued purchase of Russian oil, with goods from India now facing a 50% tariff. The tariff hikes followed months of the U.S. and India holding trade negotiations that appeared to be all but solidified in July, but fell to pieces by August.
«Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the World, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any Country,» Trump wrote on social media on Wednesday.
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«Also, they have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia’s largest buyer of ENERGY, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE — ALL THINGS NOT GOOD! INDIA WILL THEREFORE BE PAYING A TARIFF OF 25%, PLUS A PENALTY FOR THE ABOVE, STARTING ON AUGUST FIRST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. MAGA!» he continued.
Trump’s tariff plans aim to increase the amount of American-built products and U.S.-based companies, and the president said he would also impose a 100% tariff on imports of semiconductors and chips. Companies «building in the United States,» however, will be exempt from the tariffs, he said.
«100 percent tariff on all chips and semiconductors coming into the United States, but if you’ve made a commitment to build, or if you’re in the process of building, as many are, there is no tariff,» he said on Wednesday.
President Trump announced he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Aug, 15. (Reuters)
International Diplomacy
Trump wrapped up the working week by holding a trilateral meeting with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to sign a peace agreement after the two nations have battled one another since the 1980s over a territorial conflict.
The White House said Friday that the two nations agreed to build a road connecting Azerbaijan and an autonomous enclave currently separated by Armenian territory. The road will be called the «Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity,» according to the White House.
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«The roadmap they are agreeing to will build a cooperative future that benefits both countries, their region of the South Caucasus and beyond,» White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said Friday of the peace deal.
The peace deal comes as Trump continues working to reach a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine as the war that broke out in 2022 continues raging between the nations. Armenia and Azerbaijan are both former constituent republics of the Soviet Union.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo/Efrem Lukatsky/AP)
Trump said earlier this week that he is open to meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which would mark the pair’s first meeting since Trump was sworn back into office this year.
«As President Trump said yesterday, the Russians expressed their desire to meet with President Trump, and the President is open to this meeting. President Trump would like to meet with both President Putin and President Zelensky, because he wants this brutal war to end. The White House is working through the details of these potential meetings, and details will be provided at the appropriate time,» White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement on Thursday.
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Trump confirmed on Friday that he would meet with Putin on Aug. 15 in Alaska.
«The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America, and President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, will take place next Friday, August 15, 2025, in the Great State of Alaska. Further details to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter!» he posted to Truth Social on Friday.

Trump gestures from the roof of the West Wing of the White House as he takes a tour on August 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Rose Garden updates and Trump’s surprise roof appearance
Trump announced in March that he planned to renovate the historic garden with pavers, explaining that the grass «doesn’t work» and citing how the soft terrain was difficult for some visitors to navigate.
«We’re getting great reviews of the Rose Garden, and we had to do it,» Trump told reporters on Sunday of the update.
The area was officially paved over with a bright white patio boasting the White House’s emblem on its perimeter.
«When we had a press conference, you’d sink into the mud. It was grass, and it was very wet, always wet and damp and wet, and if it rained, it would take three, four, five days to dry out, and we couldn’t use it really for the intended purpose,» he added.
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Tables and chairs in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. Trump ordered updates to the Rose Garden in March. (Getty Images)
«It’s a beautiful white stone, and it’s a stone that’s the same color as the White House itself,» Trump said. «And because it’s very white, it’s going to reflect the heat, and it’s not going to be very hot. Yeah, we’ve got great reviews of the Rose Garden.»
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On Tuesday, the president made a surprise appearance on the White House roof, surveying the area from roof of the West Wing and the press briefing room. Reporters on the ground gathered near the president while shouting questions at him.
The appearance comes just days after Trump announced that he and private donors will fund an estimated $200 million cost of a new ballroom at the White House.
Fox News Digital’s Diana Stancy, Caitlin McFall and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
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El peor momento de la monarquía británica en 400 años: menos mal que la reina Isabel no llegó a ver a su hijo preso por el caso Epstein

La reina Isabel se fue a la tumba con su mantra intacto: “Nunca quejarse, nunca explicar”. Andrés, su hijo favorito, rompió hoy 400 años de historia cuando fue detenido en Wood Farm, una casa del palacio de Sandringham, propiedad del rey Carlos, para explicar inicialmente por qué filtró al pedófilo Jeffrey Epstein documentos de Estado, cuando era enviado de negocios del gobierno británico.
Andrés, quien pasará su 66 cumpleaños bajo custodia, contaba con la confianza absoluta de su madre. La reina, aun enferma, almorzaba o tomaba diariamente el té con su hijo, que vivía a pasos del castillo de Windsor, en el Royal Lodge junto a Fergie, su ex esposa. Ella caminaba con los perros corgis junto a la soberana por los jardines de Frogmore Cottage, frente a la entonces casa del príncipe Harry.
Poco después del desayuno en el día de su cumpleaños, Andrés recibió un golpe en la puerta que esperaba que nunca se produjera. Era la policía británica.
Podrían haberlo convocado a asistir, pero eligieron este método porque tenían pruebas suficientes para incriminarlo y, con él detenido, podrían allanar sus casas en busca de más documentación. Por eso allanaron el Royal Lodge, donde la reina Isabel vivió y pasó su infancia en Windsor y luego vivió la reina madre, y su casa en Wood Farm en Sandringham. En ambos lados recogieron documentación.
El hijo de Isabel II, hermano del rey, fue trasladado en un coche patrulla sin distintivos, preparándose para afrontar las primeras preguntas serias de su vida. Fue arrestado por la Policía del Valle del Támesis bajo sospecha de mala conducta en un cargo público, tras la publicación de archivos que, aparentemente, demostraban que entregó documentos confidenciales a Jeffrey Epstein durante su periodo como enviado comercial británico.
Andrés ya ha sufrido la desgracia de perder su cargo público, su título y su residencia real. No es descabellado pensar que podría enfrentarse a la cárcel y no solo declarar ante el congreso norteamericano sobre Epstein.
Es el peor momento de la monarquía en casi 400 años. Ningún divorcio, ninguna separación, ninguna aventura extramatrimonial de los hijos de la reina se le parece. Incluso la abdicación, tan escandalosa en su día, palidece ante la visión de un hombre nacido príncipe y ahora en una comisaría británica.
Con la confianza de su madre, parcialmente protegido hasta hace poco por su hermano mayor, Andrés ahora se enfrenta a horas solitarias en compañía de la Policía del Valle del Támesis.
Los monárquicos de todo el país habrán tenido la misma idea: menos mal que la reina no está aquí para verlo.
Será un cumpleaños extraño y solitario. Andrés, quien en su día fue un héroe de la Guerra de las Malvinas y un símbolo de los príncipes, habrá escuchado las mismas palabras que cualquier otra persona arrestada: «No tiene que decir nada. Pero podría perjudicar su defensa si no menciona, cuando se le interroga, algo en lo que luego se basará en el tribunal». Tendrá derecho a un abogado de oficio; la policía podrá tomar fotografías y huellas dactilares.
Por primera vez desde su desafortunada entrevista en Newsnight, se enfrentará a preguntas sobre su relación con Epstein y la información que este compartió por correo electrónico. En aquel entonces, la entrevista se realizó en el Palacio de Buckingham. Ahora, será en una comisaría.
Ni el rey ni el palacio fueron informados previamente sobre la detención. La policía de Thames llamó al Ministerio del Interior para avisar antes de la detención y así se filtró a la prensa, que esperaba el allanamiento.
El rey asistió al Fashion Show de Londres y no respondió preguntas sobre su hermano. Lo mismo hizo la reina Camila en Westminster.
El plazo máximo para una detención es de 24 horas, excepto en investigaciones de delitos graves, como asesinato o terrorismo.
Los sospechosos pueden ser puestos en libertad bajo diferentes mecanismos. La «libertad bajo investigación» significa que pueden continuar en libertad a la espera de nuevas investigaciones sin condiciones.
Como alternativa, la policía puede conceder dos tipos de fianza. La «fianza incondicional» puede establecerse con una fecha y hora específicas en las que el sospechoso debe ponerse a disposición. La «fianza condicional» puede añadir requisitos adicionales, como residir en un domicilio específico o presentarse regularmente en una comisaría.
Las directrices establecen que «las condiciones no deben ser irrazonables, excesivamente restrictivas ni punitivas».
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Senate hopeful with deep Dem ties has paid family over $350K from his campaign coffers

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FIRST ON FOX: Dan Osborn, a Nebraska «independent» Senate hopeful with deep ties to Democrats, has faced criticism for funneling a significant amount of campaign funds to his family members, including almost $250,000 to his wife and her political consulting firm.
Across both his failed bid in 2024 and his current bid in the 2026 cycle, Osborn, his wife, daughter and sister-in-law have raked in north of $370,000, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings reviewed by Fox News Digital. The money originates from Osborn’s campaign and his affiliated political action committee, the Working Class Heroes Fund.
In July, Osborn, who is trying to oust incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., faced heat over his FEC filings that showed his campaign made six payments to his wife, Megan, amounting to roughly $19,000 between April and June.
«If you’re James Carville, and you’re running, and you hire your wife Mary Matalin, that’s one thing,» Perre Neilan, a longtime Nebraska political strategist and former executive director of the Nebraska Republican Party, said after the payments came to light. «But this one, I think – this one stinks.»
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Several months later, it was revealed that Osborn also funneled over $100,000 to a shadowy political consulting firm co-owned by his wife last year.
Dan Osborn, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at his Omaha, Neb., home. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
The FEC made it easier for candidates to pay themselves in 2023, a move meant to give less wealthy folks an easier shot at running.
Osborn, who has been endorsed by leaders of the Nebraska Democratic Party and has received campaign cash from multiple Democratic campaigns, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has not been the only candidate to take advantage of this. However, while the payments are not illegal, critics have taken issue with the lack of political experience from Osborn’s wife, a former restaurant manager.
Across both Osborn’s 2024 and 2026 campaigns, his wife, who previously managed an Omaha sports pub, according to the Lincoln Journal Star, has raked in at least $246,000 directly from the campaign and from the Working Class Heroes Fund, FEC filings reviewed by Fox News Digital show. The money is going both to Megan directly and her Wyoming-based political consulting firm, which has faced transparency concerns. Her affiliation was only uncovered after Osborn filed an amended financial disclosure after the press started asking questions.
When reached for comment, an Osborn campaign spokesperson referred Fox News Digital to comments Osborn made last year to the Lincoln Journal Star.
Megan «has been instrumental in recruiting, preparing and supporting multiple working-class candidates across Nebraska and the country who share Dan’s vision to fix our broken politics,» an Osborn campaign spokesperson told the Lincoln Journal Star in November.
«I work 40, 50 and even 90 hours per week on the campaign trail,» Osborn added last year when he was facing heat over the matter. «Megan does too. Most Senators have millions, even billions. But we’ve learned that it’s almost impossible to run for Senate as a regular person who needs to pay the bills and put food on the table. That’s why the Senate has become a country club full of millionaires, and it’s why less than 2 percent of our politicians come from the working class.»
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Osborn, a former steamfitter and industrial mechanic, has raked in a salary from his campaign of around $120,000, financial filings reviewed by Fox News Digital also show.

Independent Dan Osborn chats with guests at a brewery in Beatrice, Neb., July 30. (AP/Margery Beck)
Meanwhile, Georgia, Osborn’s daughter, and Jodi, his sister-in-law, have raked in thousands from Osborn’s campaign and political action committee. Georgia, a part-time dancer who Osborn says still needs help paying her bills, was given $4,200 after Osborn’s first campaign and before launching his 2026 bid for «assistant services» from the then-dormant campaign.
Osborn’s sister-in-law, Jodi, received $1,400 for «treasurer services» at the end of 2025, according to campaign disclosures which also show that she is listed as the Working Class Heroes Fund’s Treasurer.

Dan Osborn is running for a second election in a row to be a U.S. senator after losing in 2024 in a tight race against Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb. (Leigh Vogel/Wire Image and Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
In addition to questions about how Osborn is paying his loved ones, critics of the candidate have also balked at his decision to run as an Independent. Osborn has indicated he has no plans to caucus with either major party if elected and says on his website that, as an Independent, he is «uniquely positioned» to get things done in Congress.
However, Osborn’s decision to cash in on national Democratic Party support, including utilizing the party’s main fundraising platform, ActBlue, have led to questions about how independent he really will be.
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In December, Osborn was slammed for hiring an anti-cop staffer seen at an anti-police event featuring severed pig heads, and the agency creating Osborn’s ads, Fight Agency, was also behind ads for the Zohran Mamdani, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, and other Democrats.
One of the firm’s leaders said they were struck by Osborn’s «over performance» in 2024, leading him to surmise «that Democrats need to run a lot of different kinds of campaigns.»
The consulting firm co-owned by Osborn’s wife, Independent Campaigns, has also worked with Democrat candidates. FEC filings show Nathan Sage, a Democrat running for Senate in Iowa, has paid thousands to Osborn’s wife’s consulting firm.
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“No es ninguna amnistía”: el dirigente opositor Juan Pablo Guanipa fue liberado y cuestionó la nueva ley

Juan Pablo Guanipa, uno de los principales referentes de la oposición venezolana y quien es visto como mano derecha de María Corina Machado, recibió libertad plena durante la madrugada de este viernes. El propio Guanipa lo informó a través de su perfil en X (@JuanPGuanipa).
Guanipa ya había sido excarcelado una primera vez en tiempo reciente. Sin embargo, 12 horas después, fue detenido y condenado a prisión domiciliaria. Tras la aprobación de la Ley de Amnistía por la Asamblea Nacional (AN, Congreso), el referente de la oposición es uno de los primeros en tener libertad plena.
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“La liberación de presos políticos no es ningún acto de clemencia”
“Tras 10 meses en clandestinidad y casi nueve meses de injusto encarcelamiento, confirmo que estoy en libertad plena”, escribió Guanipa en su publicación. Luego, fue crítico con la aprobación de la denominada oficialmente Ley de Amnistía para la Convivencia Democrática. “Lo aprobado hoy (este jueves) en el Palacio Legislativo no es ninguna amnistía. Es un documento chucuto que pretende chantajear a muchos venezolanos inocentes y que excluye a varios hermanos que siguen injustamente tras las rejas”, dijo.
Y agregó: “La liberación de presos políticos no es ningún acto de clemencia. Ninguno de ellos debió estar preso. La dictadura los secuestró tratando de quebrar el espíritu del pueblo venezolano, pero no pudieron”.
En la publicación, Guanipa contextualizó su reclamo: “Los centros de tortura en Venezuela siguen abiertos, cientos de venezolanos siguen en el exilio, las leyes que usan para reprimir siguen vigentes y hay decenas de oficiales de nuestra Fuerza Armada Nacional que siguen presos por alzar la voz frente al saqueo de nuestra patria”.
Leé también: Venezuela: el gobierno interino de Delcy Rodríguez eliminó siete programas clave del chavismo El comunicado de Juan Pablo Guanipa, tras haber sido liberado. (Foto: X/@JuanPGuanipa).
Las críticas a la Ley de Amnistía aprobada por la AN de Venezuela
Guanipa no es la única voz que critica la recién aprobada Ley de Amnistía en Venezuela. Distintos opositores venezolanos consideraron que es “insuficiente y sesgada” al contemplar solo coyunturas políticas específicas ocurridas entre 2002 y 2025.
“La ley aprobada hoy es insuficiente y sesgada, no podemos descansar ni ceder en los esfuerzos por la defensa de la libertad y una verdadera justicia transicional”, señaló el partido Primero Justicia (PJ) en una publicación en X.
Asimismo, indicó que no hay amnistía verdadera cuando las liberaciones dependen de los “mismos verdugos que persiguen inocentes”. PJ sostuvo que si la voluntad del Gobierno de Delcy Rodríguez es real, las liberaciones de los presos políticos podrían hacerse de inmediato y “no sería dilatada por debates estériles y procedimientos fingidos”.
“Una verdadera amnistía debe pasar por el desmontaje absoluto del sistema represor, tener mecanismos de reparación para las víctimas y garantías claras para la no repetición”, indicó la organización. Por su parte, la exdiputada Delsa Solórzano, quien recientemente salió de la clandestinidad, dijo en X que la cantidad de exclusiones en la ley son significativas.
Solórzano criticó que el texto no contemple la derogación de otras leyes, como la del odio, que “son usadas como instrumento de persecución política”. Pedro Urruchurtu, director de relaciones internacionales del partido Vente Venezuela, liderado por María Corina Machado, señaló en X que la ley es una excusa para ganar tiempo, “distraer y manipular, como los criminales que son”. Además, agregó: “No liberan a los presos políticos porque no les da la gana, no porque necesiten una ley”. Marina Saldivia, familiar de un detenido, reacciona frente al centro de detención de la Zona 7 de la Policía Nacional, tras la aprobación por parte de la Asamblea Nacional de la Ley de Amnistía, este jueves 19 de febrero de 2026. (Foto: REUTERS/Gaby Oraa).
“Es una ley bastante restrictiva”
Tamara Sujú, abogada defensora de Derechos Humanos y Directora Ejecutiva de Casla Institute, también cuestionó la ley a través de X (@Tamara_Suju). Para Sujú, la AN aprobó “un panfleto al que llaman Ley de “Amnistía” que deja por fuera a todos los acusados de rebelión, civiles y militares. Es decir, las 3/4 partes de los presos políticos que siguen en prisión. No existe un delito más político que este».
Para Alfredo Romero, Director de la ONG Foro Penal, una de las principales organizaciones que ha hecho seguimiento a las detenciones y excarcelaciones de presos políticos, indicó (@alfredoromero): “Es una ley bastante restrictiva y excluye a un sector importante de personas que son perseguidas políticas, que están detenidas; incluso, muchos de ellos, arbitrariamente”.
Por su parte, Liliana Ortega, defensora de Derechos Humanos y cofundadora del Comité de Familiares de Víctimas de los Sucesos de Febrero-Marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC), indicó (@LilianaOrtegaM) que “las amnistías solo son válidas en sus propósitos de reconciliación y paz si cumplen los estándares previstos en el Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos e incluyen los derechos de las víctimas. Ningún proceso de reconciliación es sostenible si se construye sobre la negación de los derechos de las víctimas”.
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