Mike Tyson makes desperate marijuana plea to Donald Trump
The group, labelled 'Coalition of Athletes and Entertainers Supporting President Trump's Policy Objectives', includes a number of stars such as NBA icon Kevin Durant.
Former NBA star Allen Iverson, Roy Jones Jr., Dez Bryant, Antonio Brown and former NFL player Ricky Williams are also part of the group who formed the letter.
There are also a number of entertainment stars - including popular online streamer Adin Ross, rapper Lil Pump and musician Wyclef - who signed the letter.
The group make three key points in the letter to President Trump - including clemency for 'nonviolent' offenses, ending 'discriminatory banking practices' and reclassifying the drug.
The statement also took aim at former President Joe Biden and his lack of action regarding marijuana-related incarcerations - despite promising to do so.
The letter begins: 'Today, people continue to serve lengthy federal sentences for conduct that is now legal in most states – which makes their continued incarceration not only cruel but absurd.
'After making sweeping promises to voters in 2020, former President Biden failed to deliver on his pledge to address marijuana-related injustices.
'Not only did he leave office without commuting the sentences of those incarcerated for marijuana, but in one of his final acts, he denied nearly every pending marijuana-related clemency application.
'This betrayal only underscores the urgent need for bold leadership, we believe, and represents an opportunity to correct glaring disparities as part of your Administration's ongoing push for criminal justice reform.'
Moving forward, the letter goes into further detail surrounding the desire to reclassify the drug from a Schedule I substance and change it to Schedule III.
The varying schedules impact how drugs are perceived regarding their potential for abuse vs medical application, in the eyes of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
Schedule I substances are believed to have a high potential for abuse and are not regarded as accepted for medical use in the US.
Meanwhile, Schedule III substances are accepted for medical use in the US and have a low potential for physical and psychological dependence.
Meanwhile, former boxer Tyson previously revealed that he is a daily user of the drug
The letter read: 'Marijuana's current classification as a Schedule I substance is scientifically outdated, economically detrimental, and at odds with modern medical understanding.
'Rescheduling marijuana would harmonize federal law with state policies, promote innovation, encourage research, and drive economic growth.'
The final point in the letter makes reference to an initiative called 'Operation Choke Point' - which Trump has been opposed to - and 'discriminatory bank practices'.
The initiative investigated banks and business which they did with firearm dealers and other companies who were said to be at risk of fraud or money laundering.
The letter suggested that marijuana companies have, similarly, been affected by the initiative.
'State-legal cannabis operators, including many of us, have also been unjustly denied banking services despite full compliance with state law.
'Despite operating legally in 40 states, employing over 450,000 Americans, and generating more than $35 billion annually, these businesses face unjust barriers to banking services, and their employees struggle to obtain mortgages from traditional lenders.
'Moreover, cannabis businesses cannot take standard business deductions, leading to effective tax rates often exceeding 85 per cent.
'While foreign cannabis companies benefit from listings on U.S. exchanges, such as NYSE and NASDAQ, American cannabis operators are unjustly excluded.
'We fully support your commitment to 'work with Congress to pass common-sense laws, including safe banking,' ensuring fair economic opportunities and equal access to financial services for all American businesses.'
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Ukraine war live: ‘Russia must end this war,' Zelenskyy says as he arrives in Washington for Trump talks
Update: Date: 2025-08-18T09:18:30.000Z Title: Zelenskyy met European leaders in Brussels earlier on Sunday and reiterated Ukraine's stance on land swaps Content: Ukrainian president hopes 'joint strength with America, with our European friends, will force Russia into a real peace' as he joins leaders from Europe in Washington for crucial summit with Donald Trump Trump rules out Ukraine reclaiming Crimea or joining Nato as European leaders gather in Washington Jakub Krupa (now), Jane Clinton and Adam Fulton (earlier) Mon 18 Aug 2025 05.18 EDT First published on Mon 18 Aug 2025 01.13 EDT From 1.13am EDT 01:13 Welcome to our live coverage of the war in Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared 'Russia must end this war' as he arrived in Washington DC ahead of crucial talks with Donald Trump over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A host of European leaders will join Zelenskyy on Monday for the summit as they seek to provide a counterpoint to Vladimir Putin's arguments following his talks with the US president on Friday. The leaders – British prime minister Keir Starmer, French president Emmanuel Macron, German chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and Finnish president Alexander Stubb – cleared their diaries to fly to the US at short notice, which is seen as a measure of how alarmed they were by Friday's Trump-Putin summit in Anchorage. After the Alaska talks Trump reportedly endorsed the Kremlin's plan to end the war in Ukraine, including Kyiv giving up territory that Russia has been unable to seize and no ceasefire until a final deal has been agreed. Zelenskyy said in a post on X after arriving in Washington DC late on Sunday that he was grateful to Trump for the invitation and 'we all share a strong desire to end this war quickly and reliably'. He also said that 'peace must be lasting'. 'Russia must end this war, which it itself started,' Zelenskyy said. 'And I hope that our joint strength with America, with our European friends, will force Russia into a real peace.' Here are some of the latest developments: , saying on X: 'Ukraine's constitution makes it impossible to give up or trade land. Since the territorial issue is so important, it should be discussed only by the leaders of Ukraine and Russia at the trilateral – Ukraine, the US, Russia. So far, Russia gives no sign this will happen, and if Russia refuses, new sanctions must follow.' Ahead of Monday's peace talks in the US, Emmanuel Macron said that in order to have a 'lasting peace deal for Ukraine, Ukraine needs a strong army'. He added that European allies want 'Ukraine's territorial integrity to be respected' and that 'Ukraine must be represented in any talks on Ukraine's future'. The French president also said that 'our goal for tomorrow's talks is to present a united front between Ukraine and its European allies'. The Washington talks will also be attended by the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and Nato's secretary general, Mark Rutte. Zelenskyy has hailed the decision to offer security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal as he prepared to meet Trump. 'Security guarantees, as a result of our joint work, must really be very practical, delivering protection on land, in the air and at sea, and must be developed with Europe's participation,' the Ukrainian president said. In announcing his visit to Washington, Keir Starmer praised Trump for his 'efforts to end Russia's illegal war in Ukraine'. At the same time, the British PM reasserted Europe's red lines, saying the 'path to peace' could not be decided without Zelenskyy and that Russia should be 'squeezed' with further sanctions. Starmer has deliberately sought to position himself as a leader who can get along with Trump while consistently stressing the red lines over any peace plan. The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said Russia and Ukraine were both 'going to have to make concessions' for there to be a peaceful resolution to the war. In interviews on Sunday Rubio said the talks in Alaska had 'made progress in the sense that we identified potential areas of agreement – but there remains some big areas of disagreement'. 'We're still a long ways off,' Rubio added. 'We're not at the precipice of a peace agreement. We're not at the edge of one. But I do think progress was made and towards one.' He declined to go into specific areas of agreement or disagreement. Trump's Ukraine envoy, Steve Witkoff, said Putin had agreed that the US and European allies could offer Ukraine a Nato-style, 'Article 5-like' security guarantee as part of an eventual deal to end the war. Witkoff added that Russia had agreed to unspecified concessions on five Ukrainian regions central to the war, particularly the eastern Donetsk province. 'We agreed to robust security guarantees that I would describe as gamechanging,' he said. Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's envoy to international organisations in Vienna, said early on Monday that Russia agreed that any future peace agreement must provide security guarantees to Kyiv, but added that Russia 'has equal right to expect that Moscow will also get efficient security guarantees'. European Union council president Antonio Costa said he 'welcomed the United States' willingness to participate in providing security guarantees to Ukraine'. He also said: 'Transatlantic unity is paramount at this moment to achieve a sustainable peace in Ukraine.' Updated at 2.22am EDT 5.18am EDT 05:18 Separately, at least seven people were killed and some 20 injured in a separate attack on Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, agencies reported. Six children aged 6 to 17 were among 20 other people injured in the attack on Ukraine's second largest city, Oleh Synehubov, governor of the wider Kharkiv region, wrote on Telegram. A ballistic missile attack shattered around 1,000 windows in various buildings in the city, Synehubov said. Some residents had to be evacuated from their homes, officials said. 'Russia is a murderous war machine that Ukraine is holding back. And it must be stopped through transatlantic unity and pressure,' Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X after the attack. 4.46am EDT 04:46 The number of people injured in the Russian shelling of Zaporizhzhia has increased to 17, according to the latest update from the Ukrainian army. Its statement added: The number of victims is being specified. The blast wave and debris damaged residential buildings and commercial premises, and a bus stop was partially destroyed. The necessary services are working at the scene. 4.35am EDT 04:35 Meanwhile, showing growing concern about how the signals coming from the US are being understood by Russia, Zelenskyy's top aide, Andriy Yermak, posted a video of a Russian armoured vehicle carrying two flags, of Russia and the US. 'Russian propagandists show a video in which Russian military equipment goes on the assault with the flags of Russia and the US.' He continued: 'The Russians are using the symbols of the US in their own terrorist war of aggression, marked by the killing of civilians.' 'Utter arrogance,' he added. Updated at 4.42am EDT 3.58am EDT 03:58 Jakub Krupa In one of many posts on social media overnight, US president Donald Trump claimed that 'president Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to'. His comments are likely to alarm European leaders as they could signal growing US pressure on Ukraine to accept a deal, however imperfect or outright bad it is, as Trump is determined to secure a diplomatic success after his meeting with Vladimir Putin on Friday. We all remember what happened during Zelenskyy's last visit to the White House – even if US state secretary, Marco Rubio, appeared to play down apparent similarities between the two visit in his TV interview over the weekend. But, even more worringly for Europe, Trump also added: 'Remember how it started. No getting back Obama given Crimea (12 years ago, without a shot being fired!), and NO GOING INTO NATO BY UKRAINE. Some things never change!!!' This position by Trump appears to violate one of the European red lines for Ukraine, saying that Ukraine must not be blocked from deciding about its future. On Saturday, European leaders adopted a statement saying: 'No limitations should be placed on Ukraine's armed forces or on its cooperation with third countries. Russia cannot have a veto against Ukraine's pathway to EU and Nato. It will be up to Ukraine to make decisions on its territory. International borders must not be changed by force.' It's hard to reconcile the two positions – and there will be some concern that by meeting Zelenskyy first, without the Europeans, Trump could seek to pursue this line even further before he sees a concerted push back from European partners. One to watch. Updated at 5.11am EDT 3.36am EDT 03:36 In the last few minutes, Finland's prime minister Petteri Orpo said that a ceasefire and security guarantees for Ukraine are the most important topics at the meeting of US president Donald Trump, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders. Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, will be among those in attendance. 3.23am EDT 03:23 Jakub Krupa It's Jakub Krupa here, taking over to guide you through the day as we build up to the main event in Washington this evening. Good morning. 3.18am EDT 03:18 Asked behind the scenes at June's G7 summit if he could explain why Donald Trump seemed to like him so much, Keir Starmer admitted he did not really know. But whatever the reason, when it comes to Ukraine, the UK prime minister is once again hoping to exploit this somewhat curious relationship, Peter Walker writes in this analysis. It continues: As soon as it was announced that a string of European leaders planned to join Volodymyr Zelenskyy to back the Ukrainian president in crucial talks with Trump at the White House on Monday, it was obvious Starmer would be joining them. The idea of Britain being some sort of bridge between US and European interests is something of a longstanding UK diplomatic cliche, and not one that always necessarily carries much meaning. But in the case of Ukraine, Starmer has very deliberately sought to position himself as a leader who can get along with Trump while consistently stressing to him Europe's red lines over any peace plan, and trying to sweet-talk the president into offering US security guarantees. You can read the full analysis here: 3.05am EDT 03:05 A Ukrainian drone intercepted by Russia near the Smolensk nuclear power plant detonated after falling but did not cause significant damage to the plant, Russia's nuclear power corporation Rosatom said on Monday. 'The damage is insignificant, there are no casualties,' Rosatom said. Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Sunday it had prevented a Ukrainian drone attack on the Smolensk nuclear power plant, Reuters reports. 2.51am EDT 02:51 A Russian drone attack on a five-storey apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Monday killed five people and wounded more than a dozen others, Ukrainian authorities said. The attack, which took place just before dawn, reduced part of the building to rubble and sparked fires on at least three floors, the region's governor Oleg Synegubov said on Telegram. Russia fired four drones at the building, he said. Ukraine's state emergency service posted videos showing rescuers attempting to break through the rubble to reach a trapped resident, while another showed a floor in flames, AFP reports. 'Five people were killed, including a girl aged about one-and-a-half years old,' Ukraine's prosecution service said. 'At least 18 people were wounded and suffered acute shock, including children.' The city near the Russian border was also hit hours earlier by a ballistic missile that wounded at least 11 people, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. Russia also struck the southern Odesa region with drones early Monday, sparking a fire at a fuel facility, regional governor Oleg Kiper said. 2.38am EDT 02:38 Ukraine's air force said on Monday that Russia had launched four missiles and 140 drones during an overnight attack on Ukraine, Reuters reports. The air force downed 88 drones and recorded hits in 25 locations across six Ukrainian regions, according to the statement posted on the Telegram messaging app. 2.28am EDT 02:28 Here are some images coming to us over the wires. 2.00am EDT 02:00 Ukraine's foreign minister says Russia continues to kill civilians despite peace efforts ahead of the US and Ukrainian presidential summit. 'Russia is a murderous war machine that Ukraine is holding back. And it must be stopped through transatlantic unity and pressure,' Andrii Sybiha wrote on X on Monday after a Russian attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city. Sybiha also posted a photo of the smoking damage to a building, saying: This is a residential building in Kharkiv. This night Russia killed at least four people here, including a child, and injured many more … Moscow must stop the killing in order to advance diplomacy. Updated at 2.10am EDT 1.55am EDT 01:55 Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make his second visit to the White House on Monday with the daunting task of reversing the damage done to Ukraine's security prospects by Friday's Trump-Putin summit in Alaska. But as Julian Borger writes in this analysis, the Ukrainian president will not be alone as he was on his first trip to the White House in February, when he was ambushed and humiliated by Donald Trump and vice-president JD Vance, who sought to bully him into capitulation to Moscow's demands. This time the Ukrainian leader comes to Washington flanked by a dream team of European leaders, including Britain's Keir Starmer, Germany's Friedrich Merz and France's Emmanuel Macron, who combine economic and military clout with proven rapport with Trump. Their mission will be to use their individual and combined influence to coax the president out of the pro-Russian positions he adopted after just a couple of hours under Putin's sway in the sub-Arctic on Friday. The full analysis is here: Updated at 2.11am EDT 1.50am EDT 01:50 Germany's foreign minister has called for stepped-up pressure on Russia, including more aid for Ukraine, to push Moscow into concessions toward a 'just and lasting peace'. Johann Wadephul was speaking in Tokyo ahead of the summit between Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders including German chancellor Friedrich Merz. 'It is probably not an exaggeration to say the whole world is looking to Washington,' Reuters quotes Wadephul as saying at a press briefing on Monday alongside Japan's foreign minister. 'Firm security guarantees are central' because 'Ukraine must be able to defend itself effectively even after a ceasefire and peace agreement', he added. Updated at 1.57am EDT 1.42am EDT 01:42 The White House has released the timings for the day's events in Washington DC. Donald Trump is to hold a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at 1.15pm (5.15pm GMT) on Monday at the White House. Trump will then participate in a multilateral meeting with European leaders visiting Washington at 3pm (7pm GMT). 1.33am EDT 01:33 Here are some of the scenes in Washington DC amid the security operation for the crucial leaders' summit. Updated at 2.15am EDT 1.19am EDT 01:19 In saying 'peace must be lasting', Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said on X that must be 'not like it was years ago, when Ukraine was forced to give up Crimea and part of our East –part of Donbas – and Putin simply used it as a springboard for a new attack'. 'Or when Ukraine was given so called 'security guarantees' in 1994, but they didn't work,' the Ukrainian president said. Now, our soldiers have successes in Donetsk and Sumy regions. I am confident that we will defend Ukraine, effectively guarantee security, and that our people will always be grateful to President Trump, everyone in America, and every partner and ally for their support and invaluable assistance. Updated at 2.18am EDT 1.13am EDT 01:13 Welcome to our live coverage of the war in Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared 'Russia must end this war' as he arrived in Washington DC ahead of crucial talks with Donald Trump over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A host of European leaders will join Zelenskyy on Monday for the summit as they seek to provide a counterpoint to Vladimir Putin's arguments following his talks with the US president on Friday. The leaders – British prime minister Keir Starmer, French president Emmanuel Macron, German chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and Finnish president Alexander Stubb – cleared their diaries to fly to the US at short notice, which is seen as a measure of how alarmed they were by Friday's Trump-Putin summit in Anchorage. After the Alaska talks Trump reportedly endorsed the Kremlin's plan to end the war in Ukraine, including Kyiv giving up territory that Russia has been unable to seize and no ceasefire until a final deal has been agreed. Zelenskyy said in a post on X after arriving in Washington DC late on Sunday that he was grateful to Trump for the invitation and 'we all share a strong desire to end this war quickly and reliably'. He also said that 'peace must be lasting'. 'Russia must end this war, which it itself started,' Zelenskyy said. 'And I hope that our joint strength with America, with our European friends, will force Russia into a real peace.' Here are some of the latest developments: , saying on X: 'Ukraine's constitution makes it impossible to give up or trade land. Since the territorial issue is so important, it should be discussed only by the leaders of Ukraine and Russia at the trilateral – Ukraine, the US, Russia. So far, Russia gives no sign this will happen, and if Russia refuses, new sanctions must follow.' Ahead of Monday's peace talks in the US, Emmanuel Macron said that in order to have a 'lasting peace deal for Ukraine, Ukraine needs a strong army'. He added that European allies want 'Ukraine's territorial integrity to be respected' and that 'Ukraine must be represented in any talks on Ukraine's future'. The French president also said that 'our goal for tomorrow's talks is to present a united front between Ukraine and its European allies'. The Washington talks will also be attended by the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and Nato's secretary general, Mark Rutte. Zelenskyy has hailed the decision to offer security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal as he prepared to meet Trump. 'Security guarantees, as a result of our joint work, must really be very practical, delivering protection on land, in the air and at sea, and must be developed with Europe's participation,' the Ukrainian president said. In announcing his visit to Washington, Keir Starmer praised Trump for his 'efforts to end Russia's illegal war in Ukraine'. At the same time, the British PM reasserted Europe's red lines, saying the 'path to peace' could not be decided without Zelenskyy and that Russia should be 'squeezed' with further sanctions. Starmer has deliberately sought to position himself as a leader who can get along with Trump while consistently stressing the red lines over any peace plan. The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said Russia and Ukraine were both 'going to have to make concessions' for there to be a peaceful resolution to the war. In interviews on Sunday Rubio said the talks in Alaska had 'made progress in the sense that we identified potential areas of agreement – but there remains some big areas of disagreement'. 'We're still a long ways off,' Rubio added. 'We're not at the precipice of a peace agreement. We're not at the edge of one. But I do think progress was made and towards one.' He declined to go into specific areas of agreement or disagreement. Trump's Ukraine envoy, Steve Witkoff, said Putin had agreed that the US and European allies could offer Ukraine a Nato-style, 'Article 5-like' security guarantee as part of an eventual deal to end the war. Witkoff added that Russia had agreed to unspecified concessions on five Ukrainian regions central to the war, particularly the eastern Donetsk province. 'We agreed to robust security guarantees that I would describe as gamechanging,' he said. Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's envoy to international organisations in Vienna, said early on Monday that Russia agreed that any future peace agreement must provide security guarantees to Kyiv, but added that Russia 'has equal right to expect that Moscow will also get efficient security guarantees'. European Union council president Antonio Costa said he 'welcomed the United States' willingness to participate in providing security guarantees to Ukraine'. He also said: 'Transatlantic unity is paramount at this moment to achieve a sustainable peace in Ukraine.' Updated at 2.22am EDT
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Oil prices await Zelenskiy-Trump meeting clues on peace deal
LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Oil prices held steady on Monday as traders awaited clues from a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as they attempt to come to a peace deal to end Europe's deadliest war in 80 years. Brent crude futures stood at $65.87 a barrel at 0847 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up 9 cents, or 0.14%, to $62.89 a barrel. Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Saturday and emerged more aligned with Moscow on seeking a peace deal instead of a ceasefire first. "Market focus now shifts to today's Washington meeting for signs of a deal that could eventually boost crude and gas supply. Meanwhile, in the week to August 12, speculators held the first-ever combined net short position in WTI (CME & ICE), leaving prices exposed to any upside surprises," said Saxo Bank's head of commodity strategy, Ole Hansen. "I don't believe the oil market has priced in a full peace dividend that potentially could see prices of crude and EU gas suffer further setbacks," Hansen added. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro's comments around India's purchases of Russian crude funding Moscow's war in Ukraine led to crude ticking up earlier in the session. "India acts as a global clearinghouse for Russian oil, converting embargoed crude into high-value exports while giving Moscow the dollars it needs," Navarro said. "The U.S. adviser's sharp words on India's Russian crude imports, paired with postponed trade talks, revive concerns that energy flows remain hostage to trade and diplomatic frictions, even as peace prospects in Ukraine brighten," said Priyanka Sachdeva, senior market analyst at brokerage Phillip Nova. On Saturday, Trump said he did not immediately need to consider retaliatory tariffs on countries such as China for buying Russian oil but might have to "in two or three weeks", cooling initial concerns about a disruption in Russian supply. China, the world's biggest oil importer, is the largest buyer of Russian oil, followed by India. Investors are also watching for clues from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's comments at this week's Jackson Hole meeting regarding the path of U.S. interest rate cuts that could boost stocks to further records.
