President Trump said Monday afternoon that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to meet for direct talks to end the war, following his high-stakes phone calls with leaders of each country.
Trump first spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, before calling Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday morning. The conversations follow talks in Turkey late last week.
The president announced the Putin call in a Truth Social post Saturday. The call lasted about two hours, according to early reports.
On Capitol Hill, Republicans celebrated a win in the budget process, as the House Budget panel approved the chamber’s reconciliation bill in a late Sunday vote. Negotiations are continuing, though, on sticky issues in the plan, like SALT and cuts that would lower the deficit.
Early Monday, a day after it was announced Joe Biden has prostate cancer, the former president released a new statement in a post on social platform X.
“Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support,” he said, posting a photo of himself with former first lady Jill Biden.
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