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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters at a Tuesday press briefing that President Donald Trump is putting "tremendous public pressure" on Russia to end its war against Ukraine. Her example was "sanctions on India."

"Look, the president has put tremendous public pressure to bring this war to a close. He's taken actions as you've seen — sanctions on India and other actions as well," Leavitt said in a video posted by journalist Aaron Rupar. "He has made himself very clear that he wants to see this war end. And he has scoffed at the ideas of others that have been raised that we should wait another month before any meeting takes place. The president wants to move, and he wants to bring this war to an end as quickly as possible."

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was caught off guard after conservative news outlet Newsmax settled a defamation suit with Dominion Voting Systems by agreeing to pay $67 million over bogus 2020 election claims.

During a Tuesday appearance on his Lindell TV network, the pillow executive said he didn't understand why Newsmax would settle because President Donald Trump had hinted at an executive order banning voting machines.

President Donald Trump issued his vision of a peace plan for the war in Ukraine from his Truth Social account on Monday, a plan that one expert said could "go off the rails at any moment."

The plan was issued after Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several leaders of European nations at the White House.

President Donald Trump has evolved on his demand for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, and MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace thinks she knows why.

Wallace began with the Oval Office meeting on Monday between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Republican leadership in Texas refused to let Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier leave the House chamber after she refused to agree to a 24/7 police "escort."

For the first time in days on Monday, the Texas House of Representatives achieved a quorum following Democratic lawmakers' decision to return to the state despite an ongoing redistricting battle that could award five or more seats to Republicans.

President Donald Trump flubbed the introduction of Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Monday during the meeting with European leaders who support Ukraine.

Trump was announcing each leader, who then would make a comment or thank him for the invitation. He gave each official a little compliment.

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in the White House on Monday, where the conversation was more subdued than their previous Oval Office encounter.

CNN's Kristen Holmes said that it appeared to her as if both leaders were trying to be "on their best behavior."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mocked Real America's Voice reporter Brian Glenn for wearing the "same suit" as he wore during the foreign leader's last Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump.

During a meeting at the White House on Monday, Glenn noted that Zelenskyy looked "fabulous" because he was wearing a jacket instead of military garb. Earlier this year, Glenn had questioned Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky left his embassy for the White House on Monday as air raid sirens started to sound in several parts of Ukraine, signaling incoming Russian attacks, according to CNN reporter Kristen Holmes..

Zelensky is meeting with a group of European leaders at the White House to continue negotiations aimed at ending the war following Russia’s invasion. Just before 8 p.m. local time in Kyiv, as residents rushed to shelters, the Ukrainian air raid alert map showed at least five regions at risk.

President Donald Trump's administration denied assisting an Israeli official who was reportedly charged with child sex crimes in Nevada.

In a statement last week, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said that eight individuals had been arrested in a sting targeting child sex predators. Israeli government cybersecurity official Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, 38, was charged as part of the operations, Las Vegas officials said.

A few hours ahead of a scheduled White House meeting between President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and European leaders, the former took to his social media to reassure critics: "I know what I 'm doing."

Posting to Truth Social on Monday morning, Trump claimed, "I’ve settled 6 Wars in 6 months, one of them a possible Nuclear disaster, and yet I have to read & listen to the Wall Street Journal, and many other who truly don’t have a clue, tell me everything that I am doing wrong on the Russia/Ukraine MESS," Trump ranted.