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President Donald Trump is no longer having a meeting alone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported ahead of the meeting.

She noted that a White House official told reporters on Air Force One that other people would join in the meeting. Collins noted that it was just a few days ago that press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed it would be a one-on-one meeting. By Friday, however, that changed to a three-on-three.

President Donald Trump heads to Alaska on Friday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the goals of the "summit" appear to be completely different, depending on which leader is speaking.

Trump addressed reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon, stating that the goal is to reach a ceasefire, or at the very least, hold a preliminary meeting to facilitate a ceasefire.

Owners of U.S. distillers and vineyards are watching in dismay as their sales into Canada have gone into free-fall due to a boycott linked to Donald Trump.

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, it has become almost impossible to find U.S.-produced spirits on the shelves in Canada, after the president declared a trade war with America's northern neighbor.

Jeanine Pirro, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, said that a man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer has been charged with a felony.

In a video that went viral over the weekend, a man was seen yelling at an officer in Washington, D.C. before hurling the sandwich into his chest.

Vice President JD Vance is on his eighth vacation in the six months he has spent in office, and this time, he may have broken local laws.

The BBC reported on Wednesday that Foreign Secretary David Lammy admitted he didn't have a rod licence when he went fishing with Vance. So, when the two took out their rods, they broke the law.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) called for former Democratic Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke to be jailed after he supported lawmakers who left the state to prevent Republicans from passing a new congressional district map that was expected to wipe out five Democratic seats.

"I'm taking action to hold Robert Francis O'Rourke in contempt for violating a court order and scamming Texans," Paxton wrote in a Tuesday post on X. "Beto is about to find out that running your mouth and ignoring the rule of law has consequences in Texas. It's time to lock him up."

In Vietnam, villagers whose land is slated to be cleared for a $1.5 billion golf resort backed by the Trump family have reportedly been offered meager compensation by local authorities.

According to a Reuters report published Sunday, sometimes the compensation offered by Vietnam officials is as little as $12 per square metre — along with rice provisions.