Instead of pursuing a ceasefire agreement as originally planned, the U.S. President said he would try to convince Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to concede land to the Kremlin

“There’s no deal until there is a deal,” Trump told reporters at a press conference in Anchorage, Alaska, following a meeting between Trump, Putin, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov. The summit lasted about two hours and 30 minutes.

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Donald Trump contacted a Norwegian official about his chances at winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian outlet Dagens Næringsliv reported on Aug. 14. Norway's Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg told POLITICO Trump called 'out of the blue.

Trump says "some great progress" was made with Putin, and he will speak with European leaders and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky soon.

Tom Cruise was reportedly invited to join the first class of Kennedy Center honorees during President Donald Trump's second term, but he declined due to 'scheduling conflicts.'

President Donald Trump shared the "peace letter" from first lady Melania Trump that was hand delivered to Vladimir Putin at the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska on Friday.