What to Know
- President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin today for two hours about the ongoing war in Ukraine. After the call, Putin said Russia was ready to continue discussing an end to the fighting but indicated there was no major breakthrough in what he termed a “very informative and very frank” conversation.
- The president signed legislation this afternoon that will ban the nonconsensual online publication of sexually explicit images and videos, including AI-generated "deepfakes."
- The Supreme Court today gave the Trump administration the green light to revoke Temporary Protected Status for thousands of Venezuelan immigrants.
- Former President Joe Biden thanked supporters in a social media post this morning following his cancer diagnosis, his first comment on his illness since it was announced yesterday.
- Trump will look to build momentum with House Republicans for his tax cut and immigration bill with a visit to the Capitol on Tuesday.
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