Moscow mocks Trump, Trump says Moscow off limits, 2,000 Guard troops go home in California, Waltz deflects on Signalgate in Senate hearing.

President Donald Trump is downplaying the possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons as Kyiv awaits an injection of U.S. weaponry that it hopes will help it beat back an intensifying Russian air offensive.

The program could help supply Kyiv with valuable kit such as Patriot air defense systems, which have proven effective at intercepting Russian ballistic missiles targeting Ukrainian cities. According to the report,

Ukraine will get its first new prime minister of the war on Thursday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy tries to wrestle wartime defence spending into shape and win over both Donald Trump and a war-weary public with fresh-faced leadership.

Moscow barreled hundreds of drones toward four key regions in Ukraine overnight, just as lawmakers in Kyiv scrambled to approve additional defense spending against the backdrop of intensified Russian attacks over the past few days.

Sitting in the Oval Office with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, and apparently fed up with being slow-walked by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump threatened the Kremlin with tough tariffs if it doesn't make a deal to end the war within 50 days. But perhaps more important was Trump's shift on weapons.

The road to President Donald Trump’s highly coveted Nobel Peace Prize might ultimately run through Ukraine, but only if the administration abandons its ad hoc approach to achieving its foreign policy objectives.

WASHINGTON - Former U.S. President Donald Trump has hinted at making a significant statement about Russia on Monday, just before his scheduled meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Washington.