Trump news at a glance: progress but no breakthrough in Ukraine peace talks

Trump says Ukraine peace deal ‘closer than ever’ after meeting with Zelenskyy

Donald Trump admitted “thorny” questions over the future of the eastern Donbas region have yet to be resolved, after meeting on Sunday with Zelenskyy.

Trump said a draft agreement to end the war was nearly “95% done”. “I really think we are closer than ever with both sides,” he said, adding that Putin also wants to “see it happen”.

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The 2025 US economy in charts

The US economy is thriving, according to Donald Trump. But on two areas the president has pledged to rapidly improve – jobs and prices – the results have so far been lackluster, and the government’s own official statistics paint a more complicated picture.

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US strikes on Nigeria and Syria ‘consistent’ with policy to combat IS

Mike Turner, an Ohio congressman on the US House armed services committee, has said the country’s recent military strikes in Nigeria and Syria are consistent with American foreign policy to combat Islamic extremism.

Turner denied the strikes represent a different second-term approach to military force. With respect to the Islamic State, he told ABC’s This Week, US policy is “very consistent” in defeating it whether in Iraq, Syria or “here in Nigeria”.

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FBI deploys more resources to ‘dismantle fraud schemes’ in Minnesota

The FBI has deployed additional personnel and investigative resources to Minnesota to “dismantle large-scale fraud schemes exploiting federal programs”, director Kash Patel said on social media on Sunday.

Patel said the agency had already dismantled a $250m fraud scheme that stole federal food aid meant for vulnerable children during the Covid pandemic in a case that led to 78 indictments and 57 convictions.

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