Other lower level meetings planned for this week underscore the massive task ahead for European allies as they weigh plans for sending a peacekeeping force to Ukraine.

Plans for a bilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are now underway, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said today.

Zelensky returns to the Oval Office for the first time since his blowup with Trump. This time he is bringing back up.

A senior White House official is decamping for K Street — the first instance this year of a prominent aide to Trump leaving for a lobbying gig.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gushed with gratitude toward President Donald Trump during an Oval Office meeting.

Karoline Leavitt was grilled about Trump’s efforts to secure a deal to end the ongoing war in Ukraine during a tense press briefing on Tuesday.

“The White House has been aggressively pushing Dr. Miran’s nomination to the Federal Reserve Board, setting the stage for his quick confirmation when the Senate returns in September,” said a White House official Tuesday. “With the President’s strong backing, there’s clear momentum to get this done.”

Trump met with Ukraine's president and other European leaders. The DOJ will begin sharing Epstein-related files with Congress on Friday. The latest: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said his committee will start receiving the government's records on Jeffrey Epstein at the end of this week.