Zelenskyy remains defiant after blowup with Trump and Vance
The Ukrainian president said he does not owe Trump an apology after the heated Oval Office exchange.
What's going on today
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remained defiant in the hours after the tense public confrontation with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office, saying he does not owe the president an apology.
- Zelenskyy abruptly exited the White House after the spat and a planned joint press conference for the afternoon was canceled. Trump accused Zelenskyy of "gambling with World War III" and Zelenskyy suggested that the U.S. is largely spared from the effects of the war because of the "nice ocean" separating the U.S. from Europe.
- The bilateral meeting was supposed to focus in part on a potential U.S.-Ukraine deal on the European country's rare earth minerals, which are used to make a variety of tech products.
- The Supreme Court has received briefings in the Trump administration's request to be allowed to withhold payments from contractors at the U.S. Agency for International Development. The justices could rule on the request at any time.
- Trump is expected to sign an executive order that would aim to make English the official language in the country. Currently the U.S. does not have an official language.
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