President Donald Trump's ninth week in office is expected to include calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin as the nation reportedly reportedly reportedly reportedly informed of securing a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia.
“The president is using time frames and I don't oppose him. I really hope we see some real progress here.” “No one has made this fast progress. This is a very complicated situation, but we're closing the gap between the two aspects. So there's a lot that's not discussed, but I think the two presidents will have a really good positive argument this week.”
Witkov's remarks came after us, with Ukrainian officials agreeing to the terms of a potential ceasefire with Russia during a meeting in Saudi Arabia last week. Witkov then met with President Putin in Moscow on Thursday. At that time, the pair held “positive” and “solution-based” discussions.
“Before this visit there was another visit, and before that visit, both sides were miles apart,” Witkov added. “Both sides are much closer today. Really positive results It came from a Saudi Arabia debate led by national security adviser Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. ”
Trump and Putin are expected this week.
From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump, and Ukrainian President Voldimi Zelensky. (sputnik/alexei danichev/pool byReuters/Leah Millis/Alina Smutko)
The pair of American astronauts, who remained on the International Space Station (ISS) for nine months, are on the way home and could reach Earth later this week.
“We have never come this close to peace since Russia invaded Ukraine,” Levitt told reporters.
Astronauts Snie Williams and Barry Willmore traveled to the space station last June for an eight-day mission purpose, but were left to stay for a long time after the spacecraft broke down. Tech billionaire and Trump's ally Elon Musk have launched a rescue squad to bring astronauts home over the weekend through his company SpaceX.
The SpaceX team arrived at the space station on Saturday, bringing the astronauts that Earth expects closer later this week.
Trump opposed former President Biden for not rescuing astronauts during his administration, and told the media earlier this month that Biden “leaked them” into space because he was “embarrassing what happened.”
“The most incompetent president in our history has allowed it to happen to you, but this president won't let it happen,” he continued at the time.
The image, made from a video from NASA, shows astronauts greeting each other after the SpaceX capsule was docked to the International Space Station on Sunday, March 16, 2025. From left to bottom row: Butch Wilmore, Onysia Alpine, Anne McLain, Kirill Peskov, Nicole Ayers, Don Pettitt. (NASA)
The Trump administration is in the midst of a massive deportation effort, including deporting members of Tren de Aragua gang under the wartime laws that Trump evoked last week. US District Judge James Boasberg on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to suspend deportation of illegal immigrants based on the act, and ordered planes carrying immigrants to return to the United States.
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The Alien Enemy Act of 1798 allowed the deportation of indigenous peoples and citizens of enemy nations without hearing, and was called three times before during the war of 1812, including during World War I and World War I. World War II.
Boasberg set up a hearing on deportation efforts on Friday, teasing another court battle over Trump's immigration policy.
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In the meantime, the Trump administration had already flew hundreds of Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador, where the country's president agreed to house individuals in infamously locked prisons designed to deal with cartels and gang members.
President Donald Trump's administration has already sent hundreds of Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador. (Edward Romero/Getty Images)
“Today, Tren de Aragua, the first 238 members of Venezuelan criminal organization, arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to Cecot, a terrorism confinement center for a year (releasable),” said President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, posted on X on Sunday morning, accompanied by a video frame of a tarmac plane.
El Salvador will take hundreds of Venezuelan gang members from us, even if the judge moves to stop the deportation
Bukele responded to news of Boasberg's orders about X, accompanied by a laughing emoji.
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Trump is expected to have a busy week in his oval office, signing 89 executive orders since January 20th. One of his predecessors takes office and marks the executive order signed in just a few months, more than he returns to President Jimmy Carter.
Danielle Wallace of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
