Overview

• Trump posted on Truth Social that Putin is “playing with fire” as Russian drones and missiles continue strikes in Ukraine after rejecting U.S. ceasefire terms.
• Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal are leading a bipartisan bill in the Senate that would impose up to 500 percent tariffs on Russian oil and uranium.
• The U.S. and Russia arranged a new prisoner exchange despite stalled peace talks and escalating tensions over the Ukraine conflict.
• The White House instructed federal agencies to terminate about $100 million in contracts with Harvard University, accusing the school of race discrimination and antisemitic practices.
• President Trump threatened to withhold large-scale federal funding from California after a transgender high school athlete qualified for girls’ state track and field finals.