Trump said he agreed with Putin that the best way to end the war was to go to a peace settlement - not via a ceasefire, as Ukraine and its European allies, until now with U.S. support, have been demanding.

"What has been building up for the Ukrainians is fundamentally a manpower issue," a former senior Pentagon adviser told Newsweek.

DC National Guard troops posted near the Mall. FBI and DEA agents patrolling the city’s streets. How was President Donald Trump able to do all this? Under the Home Rule Act of 1973, the president may take temporary federal control of the DC police if he “determines that special conditions of an emergency nature exist.

Concerns have mounted in Europe and Ukraine that Kyiv may be pressed to give up land or accept other curbs on its sovereignty.