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Rutte's remarks come a day after President Trump criticized NATO over its lack of support during the Iran war.

Here is Rutte speaking at the Ronald Reagan Institute in Washington.

That is NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a brief ceasefire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter weekend.

The Kremlin said the ceasefire would begin at 4 p.m.

on Saturday and would continue through Sunday.

Now, this move follows a proposal from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this week to pause attacks on each other's energy infrastructure over the holiday weekend.

First Lady Melania Trump is denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein as well as knowledge of his crimes.

She said news reports claiming otherwise are completely false.

The First Lady described herself as not being friends with Epstein or his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, but being in overlapping social circles in New York and Florida.

Speaking today to the press, the First Lady also called on Congress to hold a public hearing centered on survivors of Epstein's crimes.

That is First Lady Melania Trump.

The White House has reportedly warned staff against improperly leveraging their positions to place well-timed bets in the futures markets.

The Wall Street Journal reports a mysterious flurry of activity in the futures markets occurred about 15 minutes before President Trump announced plans to pause strikes against Iran.

More than $760 million worth of oil futures contracts changed hands in less than two minutes.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice over state voter rolls in Massachusetts.

The judge said the DOJ did not take the necessary steps required to access voter rolls as outlined in federal law, nor did the DOJ provide a factual basis for the demand.

Now, this marks the latest setback in the Trump administration's effort to collect voter data.

And in another ruling against the Trump administration, a federal judge rejected a second attempt by the Department of Defense to restrict reporters' access to the Pentagon.

Earlier, the Pentagon changed the wording of a provision barring journalists from seeking confidential information from government sources.