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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. After meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, President Trump called on Ukraine and Russia to, in his words, stop where they are and bring the war to an end. Trump made the statement on social media after seeming to back away from supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles. Here's NPR's Deepa Shivaram.
Trump says it could be a point of leverage to help end the war. He said that yesterday on the phone he asked Putin, would you mind if I gave a couple thousand tomahawks to your opposition? And he said Putin did not like that idea. Zelensky, though, has been asking for these weapons. And he suggested that if the U.S. were to give Ukraine these tomahawk missiles— then Ukraine could provide more drones to the U.S. And Trump seemed to be maybe a little bit open to that idea, but he said he'd rather the war be over entirely.
The White House meeting came a day after President Trump spoke by phone with the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, and announced that the two are planning a meeting in Hungary.
What did President Trump say after meeting Zelensky about ending the Ukraine war?
President Trump has commuted the sentence of former New York Republican Congressman George Santos. Santos had been sentenced to more than seven years in prison this past April. Here's NPR's Barbara Sprott.
Trump announced the commutation of the former congressman via his social media platform. He wrote that George Santos will be released from prison, quote, immediately. Santos pleaded guilty to a raft of federal charges, including wire fraud and identity theft for, among other things, stealing people's identities to make donations to his campaign. He reported to prison in July. In his post, Trump praised Santos for always voting Republican.
Barbara Sprint, NPR News, Washington. One of Santos' lawyers has told the Associated Press that Santos was released from a federal prison affair to New Jersey late last night and that he was greeted outside the facility by his family. Americans across the country will take to the streets today to protest against the Trump administration. Imperial Rose reports that the No Kings rally protests are planned at more than 2,000 locations.
The organizers of the No Kings protests say they're expecting millions of people to demonstrate against what they call the Trump administration's authoritarian agenda. Leah Greenberg is with the nonprofit group Indivisible, one of the organizers of the events.
There is nothing more American than saying that we don't have kings and exercising our right to peaceful protest.
Republicans, meanwhile, are trying to portray the protesters as radical and violent. House Speaker Mike Johnson has described the event as a hate America rally, while other GOP leaders suggested the events are likely to turn violent. The organizers reject those claims as an attempt to smear the protesters and emphasize that the events are intended to be peaceful. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
With no King's protesters preparing to rally in communities across the country, President Trump is at Mar-a-Lago. He is expected to be back in Washington, D.C. tomorrow evening. You're listening to NPR News. Dozens of South Koreans have returned home from Cambodia, where most were detained during a crackdown on online scam centers.
Why did Trump mention Tomahawk missiles and what was Putin's reaction?
They arrived today on a chartered flight, and South Korean authorities say they will face criminal investigations. Their return follows the death of a South Korean college student who was reportedly forced to work in a Cambodian scam center. Delegations from Afghanistan and Pakistan are heading to Doha for crisis talks following more than a week of fighting that has killed dozens of people and injured hundreds of others on both sides. Both sides say they've been responding to aggression from the other. Pakistan also accuses Afghanistan of harboring militants who've been carrying out attacks along the border.
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