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Facing a wave of criticism from his former Senate colleagues, Secretary of State Marco Rubio backed the complaints lobbed by President Trump and Vice President JD Vance against Ukraine’s leader.

Hamas has rejected an Israeli request to extend the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire, a senior official has said.

Trump adviser Mike Waltz says the U.S. has “a real issue on our hands” if Ukrainian President Zelenskyy doesn’t come back to negotiating table in its war with Russia. (Image credit: Mstyslav Cherno)

During Friday’s televised Oval Office fight, Trump and Vance made several misleading claims about Zelenskyy and Ukraine. Here are the facts about three of them.

Israel has called for Hamas to accept a temporary extension of the existing cease-fire deal, and to release more hostages.

Judge rules Trump’s bid to oust head of whistleblower agency was unlawful  PBS NewsHour Federal judge rules Trump’s firing of head of special counsel was unlawful, will maintain his job  Fox News Trump’s effort to fire government watchdog ‘unlawful,’ judge rules  NBC News

The head of a federal watchdog agency must remain in his job, a judge in Washington ruled on Saturday, saying President Donald Trump’s bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful.

FBI returns records from Mar-a-Lago search to Trump, White House says  NBC News

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson shared his thoughts on President Trump’s heated Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday. Moderator Kristen Welker asked Johnson what he thought about comments

Trump says he plans to add White House ballroom, pave part of the Rose Garden  The Hill