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Welcome to nan online type of From nan Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you nan NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and study from nan White House, Capitol Hill and nan run trail.
In today’s edition, we person nan latest connected President Donald Trump’s gathering pinch Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Republicans’ redistricting plans successful Texas now that a group of Democratic lawmakers person returned home.
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— Adam Wollner
Trump and Zelenskyy awesome advancement arsenic they meet pinch European leaders connected Ukraine war
By Peter Nicholas, Megan Lebowitz and Kristen Welker
President Donald Trump met for astir an hr astatine nan White House coming pinch Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy successful an accelerating effort to extremity nan grinding warfare pinch Russia connected position acceptable to some sides.
Trump greeted nan Ukrainian leader successful nan early day pinch a grin and lukewarm handshake — a stark quality from the tense televised meeting nan 2 men held successful February successful nan Oval Office.
Fresh disconnected a summit successful Alaska pinch Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump summoned Zelenskyy to spot if they tin resoluteness sticking points centered connected Ukraine’s early information and nan position of territory that nan Russian subject has seized successful eastbound and confederate Ukraine.
A number of European leaders joined Zelenskyy and Trump astatine nan White House to activity toward a breakthrough successful nan astir three-and-a-half-year conflict that Trump himself has cautioned could erupt successful a 3rd world war if allowed to persist.
Asked if U.S. troops would thief unafraid a bid deal, Trump did not norm retired nan possibility.
As a information of ending nan war, Putin has insisted that Russia clasp astir 20% of Ukrainian territory that it now controls. For his part, Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine’s constitution forbids him to cede immoderate land.
Zelenskyy sat to Trump’s correct successful a dark, general outfit complete pinch a collar — a departure from his normal wartime garb, which Trump remarked upon favorably. (At Zelenskyy’s past gathering astatine nan White House, a newsman asked him why he wasn’t wearing a suit.)
When his gathering pinch Trump ended, Zelenskyy said: “We had a very bully speech — possibly nan champion one.”
What happens adjacent is acold from clear. Trump said he will telephone Putin erstwhile he’s done pinch nan negotiations for nan day. Depending connected nan advancement made, he said he would effort to convene a gathering that hasn’t happened since nan warfare began — a trilateral acme pinch himself, Putin and Zelenskyy.
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Texas Democrats return to nan state, ending two-week standoff complete redistricting
By Natasha Korecki and Ben Kamisar
Texas Democratic lawmakers returned to nan authorities coming aft a two-week absence that temporarily blocked Republican leaders from enacting a scheme aimed astatine padding their party’s mostly successful nan U.S. House, a move that sparked a nationalist governmental firestorm complete redistricting.
The legislators decided to extremity their standoff aft they prevented Texas Republicans from passing a redrawn legislature representation during a typical legislative convention and aft California Democrats countered pinch their ain redistricting proposal. But Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for a 2nd typical session, and pinch capable Democratic lawmakers now coming successful Texas, nan GOP-controlled Legislature will beryllium capable to beforehand its caller map.
“We killed nan corrupt typical session, withstood unprecedented surveillance and intimidation, and rallied Democrats nationwide to subordinate this existential conflict for adjacent practice — reshaping nan full 2026 landscape,” Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu said successful a statement. “We’re returning to Texas much vulnerable to Republicans’ plans than erstwhile we left. Our return allows america to build nan ineligible grounds basal to conclusion this racist representation successful court, return our connection to communities crossed nan authorities and country, and animate really to conflict these undemocratic redistricting schemes successful their ain statehouses.”
Texas Democrats, without immoderate existent legislative power, won praise nationwide from members of their statement for delaying nan Republicans’ pursuit of a rare, mid-decade redistricting effort and raising consciousness of nan issue. The two-week quorum break has been costly, pinch nan Democratic lawmakers facing a $500 good for each time they were absent. And galore faced information threats while distant from their families.
Democrats began mounting nan shape for their eventual return past week, declaring triumph complete Republicans’ determination to extremity their first typical legislative convention without a vote. They said their 2nd information to return was for California Democrats to merchandise a scheme that would activity to offset immoderate changes Texas Republicans made to their map, which they did connected Friday.
Texas GOP leaders successful nan authorities House said they would return up their redistricting scheme connected Wednesday.
“The House has been done a tumultuous 2 weeks, but this institution agelong predates america and will agelong outlast each of us. ... This assemblage has endured wars, economical depressions and quorum breaks making love backmost to nan very first session. It will withstand this, too,” authorities House Speaker Dustin Burrows said. “We are done waiting. We person a quorum. Now is nan clip for action. We will move quickly, and nan schedule will beryllium demanding until our activity is complete.”
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🗞️ Today's different apical stories
- 🪖 D.C. takeover: Some Republicans governors announced complete nan play that they are sending their states’ National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., to supplement Trump’s effort to combat crime successful nan nation’s capital. And immoderate troops will statesman to transportation firearms. Read much →
- ✉️ You’ve sewage mail: Trump said successful a Truth Social station that he would motion an executive bid to effort to get free of mail-in ballots and voting machines. Read much →
- 💲 Election settlement: Newsmax will salary $67 cardinal arsenic portion of a colony pinch Dominion Voting Systems, which had brought a defamation suit against nan blimpish cablegram news transmission complete its baseless claims that nan 2020 predetermination was fraudulent. Read much →
- 🏃🏼 He’s running: Former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, officially launched his 2026 Senate campaign, telling Henry Gomez that he had “no intention” of moving again but changed his mind aft receiving encouragement from “more and much people” and seeing nan Trump administration’s early actions. Read much →
- 🏃🏼♀️ She’s running: Pennsylvania authorities Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced that she is moving for governor, becoming nan first awesome Republican campaigner to jump into nan title against Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro. Read much →
- 🌽 Field of Democrats: The section of Democratic candidates moving for Senate successful Iowa shrunk, pinch authorities Rep. J.D. Scholten dropping retired and endorsing chap authorities Rep. Josh Turek, nan Des Moines Register reports. Read much →
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That’s each From nan Politics Desk for now. Today’s newsletter was compiled by Adam Wollner and Bridget Bowman.
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