President Donald Trump presided over his first Cabinet meeting. Elon Musk, unelected and unconfirmed, was also in attendance. Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House Friday.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance clash with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington on Feb. 28, 2025.

During his visit with Trump, Zelenskyy was expected to sign the deal allowing the U.S. greater access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals and hold a joint news conference, but that plan was scrapped after the heated engagement between the leaders in front of the news media.

Trump says he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, is ready for a peace deal. The statement comes after Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Zelenskyy for being “disrespectful” in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting,

As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his way down the streets of Washington, he had one simple objective for his meeting in the Oval Office: Use the critical minerals deal to get out of President Donald Trump’s crosshairs.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is expected to discuss the bipartisan meeting she attended Friday in Washington D.C. with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which preceded a chaotic meeting in the Oval Office that ended with Zelenskyy being told to leave the White House.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday as he seeks some form of U.S. backing for Ukraine's security against any future Russian aggression.

Follow live updates as President Donald Trump receives Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House and the foreign aid freeze appeal is due at the Supreme Court.

Trump later said the Ukrainian president had “disrespected” the U.S., while Zelenskyy said he didn’t think he owed his American counterpart an apology.

With Ukraine's future in the balance, the high-stakes meeting on Friday between President Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy devolved into a shouting match.