President Donald Trump said Friday he will give Russian President Vladimir Putin “a couple of weeks,” further extending a deadline for potential consequences against Moscow after urging the Russian leader and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to meet.

Plus, a new survey of doctors finds that they're encountering more patients who are influenced by medical misinformation or disinformation.

President Donald Trump has spent the past several days on a diplomatic sprint, setting the groundwork for a potential trilateral meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss pathways to end the yearslong war.

A July 20 memo ordered U.S. intelligence agencies not to share information about Russia-Ukraine talks with Five Eyes partners U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

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Jim Lokay talks with journalist Tamar Jacoby, who recaps President Trump's recent efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Jacoby, based in Kyiv, provides insight on what it would take to broker a deal to stop the fighting,

Russia has launched a rare drone and missile attack on western Ukraine, hitting an American-owned electronics plant among other targets and injecting further uncertainty into the U.S.-led efforts to e

President Donald Trump is weighing how to proceed with peace talks between Russia and Ukraine amid a pause in negotiations, describing himself as “not happy at all.” Trump expressed some frustration on Truth Social on Friday,