News Wrap: Ukraine, Russia agree to exchange 1,200 prisoners as aerial strikes continue

Ali Rogin:

In today's other news, Russia and Ukraine traded drone and missile strikes. A Ukrainian attack set a Russian oil depot ablaze. Russia says more than 120 firefighters are fighting the fire and that nearby Sochi airport temporarily suspended flights.

Meanwhile, a Russian missile hit a residential area in southern Ukraine, injuring seven people. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on X that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to exchange 1,200 prisoners. The news comes as Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies say they've uncovered a major bribery scheme. They say it involves a lawmaker and at least three other people who were taking kickbacks on overpriced drone contracts.

The Senate called it quit Saturday night and left Washington for the summer without advancing dozens of President Donald Trump's nominations. Republicans were working on a deal with Democrats to reverse some spending cuts in exchange for approving a large tranche of the less cost controversial nominees.

Mr. Trump had been pressuring Republicans for weeks to cancel the August recess and keep working. But he reversed course last night, posting on social media that Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer could go to hell and telling Republicans to go home.

Republicans warn that when they come back, they may try to change the Senate's rules to speed up confirmations. And an update to a story we've reported on the Smithsonian has clarified that the Trump administration did not ask them to remove mentions of the president's impeachment history from an exhibit.

Last month's removal of a label referring to Mr. Trump's two impeachments from a display at the National Museum of American History prompted concerns about the institution whitewashing U.S. History to appease the president. The museum says the placard did not meet its standards in appearance and that the updated presentation will include President Trump in the coming weeks.

Jack Smith, the man once charged with investigating President Donald Trump, is now under investigation himself. The U.S. Office of the Special Counsel confirmed the unusual move on Saturday, saying that it's looking into claims that Smith acted politically.

Smith was appointed in 2022 to investigate Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified information and attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Smith resigned shortly before President Trump's second inauguration,

And Pope Leo rode in on the Popemobile to lead a mass on the outskirts of Rome for hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic young Catholics, he said, the gathering of young people is a sign that a different world is possible, where conflicts can be resolved with dialogue, not weapons.

The mass was part of a festive week long series of events for young pilgrims who flooded the city to pray and party.

Still to come on PBS News Weekend, how Delta Air Lines is leaning into AI to help set ticket prices and social clubs comprised of people who all go by the same name.