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EU trade commissioner meets with Trump administration counterparts over tariff threats

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

Hoping to head off a potential trade conflict, a top European Union official stressed the importance of active engagement and fairness in trade during a four-hour meeting with Trump administration officials.

Trump considering buying used planes to serve as Air Force One amid Boeing delays

By Associated Press

President Trump says he's considering buying used Boeing aircraft to use as Air Force One as he fumes over the U.S. plane-maker’s delays in producing two specially modified ones for presidential use.

Russia appears to have time on its side nearly 3 years after it invaded Ukraine

By Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine three years ago has turned into Europe’s largest conflict since World War II.

WATCH: Trump participates in White House Black History Month celebration

By Matt Brown, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

With Thursday's event, Trump is preserving a tradition at the same time his far-reaching executive order ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government is disrupting its observance elsewhere.

WATCH: White House holds briefing as Trump calls Ukrainian president Zelenskyy a 'dictator'

By Justin Spike, Associated Press

A news conference that was planned to follow talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy was canceled Thursday as political tensions deepened between the two countries.

Trump backs idea to send some budget savings claimed by DOGE to citizens

By Chris Megerian, Associated Press

Trump expressed support twice Wednesday, first at an investment conference in Miami and later aboard Air Force One on the flight home to Washington.

News conference between Zelenskyy and Trump's Ukraine envoy canceled as tensions grow

By Justin Spike, Associated Press

The format of the press event, which was to include comments to the media by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, was changed at the last minute so that the two did not deliver statements…

WATCH: McConnell announces he won't seek reelection to Senate, calls serving 'honor of a lifetime'

By Bruce Schreiner, Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The Kentucky Republican chose his 83rd birthday on Thursday to share his decision to retire when his current term ends in January 2027.

WATCH: Senate Health committee votes to advance Trump nominee McMahon as education secretary

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 12-11 on Thursday to send the former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO's nomination to be considered by the full Senate.

WATCH: Senate narrowly votes to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The vote puts the Trump loyalist atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency despite Democrats' doubts about his qualifications and concerns he'll do Trump’s bidding and go after the Republican president's adversaries.