The U.S. and Ukraine made "meaningful progress toward aligning positions" on President Trump's proposed peace plan during their talks in Geneva on Sunday, the two countries said in a joint statement issued by the White House.
"Final decisions under this framework will be made by the Presidents of Ukraine and the United States," Sunday night's joint statement read.
Why it matters: Diplomacy over the plan to end the war with Russia's invading forces has accelerated since Axios revealed it Tuesday.Trump has set a Thanksgiving deadline for reaching an understanding with Ukraine.
The Israeli military said it assassinated Hezbollah's top military commander Haytham Ali Tabatabai in an airstrike in Beirut on Sunday. Hezbollah confirmed Tabatabai and two other commander were killed in the strike.
The big picture: This is the most significant Israeli strike against Hezbollah leaders since the ceasefire reached a year ago and the first time Israel has struck Beirut in five months.
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said in an interview aired Sunday he still believes President Trump is a fascist and a threat to democracy, even as he pledged to work with him to deliver for New Yorkers.
The big picture: Even in recent months, Trump threatened to arrest Mamdani and starve New York of federal funding. By Friday, they were bonding over rent prices and grocery costs in the Oval Office.
The Department of Justice revived its push to unseal grand jury records related to the prosecution of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, months after being stymied by the courts.
The big picture: Amid mounting public fury this summer over its handling of the Epstein case, the administration turned to the courts to try to release grand jury materials. But it metlegalroadblocks from three different federal judges.
The White House is reassured by New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, and President Trump doesn't appear inclined to cut the city's funding, National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said Sunday.
Why it matters: Only three weeks ago Trump was threatening to largely block federal funds to America's largest city if Mamdani, a Muslim socialist immigrant, was elected mayor.
A new Netflix documentary attempts to cast doubt over the authorship of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Napalm Girl" photo — an image that helped define the horrors of the Vietnam War.
Why it matters: The dispute reopens questions about how Western media historically overlooks the work of local freelance journalists in war, but is drawing strong reaction from some photographers of that era.
A new documentary narrated and executive-produced by Lily Gladstone, Oscar-nominated star of "Killers of the Flower Moon," tackles the Blackfeet Nation's fight to restore buffalo to their land.
The big picture: "Bring Them Home/Aiskótáhkapiyaaya," set to air on most PBS stations on Monday, comes amid similar battles between ranchers, conservationists and tribal elders over land use on Indigenous reservations.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning from Congress after her acrimonious split with President Trump, the Georgia Republican announced in a post on Friday evening.
Why it matters: Greene was one of Trump's earliest allies and among his most loyal supporters in Congress. But she broke with Republicans over health care costs and foreign policy, and her relationship with Trump dissolved over her push to release the "Epstein files."
UN climate talks in Brazil are wrapping up Saturday with a push to help move nations away from fossil fuels, but the deal lacks explicit mention of the CO2-spewing energy sources.
Why it matters: The compromise underscores the Paris Agreement's limited ability to move from aspiration to stronger real-world action.
The U.S., Ukraine, Germany, France and the UK are expected to hold negotiations on Sunday in Geneva over the new U.S. peace plan, according to two U.S. officials and three European sources with knowledge.
Why it matters: Diplomacy over the plan has been unfolding at a fast pace since Axios revealed it on Tuesday. President Trump has set a Thanksgiving deadline for reaching an understanding with Ukraine on the plan.
For all the hype of a conflict, President Trump and New York City's next mayor, Zohran Mamdani, had a surprising bond when they met Friday in the Oval Office: populist outsiders, lovers of the Big Apple, and two politicians who each want what the other has.
Mamdani, facing a city budget deficit, needs federal money and doesn't want Trump to send National Guard troops into New York City.
Trump, reeling from bad polling on the economy, sought to co-opt some of the shine from the charismatic Mamdani's message on affordability.
Why it matters: For a few minutes, Mamdani — whom Trump had called a communist — and Trump, whom Mamdani had called a fascist, gave a glimpse of how they might find common ground by putting aside vast partisan differences and working together, or at least appearing to.
Artificial intelligence is struggling to understand accented English and non-standard dialects, creating problems that can cascade into biased hiring, grading or clinical records.
Why it matters: AI is deciding who gets a job interview, how students are graded, and what doctors record in a patient's chart. But major speech-to-text systems make far more errors for Black speakers than for white speakers.
A string of recent attacks on ABC personalities by President Trump has helped set the stage for the President's media regulator, Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr, to introduce heavier oversight measures on broadcast companies.
Why it matters: ABC is particularly vulnerable to the president's attacks because its local broadcast affiliates are regulated by the FCC.
The House of Representatives had, by any reasonable standard, an absolutely insane week — marked by censure votes, indictments and a literal fire at the U.S. Capitol complex — as lawmakers returned from their seven-week absence.
To cap it off, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), one of the chamber's biggest firebrands, announced Friday night she'll resign from Congress after her public split from President Trump.
Why it matters: To members in both parties, the chaos was simply the crescendo to a years-long period of shame for the lower chamber.
Supreme Court JusticeSamuel A. Alito on Friday temporarily reinstated Texas' GOP-favored congressional map, meaning the state can use the new boundaries as the deadline to file to run for Congress nears.
Why it matters: Republicans' majority in the U.S. House could hinge on whether Texas keeps or loses the extra five GOP seats state lawmakers drew this year.
A group of nearly 30 Jeffrey Epsteinsurvivors said Friday that they have received death threats amid the ongoing push to release investigation files linked to the convicted sex offender.
The big picture: The letter, titled "What We're Bracing For," is their latest call to action after President Trump signed a bill requiring the Justice Department to release all files related to Epstein earlier this week.
