REPORTER: You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire but both sides say they have not.

“State and cities nationwide are rebelling against the White House’s push to withhold millions of dollars in police and anti-terrorism funding unless they impose new voting rules,” Axios reports. “President Trump’s effort to impose election policies that he hasn’t been able to get through Congress has now drawn two lawsuits from state and local governments […]

President Trump took questions from reporters: REPORTER: The family members of US service members are concerned about the conditions on the USS Lincoln. TRUMP: No they’re not… REPORTER: Has the deployment gone on too long? TRUMP: No no no. Not nearly long enough.

“Top White House and administration officials engaged in an elaborate ruse to spirit President Trump out of Turkey during the NATO summit there last month, transporting him in a catering cart to a military jet because of a credible threat against him and Air Force One from Iran,” the New York Times reports.