President Trump said he would speak with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Tuesday about the war in Ukraine, noting that there had already been discussions about “dividing up certain assets” as the president continued to express some optimism that Moscow would agree to a cease-fire proposal.

The Association for International Broadcasting has called on the Trump administration to reverse its decision to slash federal funding to Voice of America and several other pro-democracy news media, warning it would embolden authoritarian regimes worldwide.

Donald Trump has signed an executive order to strip back the global, independent and federally funded news organisation Voice of America. The president's order targets VOA's parent company US Agency for Global Media,