Kremlin:

Putin held a phone call with Trump that lasted more than 1.5 hours.

Putin told Trump he is ready to declare a ceasefire during the Victory Day period, and Trump supported it.

Kremlin:

Putin told Trump that he foresees extremely damaging consequences if the United States and Israel resort to military actions again in the Middle East.

Kremlin:

Trump told Putin that a deal to resolve the conflict in Ukraine is already close.

Zelensky:

Russians are absolutely crazy to attack nuclear stations.

Kremlin:

Putin and Trump said goodbye warmly at the end of the phone call.

Kremlin:

Trump and Putin expressed similar assessments of the behavior of the government led by Volodymyr Zelensky, which they said is prolonging the conflict.

WATCH: Rep. Pat Ryan confronts Pete Hegseth over the Iranian attack that killed six U.S. service members in the Port Shuaiba drone attack on March 1.

Ryan details failures in U.S. defenses in the area, citing survivor testimony.

Hegseth: Are you just going to monologue falsehoods all over the place?

NEW: The USS Gerald R. Ford is expected to leave the Middle East in the coming days after a 10-month deployment for needed repairs.

Source: WaPo

Q: Who are you beholden to, Trump or the Constitution?

Hegseth: (Laughs)

The Fed leaves its interest rates unchanged.

Pete Hegseth:

I know that there is no country on planet Earth that takes more measures to ensure that civilian harm or civilian casualties are minimized than the United States of America and this War Department.

That is a fact.

Six Iranian crew members from the Iranian-flagged container ship Touska have been freed following its seizure by the U.S., while 22 others remain in custody.

Source: Tasnim

Trump meets with Artemis II Astronauts.

Reporter: Do you have an update on the UFO files?

Trump: We are going to be releasing as much as we can in the near future… I think some of it’s going to be pretty interesting.

Trump:

I think Putin would like to see a solution on Ukraine.

That is good.

Trump:

Putin told me he would like to be involved in enrichment if he can help us get it; I said I would rather have you involved with ending the war with Ukraine.

Trump:

Putin doesn’t want to see Iran have a nuclear weapon either.

Trump:

I suggested a little bit of a ceasefire to Putin; I think he might do that.

Did he announce it yet?

Trump:

I think Putin was ready to make a deal a while ago; I think “some people” made it difficult for him to make a deal.

Trump on Iran:

Their money—they call it their money; they don’t have a name for it. Their money is valueless.

Trump confuses Iran with Ukraine:

Ukraine, militarily, they’re defeated. You wouldn’t know that by reading the fake news.