Live updates and the latest news as U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin discuss the war in Ukraine and Tennessee holds a special congressional election.

In a Cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump defended boat strikes in the Caribbean and suggested that strikes on land could be coming “soon.” Cabinet officials echoed common refrains from the president,

President Trump convened his Cabinet on Tuesday, amid controversy over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s role in authorizing in a Caribbean strike that killed two survivors of an initial hit on their boat.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff was due to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, taking a draft peace plan that Washington hopes can bring about an end to the nearly four-year war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

Trump's special envoy is set to meet with Putin who has shown little signs of compromise in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump said the US will carry out strikes inside Venezuela “soon.” Speaking at a Cabinet meeting, the president also said he and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not know about a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.

An American envoy led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner is set to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin to discuss ending Russia's war on Ukraine