President Trump said ceasefire negotiations would begin "immediately," but the Kremlin has expressed little eagerness for a ceasefire in the war it began.

For days, President Donald Trump repeatedly floated the possibility of scrapping his Middle East travel schedule — one his team meticulously crafted for weeks — and adding a stop to personally mediate Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Turkey.

Well, at least JD Vance got an acknowledgement from Pope Leo XIV. While Leo met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Peruvian President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra on Sunday after celebrating his inaugural Mass,

Pope Leo XIV received U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance at the Vatican, a day after his inauguration. The meeting focused on, among other things, the cooperation between the Church and the state as well as religious freedom.

Vice President JD Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, was part of a delegation meeting with the Pope. In addition to the White House invite, he brought gifts, including two books by St.