It was a striking contrast to the meeting six months ago, when Trump, red-faced and angry, accused an agitated Zelensky of failing to show enough gratitude to the United States. The blowup was so heated that the Ukrainian delegation was sent from the White House without being allowed to eat their waiting lunch.

Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky put on friendly faces in front of the world’s media in the Oval Office — avoiding a replay of their ugly spat from February — before Zelensky

President Donald Trump hosted Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders at the White House. Here are some takeaways from that meeting.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin seemed to echo President Trump’s unfounded claim that Russia wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine in 2022 if the Republican was in office instead of former President Joe Biden.

Private initiatives, too, have tried to fill the data gap. The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures created a voluntary framework for reporting climate risks, for example, and a growing industry of climate-risk modeling firms translates scientific projections into risk assessments at an asset level.

Also, Washington officials are reacting to Attorney General Pam Bondi's order Thursday evening designating the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration Terry Cole as "Emergency Police Commissioner" -- a role that would have him assuming assuming "all the powers and duties" vested in the Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith.

The U.S. president invited Zelenskiy to Washington after rolling out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin, Kyiv's arch foe, at a summit in Alaska that shocked many in Ukraine, where hundreds of thousands have died since Russia's 2022 invasion.

The White House has increasingly touted Trump's attempts to forge international peace agreements. His meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska will be his biggest test by far.