White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and White House Envoy Jared Kushner met today with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, and Russian Direct Investment Fund head Kirill Dmitriev in Moscow. Per Russian news reports, Putin welcomed the talks, saying “As you informed us, I know that after Moscow, you're planning to go to Kyiv. In any case, of course, no matter what happens next, contacts of this kind are certainly always beneficial.” Despite Russia’s ostensible agreement to the standoff strike ceasefire with Ukraine during the meetings? Reports indicate that Russia did indeed strike Ukraine during the talks.

White House ballroom is 65% complete, with grand-staircase structure, movie theater structure, and kitchen structure built, per NYMag. Eric Trump has said the president starts and ends his day by surveying the construction

WHITE HOUSE ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF MET UAE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER SHEIKH TAHNOON BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN IN SARDINIA LAST WEEKEND TO DISCUSS NEXT STEPS ON IRAN, IN A MEETING NOT ANNOUNCED BY THE WHITE HOUSE AND NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, WITH SHEIKH TAHNOON ONE OF THE UAE'S MOST POWERFUL OFFICIALS - AXIOS