Where things stand
• Government still shuttered: The federal government remains shut down, with President Donald Trump and Republicans locked in a standoff with Democrats over health care subsidies as senators prepare to return to Washington.
• Feud with Colombia’s president: Trump says he’s ending all US payments and subsidies to Colombia as part of his escalating back-and-forth with the country’s president, Gustavo Petro, whom he’s clashed with over immigration, drug trafficking and US strikes in the Caribbean. The US made its seventh strike on a boat allegedly involved in drug trafficking in the region on Friday, the US defense secretary announced today.
• Mideast ceasefire: Vice President JD Vance will lead a delegation on a trip to Israel this week, sources told CNN, as the administration works to implement the next phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement. The US-brokered deal appeared to survive its first major test today, with each side affirming their commitments after a deadly flare-up.
Our live coverage of the Trump administration and the government shutdown has ended. Get the latest here.
Trump repeats stance that Russia and Ukraine should accept current battle lines
President Donald Trump on Sunday echoed his past proposals that Russia and Ukraine should stop fighting and accept current battle lines.
The president’s comments come after The Washington Post reported this weekend that Russian President Vladimir Putin told Trump in a phone call that Ukraine must surrender Donetsk as a condition for ending the war. CNN has asked the White House for comment on The Post’s report.
Trump’s comments come days after he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. Trump declined to give Zelensky long-range Tomahawk missiles at the meeting, and later called for both sides to cease fighting and accept current battle lines.
According to The Post’s report, Putin suggested that he would be willing to surrender other regions of Ukraine in exchange for full control of Donetsk, which is strategically vital to Kyiv. Trump has not publicly commented on the report.
Trump praises Republican candidate in Virginia gubernatorial race
President Donald Trump on Sunday praised Winsome Earle-Sears, Virginia’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, without formally endorsing her.
While speaking at an event in Virginia earlier this month, Trump did not mention Earle-Sears, the state’s lieutenant governor, a noteworthy snub. She faces a larger deficit in public polls than other Republicans running statewide in November, while also grappling with concerns from within the GOP about whether she’s running an effective campaign.
Virginia AG race: When asked Sunday about Virginia state Rep. Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, Trump said, “You mean the one who wanted to kill somebody’s children?” referring to leaked messages that Jones sent to a colleague in 2022.
The president also called Jones a “third-rate intellect” and expressed surprise that he is allowed to run in the election.
“You would think he’s totally discredited,” Trump said. “I would think he wouldn’t even be allowed to do that. Anybody would be put in prison for what he said.”
Trump defends bailout for Argentina and suggests he’s considering a beef deal
President Donald Trump shrugged off criticism that his administration’s $20 billion bailout for Argentina is benefiting the South American country more than its benefiting the United States, telling reporters on Air Force One on Sunday that Argentina “is fighting for its life.
Hosting Argentina’s right-wing president, Javier Milei, at the White House earlier this month, Trump suggested that his administration’s bailout of the country was contingent on Milei’s electoral success.
The bailout prompted widespread criticism, including from some in Trump’s own party, like Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, who took to X to muse, “Why would USA help bail out Argentina while they take American soybean producers’ biggest market???”
China, a major buyer of US soybeans, halted purchases of the commodity in May in response to Trump’s trade war. Then, after Argentina temporarily scrapped export taxes on grains, China swooped in and bought tens of thousands of pounds of Argentine soybeans instead.
On Sunday, Trump suggested he’s also considering a deal to purchase beef from the economically struggling Argentina.
“We would buy some beef from Argentina. If we do that, that will bring our beef prices down,” Trump said.
Kushner and Witkoff share behind-the-scenes details on Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks
As President Donald Trump’s Middle East special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner head back to Israel this week, they appeared on CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday to share behind-the-scenes details on how the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement came to be.
Part of the success of the ceasefire deal was convincing Hamas that keeping hostages was more of a liability than a gain and that Israel would not resume the war after the hostages were returned, they told Lesley Stahl.
To do so, Trump gave Kushner and Witkoff permission to speak directly with Hamas, breaking long-standing diplomatic protocol. Kushner and Witkoff met in Egypt with Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas’ main negotiator. Witkoff told Stahl that he was able to connect with al-Hayya about the deaths of their sons (Witkoff’s from an overdose in 2011 and al-Hayaa’s from Israel’s strike in Qatar last month).
Asked by Stahl whether it was true Israelis and Qataris hugged once the deal was reached, Witkoff said, “Absolutely, and I thought to myself, I wish the world could’ve seen it.”
After the ceasefire deal was settled, Kushner and Witkoff traveled to Gaza, which Kushner said “looked almost like a nuclear bomb had been set off in that area … and it’s very sad because you think to yourself, they [Palestinians] really have nowhere else to go.”
Both Kushner and Witkoff declined to call the war a genocide after visiting Gaza. “Absolutely not, no,” Witkoff said. “There was a war being fought.”
Kushner said that “the biggest message that we’ve tried to convey to the Israeli leadership now is that, now that the war is over, if you want to integrate Israel with the broader Middle East, you have to find a way to help the Palestinian people thrive and do better.”
Trump says “No Kings” protests were “a joke”
President Donald Trump swiped at Saturday’s widespread demonstrations across the country protesting his administration’s policies, telling reporters on Air Force One tonight that people who attended the rallies “are not representative of the people of our country.”
Nearly 7 million people showed up for Saturday’s rallies — including more than 100,000 people in New York — according to organizers and officials. Along with larger events in major cities, small pockets of “No Kings” protesters cropped up along busy thoroughfares, in small-town squares and at municipal parks in red and blue states alike.
Trump has long targeted Soros for his support of left-wing causes, telling reporters in the Oval Office last month he thought the billionaire was a “likely candidate” for an investigation just days after he instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey, California Sen. Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Leticia James.
Trump says Israel-Hamas ceasefire is still in place after it survived first major test
President Donald Trump said Sunday night that the US-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was still in place after it survived its first major test today.
Trump acknowledged that “we’re going to have to see what’s happening” in Gaza after two Israeli soldiers were killed in the enclave on Sunday, prompting waves of airstrikes.
Trump said Hamas has “been doing some shooting,” which he said could be from rebels within the group.
“It’s going to be handled properly,” he said. “It’s going to be handled toughly.”
Trump says he’ll announce tariffs on Colombia Monday
President Donald Trump said Sunday that his administration plans to announce tariffs on Colombia on Monday, escalating a feud between the two nations as Trump and the country’s president, Gustavo Petro, traded barbs earlier in the day.
The move comes as Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham took to social media platform X earlier to say that Trump would announce “major tariffs” on the country over drug trafficking.
And he rebuffed the suggestion that halting aid to Colombia, which he announced earlier Sunday, would undermine the nation’s efforts to stop the flow of drugs.
“They don’t have a fight against drugs. They make drugs. They refine drugs. They make cocaine. They have cocaine factories. They have no fight against drugs,” Trump said Sunday evening.
“I’m stopping all payments to Colombia because they don’t have anything to do with their fight against drugs. … Colombia is out of control, and now they have the worst president they’ve ever had,” he said.
Vance claims survivors of US military boat strike who were later released were "narco-terrorists"
Vice President JD Vance said Sunday that the survivors of a US military boat strike Thursday in the Caribbean who were released this weekend were “narco-terrorists.”
He added that if you “look at any other global conflict, what we do with combatants in those wars depends very heavily on the circumstances on the ground.”
Vance said he doesn’t “really care” what happens to them, “so long as they’re not bringing poison into our country.”
Some context: The US released the two survivors of Thursday’s strike on a suspected drug vessel to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia, President Donald Trump said Saturday.
Thursday’s strike was the sixth known strike on a boat allegedly involved in drug trafficking. It comes as the US has deployed scores of military assets to the Caribbean as it promises further strikes on alleged drug boats, part of the administration’s effort to drive down drug flow into the US and pressure Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s authoritarian president.
Vance acknowledges "fits and starts" in the Middle East peace process
Vice President JD Vance acknowledged the fragility of phase one of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, saying that “fits and starts” were to be expected as implementation continues.
“It’s going to be complicated. I mean, the best case scenario, meaning, if this thing absolutely produces that sustainable long-term peace that the president and I hope that it will, there are going to be fits and starts,” Vance told reporters Sunday evening.
The White House tracked developments very closely over the weekend after two Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza and Israel subsequently launched airstrikes. But for now, both sides have recommitted to the ceasefire with an eye toward next steps. A US official told CNN that the Trump administration is “focused on implementing the peace agreement” and “working vigorously with our partners” to do so.
CNN has reported that Vance is expected to lead a delegation to Israel in the coming days, according to sources familiar with the plans, along with the key architects of the deal, Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
Vance declined to directly confirm his travel when asked Sunday.
“We might. We’re trying to figure it out. Obviously want to go and check on how things are going,” he said.
Watch: How Trump is putting his mark on the federal government
CNN’s Betsy Klein examines how President Donald Trump has treated the US government as a business, following his decades-long career in real estate:
CNN's Betsy Klein examines how President Donald Trump has treated the US government as a business, following his decades-long career in real estate.
The top House Republican and Democrat are not showing signs of budging in shutdown standoff
We heard from the top Republican and top Democrat in the House of Representatives this morning, and neither indicated there’s a compromise coming soon to reopen the federal government.
House Speaker Mike Johnson stood firm in his resistance to negotiating with Democrats on health care issues until the government reopens, blaming the other party for cuts to the federal government that President Donald Trump and his budget director are making as the shutdown drags on.
Asked on Fox News whether he thinks the firing of 466 Education Department employees is a sign the administration is preparing to completely shutter the agency, Johnson deferred to the Office of Management and Budget, adding, “I will tell you that the president takes no pleasure in this.”
Johnson implied the president was essentially forced by Democrats to fire furloughed federal workers.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries also declined to budge on his party’s demands in an interview on ABC.
“I think what we need is decisive action,” Jeffries said, when asked if Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer should accept an offer by Senate Majority Leader John Thune to guarantee a vote on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies in exchange for enough Democratic votes to first reopen the government.
Jeffries said he and Schumer had “repeatedly” made clear to Republicans that they want to negotiate a “bipartisan path forward” on funding that also includes an extension of the ACA tax credits.
As trust between the parties sits at a low point, Jeffries signaled that Democrats won’t take Republicans at their word that they intend to find a solution before the subsidies expire at the end of this year.
The US-brokered Gaza ceasefire appears to have survived its first major test
Israel and Hamas have affirmed their commitment to the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire deal, signaling the agreement will hold for now despite a flare-up today.
Remember: The Israel Defense Forces said earlier today that it launched a wave of airstrikes on Gaza in response to Hamas attacks on its troops, which Israel said left two of its soldiers dead. At least 44 people were killed in the Gaza strikes, according to data from hospitals in the enclave.
Both Hamas and Israel have blamed the other for violating the ceasefire.
What each side is saying now: The IDF will begin a “renewed enforcement” of the ceasefire at the direction of the political echelon, it said in a statement.
Hamas and its military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, said it also remains committed to the ceasefire. The militant group has rejected involvement in the attack on Israeli forces.
The Trump administration’s role: Today’s developments come as key US architects of the ceasefire deal, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are set to travel the region, according to sources familiar with the plans.
The trip, which will be led by Vice President JD Vance, is part of the Trump administration’s moves to implement the next phase of the agreement.
Vance to lead US delegation to Israel this week
Vice President JD Vance is expected to lead a US delegation to Israel this week as the Trump administration moves to implement phase two of its ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, sources familiar with the plans told CNN.
President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are also expected to travel to Israel and will be involved in Vance’s engagements.
The trip will come after Israel launched a wave of strikes on Gaza and blamed Hamas of violating the US-brokered ceasefire after two Israeli soldiers were killed Sunday.
The truce that ended months of fighting is in its second week and has seen previous accusations from both sides of violations but is now facing its most serious test yet.
Watch: GOP senator says she won't negotiate health care subsidies with Democrats during shutdown
Republicans we spoke with this morning have indicated they’re not willing to negotiate with Democrats on extending expiring Obamacare subsidies as part of a deal to reopen the government.
If you missed it, here’s what GOP Sen. Katie Britt said on CNN’s “State of the Union”:
The war of words between Trump and Colombia's president is escalating
We have an update on the feud between US President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro.
Petro has fired back after Trump’s social media post announcing an end to US subsidies for the South American country, in which Trump referred to the Colombian leader as an “illegal drug leader” with “a fresh mouth.”
Trump is “rude and ignorant toward Colombia,” Petro wrote in Spanish in a post on X, adding that “Colombia has never been rude to the United States, on the contrary, it has deeply valued your culture.”
“If I’m not a businessman, then I am even less a drug trafficker. There is no greed in my heart. I was never able to relate to greed,” Petro added.
More background: Relations between Washington and Bogotá have worsened in recent months as the two presidents clash over migration, drug trafficking and Trump’s military strikes in the Caribbean.
Trump said in his message this morning that subsidies and “any other form of payment” to Colombia will be halted.
It was not immediately clear which payments Trump was referring to, but the US is by far the largest funder of Colombia’s security, providing billions of dollars every year.
Consumers have yet to feel impending pain from tariffs, warns European Central Bank president
The full impact of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs has not yet been seen, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said today.
Companies will not withstand the additional costs squeezing their profit margins forever, and “when they don’t, because it’s becoming too tight, then it will be on the consumer,” Lagarde said. “So, it’s a question of time.”
An analysis from S&P Global estimated that Trump’s tariffs will cost global businesses upward of $1.2 trillion in 2025, with most of the cost being passed on to consumers.
Lagarde added that the reinvigorated trade war between the United States and China, which was sparked in part by Beijing tightening its rules for exports of rare-earth minerals, is “typical of negotiating tactics on both sides.”
“People will have to come to the table because it’s the interest of both economies, despite the hostility that there is between the two,” she said.
Trump shares AI video of himself with crown dumping apparent waste on protesters after “No Kings” rallies
President Donald Trump shared an apparently AI-generated video of himself wearing a crown and flying a fighter jet dumping what appears to be waste onto “No Kings” protesters after the nationwide demonstrations Saturday.
Huge crowds marched in major cities and smaller gatherings were held across the country in the protests against Trump’s administration. Organizers said there were nearly 7 million people at more than 2,700 events in all 50 states. Police said the protests were mostly peaceful, and many large cities reported no protest-related incidents or arrests.
The video, posted on Trump’s Truth Social account, shows the president in a fighter jet with “KING TRUMP” on the side dumping what appears to be waste on protesters in New York City.
When asked earlier for comment on the protests Saturday, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson, responded, “Who cares?”
Republicans dismiss push to extend health care subsidies in funding bill
We’ll turn back now to the federal government shutdown. There’s currently little sign that Republicans and Democrats are close to striking a deal on a funding bill when the Senate returns this week.
We spoke with two GOP lawmakers about the issue this morning:
Republican Sen. Katie Britt rejected Democrats’ efforts to extend enhanced health care subsidies as part of a deal to reopen the government, calling the Affordable Care Act fundamentally broken.
“Obamacare was never affordable,” Britt told anchor Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “From the very beginning, this was a flawed program.”
Democrats are seeking to include an extension of the pandemic-era subsidies as part of the shutdown negotiations. Britt argued that continuing the subsidies without reform would be irresponsible, and that the time for that debate is after reopening government.
“I’m absolutely open to having a conversation, but we’re not going to extend a program that is wrought with fraud, waste, and abuse,” she said. “There would have to be adjustments to make it make sense for the American people.”
GOP Rep. Nick LaLota also argued that Republicans shouldn’t negotiate with Democrats now on the subsidies, telling CNN’s Manu Raju that “it would merely reward more hostage-taking in the future.”
LaLota acknowledged that the ACA subsidies are “valued by constituents like mine,” and said there had already been bipartisan efforts underway to address the issue before the government shut down.
The New York lawmaker said the ball is now in Democrats’ court to reopen the government.
Trump lays out his thinking on NYC mayoral race: Endorsing Democrats "not my thing"
President Donald Trump weighed in on the New York City mayoral race, indicating some openness to endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and suggesting he has little appetite for the Republican candidate, Curtis Sliwa.
During an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Trump said it “looks like we’re going to” have what he described as a “communist mayor” in New York, referring to the Democratic nominee, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani.
Asked whether he would endorse Cuomo — who’s running as an independent — or Sliwa instead, Trump said, “I haven’t made a decision.”
Pressed on whether he’d endorse Sliwa, Trump was indifferent.
“I mean, I don’t know. He’s a Republican. Is he really a Republican? … This isn’t exactly ideal, where he wants to make Gracie Mansion a home for the cats,” Trump said.
Trump was referring to the story of Sliwa having, at one point, 17 cats in his small Upper West Side apartment. The candidate told CNN he was taking in cats from people getting rid of their pets during the pandemic — and now he’s down to just six.
The president added that he’d make a decision on the race “soon” before backtracking: “I don’t know that I’m going to get involved. I don’t want to be endorsing Democrats, as an example. It’s not my thing. But would you rather endorse a Democrat than a communist? Barely.”
CNN’s Edward-Isaac Dovere contributed to this post.
