What we covered here:
• Hostile meeting: A meeting between President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky devolved into a shouting match at the Oval Office today, with the US president berating Ukraine’s leader and Vice President JD Vance questioning whether Zelensky had demonstrated enough gratitude for US support. Read our fact check on how often Zelensky has expressed thanks.
• Oval Office fallout: Zelensky told Fox News he doesn’t feel he needs to apologize to the US president. However, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told CNN the Ukrainian should “apologize for turning this thing into the fiasco for him that it became.”
• More firings: Calling its workforce “bloated,” the Social Security Administration announced plans to slash about 7,000 jobs, or roughly 12% of its staff. The potential cuts are part of a larger reorganization at the agency in line with the Trump administration’s drive to downsize the federal government.
