'Something to announce?': Trump, Putin to speak on Tuesday

Mr Trump has sounded somewhat bullish that a ceasefire agreement can be reached. But while Moscow has said that it agrees with a truce, in theory, The Kremlin has put some serious road blocks in the way of that actually occurring.

It remains to be seen if a compromise can be reached.

That comes as Ukrainian forces are reportedly being brutally and bloodily ejected from the slither of Russia’s Kursk region it captured last year.

On Monday, Donald Trump say all of former president Joe Biden’s last minute pardons were “void” because he claimed they were signed with an automated signature. Most of those pardons were people Mr Trump sees as political opponents.

If he truly tried to legally target these people, including Liz Cheney and Antony Fauci, expect a huge court battle to ensue.

While questions are being asked about a US government flight that took Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador on the weekend. A judge ordered that it be turned back. There are claims the Trump administration may have simply ignored a court order.

Read on for more updates.