Trump shifts his stance on the Russia-Ukraine war. Jimmy Kimmel returns to late-night TV with criticism of the White House and the FCC. And how doctors are addressing the FDA’s claims about acetaminophen with their pregnant patients.
Here’s what to know today.
Trump’s Ukraine reversal takes Kyiv by surprise
There was a mix of astonishment and reservation in Kyiv — contrasted with bitter dismissal and some mocking defiance in Moscow — after President Donald Trump said Ukraine could reclaim all of its territory, a dramatic change in rhetoric on the war.
The Kremlin rejected Trump’s description of Russia as a “paper tiger” lacking real military strength and struggling with “big” economic problems. Russia is “more often associated with a bear,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov responded. “And paper bears don’t exist.”
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Trump posted on Truth Social that he thinks Ukraine, with help from the European Union, could win back its territory from Russia and return the country to its original borders.
The president has previously suggested that giving up some land would be a key component of resolving the conflict.
In Ukraine, his apparent shift was greeted with caution. “I would like to believe in deeds, not words,” said Volodymyr Rzhavskyy, a 44-year-old entrepreneur from the frontline Donetsk region. He called on Trump to “provide Ukraine with maximum opportunity to regain its territorial integrity.”
“I think that if we really are provided with enough weapons and the support we need, then we have the opportunity to return our land,” he said.
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Trump touted his own successes in an address to the United Nations General Assembly. “I’m really good at this stuff,” he told world leaders. “Your countries are going to hell.”
The trial of Ryan Routh came to a dramatic end when he tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen after a jury found him guilty of attempting to assassinate Trump last year.
Trump abruptly canceled a planned meeting with top congressional Democrats one week before a potential government shutdown.
The Trump administration proposed overhauling the H1-B visa’s lottery selection process to prioritize higher-paid and higher-skilled foreign employees.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ return to the public eye has kicked off a new phase of the nascent 2028 presidential race.
GOP Rep. Tom Tiffany said he will run for governor of Wisconsin, joining a race for the open seat in the crucial swing state that has drawn crowded primaries on both sides.
Jimmy Kimmel takes aim at Trump in first show since suspension
Returning to the air to thunderous cheers and applause in his first episode since ABC suspended his late-night show, Jimmy Kimmel took direct aim at Trump while also trying to smooth tensions following his joke about the Republican reaction to the killing of Charlie Kirk.
Kimmel said that the Trump administration “tried to coerce the affiliates who run our show, in the cities that you live in, to take my show off the air.”
“That’s not legal. That’s not American, that is un-American, and it’s so dangerous,” he said.
During his monologue, Kimmel praised Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, for saying at a memorial that she has forgiven her husband’s killer.
Trump responded on Truth Social, questioning why ABC would want “someone back who does so poorly, who’s not funny and who puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat GARBAGE.”
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Doctors maintain Tylenol advice despite Trump’s concerns
More than half of women worldwide use acetaminophen during pregnancy. It is used in hundreds of products, including cough and cold treatments. Doctors said in interviews that their advice hasn’t changed, in spite of the Trump administration’s concerns.
Trump promoted unproven claims that taking acetaminophen during pregnancy was linked to a risk of autism in children. The Food and Drug Administration sent a letter telling doctors to “consider minimizing the use of acetaminophen,” the active ingredient in Tylenol and a wide range of other over-the-counter medications, for routine low-grade fevers in pregnant women.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration hailed a medication called leucovorin for reducing some autism symptoms, but experts who research or treat autism almost uniformly agree the medication should be studied further before it’s rolled out to children or adults.
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Read All About It
A Missouri woman was sentenced to more than four years in prison in a brazen and blundering attempt to steal Graceland from the family of Elvis Presley.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill that will bar transgender people from using restrooms that align with their gender identities, with fines of up to $125,000 for institutions that violate the law.
A possible hazing incident has prompted an investigation into and the suspension of a Texas A&M fraternity.
Zuza Beine, the young Instagram content creator who shared her cancer diagnosis with a massive online audience, died at 14.
Staff Pick: Charlie Kirk’s Professor Watchlist
One of the first instances in which Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA caused a stir in higher education came shortly after Trump’s first election in 2016. That’s when the group launched its Professor Watchlist, a still-active website that features over 300 faculty with their photos, and accuses them of promoting socialism or antifa, or of being a “Terror Supporter.”
Kirk defended it as “an awareness tool” meant to balance against left-wing bias on campuses, but some professors say they received death threats and other harassment after being placed on it.
Curtis Bunn and I spoke with education experts and faculty to unpack how the watchlist helped usher in a new era on college campuses. – Tyler Kingkade, national reporter
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