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Trump, Putin plan Hungary meeting on Ukraine war, Zelenskyy to visit White House Friday
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President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hungary in the coming weeks after first, he meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in D.C. on Friday.
In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said that «a meeting of our High Level Advisors» led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet next week, though the destination has not yet been confirmed.
«President Putin and I will then meet in an agreed-upon location, Budapest, Hungary, to see if we can bring this ‘inglorious’ war, between Russia and Ukraine, to an end,» he said. «President Zelenskyy and I will be meeting tomorrow, in the Oval Office, where we will discuss my conversation with President Putin, and much more. I believe great progress was made with today’s telephone conversation.»
Firefighters work at the site where an energy infrastructure enterprise was hit during overnight Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Poltava region, Ukraine Oct. 16, 2025. (Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Poltava region/Handout via REUTERS)
TRUMP THREATENS TO ‘SPEAK’ WITH PUTIN ON GIVING UKRAINE TOMAHAWK MISSILES AS RUSSIA HITS HOSPITAL
While Trump said the pair had a lengthy conversation on U.S.-Russia trade, he did not include any mention of the U.S. arming Ukraine with top-level defenses, like Tomahawk missiles – which is a major reason Zelenskyy is coming to D.C. and the issue that allegedly prompted Trump’s call with Putin to begin with.
Earlier this week, Trump said he would need to speak with Putin to see if he wants «to have the Tomahawks going in their direction.»
Acquiring Tomahawk missiles is a top priority for Zelenskyy, as the sophisticated weaponry would be able to reach far beyond Moscow and could change Ukraine’s ability to hit not only more of Russia’s military complex but its oil industry, which largely funds its war chest.
The announcement of the Trump-Putin meeting comes just hours after Russian missile and drone strikes pounded Ukrainian cities and energy sites in the early hours of Thursday morning.
In a post on X, Zelenskyy said more than 300 drones and 37 missiles, of which a «significant number of them ballistic» rained out across the country, hitting not only near the front lines but the western-central city of Vinnytsia.
Apartment buildings are damaged by Russian military strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine Oct. 13, 2025. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Press Service of the 24th King Danylo Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS )
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«There are wounded. Recovery efforts are underway everywhere. Emergency services are working,» Zelenskyy said, adding that Russians are also reported to be using «double terror» tactics by targeting firefighters and energy workers with Shahed drones carrying cluster munitions.
«This autumn, the Russians use every single day to strike at our energy infrastructure,» he added. «[Russian President Vladimir] Putin has turned a deaf ear to everything the world says, so the only language that can still get through to him is the language of pressure – pressure through sanctions and pressure through long-range capabilities.»
Zelenskyy is traveling to D.C. on Thursday to meet with Trump, as well as defense and energy officials, to discuss how to ramp up the pressure on Putin in an effort to counter his war ambitions in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) meets with US President Donald Trump (R) in Washington D.C., United States on Aug. 19, 2025. ( Ukrainian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Trump told reporters this week that other defensive items, like more Patriot missiles, will be discussed in the Friday talks as well.
Trump has not confirmed whether he will give Ukraine the Tomahawk missiles, but he has increasingly voiced his frustration that Putin will not stop his war ambitions despite his efforts since re-entering the White House in January.
Fox News’ Nick Rojas contributed to this report.
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The Senate moved closer Wednesday to advancing a sweeping housing package aimed at boosting affordability, but a Trump-backed provision banning institutional investors from buying single-family homes is emerging as a flash point.
Lawmakers cleared another procedural hurdle for the bill Wednesday, setting up a likely final vote before they leave Washington Thursday.
The Housing for the 21st Century Act passed the House last month by a 390-9 bipartisan vote. The legislation includes a wide-ranging slate of measures designed to increase the supply of affordable housing.
HOUSE PASSES BIPARTISAN HOUSING BILL AS TRUMP ZEROES IN ON AFFORDABILITY CRISIS
President Donald Trump speaks about the military strikes against Iran at a news conference Monday, March 9, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the chair of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., its top Democrat, teamed up to advance and modify the bill in the Senate.
«When President [Donald] Trump and Elizabeth Warren and Senate Republicans can all come to the same place on a housing bill, it shows that if you put partisan politics aside and focus on the issues impacting the American people, you can get results,» Scott told CNBC’s «Squawk Box.»
In its original form, the legislation was primarily intended to help first-time homebuyers and lower-income Americans enter the housing market or gain access to more affordable housing options.
BIPARTISAN PLAN AIMS TO MAKE THE AMERICAN DREAM AFFORDABLE AGAIN FOR MILLIONS OF FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., arrives for a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building Feb. 27, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
But the initial bill lacked a key policy Trump wanted — a ban on institutional investors, such as hedge funds or large corporations, buying single-family homes. Trump earlier this year signed an executive order banning the practice and urged Congress to codify it during his State of the Union address.
«I’m asking Congress to make that ban permanent because homes for people — really, that’s what we want,» Trump said. «We want homes for people, not for corporations.»
Scott and Warren added that provision to the bill. If passed, the package would also incorporate several policies from the ROAD to Housing Act, a separate Senate housing proposal that previously stalled.
The provision would prohibit large-scale investors from purchasing single-family homes and would require companies that exceed a certain ownership threshold to divest within seven years.
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Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, warned there was a «problem» with the Senate’s bipartisan housing package. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
But the institutional investor ban is drawing concerns from some Senate Democrats and industry stakeholders who argue it could eliminate build-to-rent housing units.
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said on the Senate floor that «there is a problem» with the bill. He argued the ban on corporations and hedge funds buying single-family homes was written in a way that would force «anybody who owns and rents out more than 350 units, single family or duplexes» to sell after a seven-year period.
«There’s literally no reason for this,» Schatz said. «And the problem is that it was written in such a way that it was trying to capture the hedge fund problem, but they wrote it wrong.
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«And, so, the definition of institutional investor says, essentially, anyone who owns and operates more than 350 units to rent. That’s bananas.»
Several members of the housing and rental industry wrote in a letter to Scott and Warren that the seven-year clause would «effectively shut down build-to-rent development, leading to less supply and fewer options for renters.»
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Rompió el silencio el joven que atropelló y mató a su profesor en medio de una broma: “Profundo dolor”
El joven que atropelló a su profesor en medio de una broma que salió mal en Georgia, Estados Unidos, rompió el silencio y lamentó el hecho. En un comunicado emitido por su familia, aseguró estar atravesando un “profundo dolor” por la muerte del docente.
Jayden Wallace, de 18 años, se acercó a la casa de su maestro, Jason Hughes, de 40 años, junto a cuatro compañeros para tirarle rollos de papel higiénico, una tradición común en el país. Sin embargo, cuando el profesor salió corriendo para atraparlos, fue embestido por la camioneta del estudiante.
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La familia del adolescente emitió un comunicado sobre lo ocurrido: “Somos una familia con profundo remordimiento y afligida por una pérdida tan tremenda en nuestra comunidad de North Hall. Jason Hughes significaba el mundo para nuestro hijo, Jayden”, expresaron en el escrito recuperado por 11Alive el martes.
“Se tomó el tiempo para invertir en Jay y derramó su amor en él, haciendo un impacto duradero. Junto con el resto de nuestra familia, Jay expresa su más profundo dolor y su más sincera disculpa a la familia Hughes”, agregaron.
Jason Hughes murió atropelldo por un alumno. (Foto: gentileza People).
Por su parte, el adolescente también expresó su dolor por el lamentable suceso: “Me comprometo a vivir el resto de mi vida de una manera que honre la memoria del entrenador Hughes ejemplificando a Cristo. Nunca será olvidado”.
Una broma que terminó de la peor manera
El trágico hecho ocurrió el viernes por la noche, cerca de las 23.40, en la localidad de Gainesville. Según informó la policía del condado de Hall, cinco adolescentes llegaron en dos autos a la casa de Hughes y comenzaron a lanzar rollos de papel sobre los árboles del jardín.
El profesor, que era padre de dos chicos, esperaba con ilusión este tipo de bromas, según contó su esposa. Esa noche, el hombre salió de la casa para sorprender a los chicos.
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En ese momento, los estudiantes se subieron rápidamente a sus vehículos para escapar. Estaba lloviendo; Hughes tropezó y cayó sobre la calle justo cuando una camioneta pickup arrancaba para huir. El conductor, Jayden Ryan Wallace, lo atropelló accidentalmente.
Los alumnos tiraron papel higiénico a la casa de Hughes. (Foto: gentilez Mirror)
Los otros estudiantes, identificados como Elijah Tate Owens, de 18 años, Aiden Hucks, de 18 años, Ana Katherine Luque, de 18 años, y Ariana Cruz, de 18 años, fueron arrestados en la escena. Bajaron enseguida del auto junto a Wallace para asistir a Hughes, pero el profesor fue declarado muerto mientras era trasladado al hospital local.
El conductor fue acusado de homicidio vehicular en primer grado, un delito grave en Georgia que puede significar entre tres y quince años de prisión, además de cargos por conducción imprudente.
Los otros cuatro estudiantes fueron detenidos y acusados de allanamiento ilegal y tirar basura en propiedad privada, aunque recuperaron la libertad bajo fianza.
La esposa de Hughes, que también es profesora en el mismo instituto, pidió públicamente que se retiren los cargos contra el joven conductor.
“Esta es una tragedia terrible, y nuestra familia está decidida a evitar que ocurra otra tragedia que arruine la vida de estos estudiantes”, expresó en declaraciones al New York Times.
La familia de Hughes difundió un comunicado en el que remarcaron que el profesor “conocía y apreciaba a los cinco estudiantes implicados y que procesarlos iría en contra de su vocación de ayudar a los jóvenes”.
Wallace y Hughes eran muy cercanos, declaró Matt Williams, amigo de Hughes, a abc News. “La familia quiere dejar claro que conocían a estos niños y los querían, y que estos niños querían a los Hughes. Esto no fue un acto malicioso”.
La decisión final sobre el futuro judicial de los estudiantes quedará en manos del fiscal del distrito, Lee Darragh.
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