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Putin says he thinks the war with Ukraine ‘is coming to an end’ as Trump-brokered 3-day ceasefire begins
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said he thinks the war with Ukraine could end soon.
«I think that the matter is coming to an end,» Putin told reporters, according to Reuters.
Putin’s words came a day after Trump announced a three-day ceasefire to celebrate the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II, as well as a massive prisoner exchange between both nations.
The ceasefire began on Saturday and will run through Monday, Trump wrote on Truth Social. «The celebration in Russia is for Victory Day but, likewise, in Ukraine, because they were also a big part and factor of World War II.»
TRUMP ANNOUNCES SURPRISE THREE-DAY CEASEFIRE IN RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said he thinks the war with Ukraine could end soon. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP)
«This ceasefire will include a suspension of all kinetic activity, and also a prisoner swap of 1,000 prisoners from each country,» he added. «This request was made directly by me, and I very much appreciate its agreement by President Vladimir Putin and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.»
The day was celebrated with Russia’s most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years.
The war in Ukraine has dragged on for more than four years after Russia invaded the country in February 2022, with the Kremlin initially believing it could win quickly yet Russia still hasn’t been able to take the entire Donbass region.
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President Donald Trump walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Putin told reporters that he would prefer to talk to German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder when asked about talks with European leaders.
He added that he would only consider speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a lasting peace deal had been agreed upon.
On X, Zelenskyy confirmed the exchange of prisoners captured during the four-year conflict, which began when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbor.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President-elect Donald Trump shake hands after their meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, on Dec. 7, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidency/Anadolu/Getty Images)
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«Within the framework of the negotiating process mediated by the American side, we received Russia’s agreement to conduct a prisoner exchange in the format of 1,000 for 1,000,» he wrote. «A ceasefire regime must also be established on May 9, 10, and 11. Ukraine is consistently working to bring its people home from Russian captivity. I have instructed our team to promptly prepare everything necessary for the exchange.»
Zelenskyy also thanked Trump for his diplomatic involvement in the process and said he hopes the United States will make sure Moscow abides by the agreement.
Fox News’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
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GOP can’t agree on key part of Trump’s housing affordability push as infighting continues
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President Donald Trump is leaning on Congress to tee up an affordability win ahead of November’s midterm elections, but entrenched GOP disagreement on a sweeping housing proposal threatens to derail it.
Trump on Monday called on the House to swiftly approve Senate-passed legislation aimed at easing housing affordability that has languished in the lower chamber for several months. House Republicans, however, have balked at that request and are pitching a rival plan.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., teased earlier in the week that Republicans and Democrats would come together to bring a «bipartisan, bicameral bill to the president’s desk.»
«I think everybody feels like it’s important, so we’re just working out some nuances,» Johnson said.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks at a press conference with House Republican leaders at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2026. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Senior House lawmakers on Thursday unveiled a modified version of the Senate’s 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which is expected to receive a vote in the lower chamber as early as next week.
Any changes to the Senate’s proposal would force the upper chamber to consider the measure again, prolonging the timeline lawmakers can send legislation to Trump’s desk.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., one of the chief architects of the Senate’s bill, declined to say whether she was speaking with her counterparts in the House about tweaks to the bill, and argued that lawmakers were running out of time to do something.
«There’s a housing crisis out there,» Warren said. «This bill can pass today if the House would just put it on the floor and vote on it. We need to get started, and if the House has more ideas than they’d like to add, start another bill.»
Some GOP lawmakers are not sweating the wait.
«We cannot take the Senate bill to the floor,» House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., told Fox News Digital in an interview earlier this week.
The political dynamics are much different in the Senate, however. And the housing bill passed with fewer than a dozen defectors in March — a rare feat in such a hyper-partisan Congress.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., argued that the easiest route to putting the legislation on Trump’s desk is passing the Senate’s version.
«It’s been sitting over there for a while and the president’s weighed in on it. I think, you know, the White House made it clear, they would like to see the House pick up and pass the Senate bill,» Thune said. «We’ve done what we can do. It’s in the court of the House now.»
The House product struck out a controversial provision taking aim at the build-to-rent market that drew the opposition of conservatives, who argued the language amounted to excessive government interference in the housing market.
The clause in the Senate’s proposal would have specifically required some developers to sell single-family homes built for the purpose of renting within seven years after construction. The build-to-rent industry and opponents of the provision argued their properties provide a more affordable option for some Americans priced out of the housing market and could imperil the supply of rentals across the country.
«We’ve got to make sure we do it in a right way that continues to keep free markets,» Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, said, adding that the clause in the Senate bill could make it «impossible» for some people to access housing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., are pitching rival housing bills as President Donald Trump looks for a legislative win on affordability. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Kent Nishimura/Getty Images; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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The proposal, however, would also weaken a ban on large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes — a priority of the Trump administration.
The House’s rival housing bill notably preserves a ban on central bank digital currencies (CBDC) through 2030 that was included in the Senate’s legislation.
House conservatives raged at the Senate bill for stopping short of enacting a permanent CBDC ban — a top priority of GOP privacy hawks, who have sought to add the language to various legislative vehicles.
«It has to be permanent,» Cloud said. «We’ve got to put the nail in the coffin on it.»
House Financial Services Chairman French Hill, R-Ark., a co-author of the House’s rival housing package, said he shared Trump’s goal of expanding access to affordable homeownership in a statement Thursday.
«It cuts unnecessary barriers to new home construction, modernizes HUD programs, and allows banks to more freely deploy funding into their communities,» Hill said regarding the lower chamber’s proposal. «We must get this right — and I am committed to working hard to do that.»
Not everyone in the Senate is upset by the House’s decision to modify the bill.
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., was one of the few lawmakers to vote against the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, and told Fox News Digital that housing affordability isn’t something that’s dictated by the federal government.
Prospective buyers arrive during an open house in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., on May 9, 2026, amid rising mortgage rates that could slow the spring home sales season. (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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«If you wanted to actually reduce housing costs, it’s local governments who are gonna have to allow more houses to be built,» Scott said.
The legislative standoff comes as a recent Fox News poll found that nearly 80% of voters said housing costs were a problem for them or their family. The same survey also found that Democrats hold a lead over Republicans on inflation and the economy.
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Gremios amenazan con bloquear los accesos a los tres estadios de México en los que se jugará el Mundial
A menos de un mes del comienzo del Mundial, un combativo gremio docente y distintas organizaciones sindicales y sociales amenazan con bloquear los accesos a los tres estadios mexicanos donde se jugarán 13 partidos del torneo de fútbol masculino.
La advertencia incluye el debut del seleccionado local ante Sudáfrica en el mítico Azteca de Ciudad de México, el 11 de junio, que marcará el inicio del campeonato.
La Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE), una corriente disidente dentro del magisterio mexicano, adelantó que decretará en breve una huelga indefinida que promete tener una fuerte repercusión durante el Mundial.
“La huelga está decidida. Solo falta poner fecha”, dijo a TN el dirigente Pedro Hernández Morales, secretario general de la seccion 9 del gremio en el Distrito Federal.
La decisión final se tomará en un congreso sindical previsto para este sábado.
¿Peligran los partidos del Mundial que se disputarán en México?
México albergará a 13 partidos del Mundial que se jugará también en Canadá y Estados Unidos.
Cinco encuentros se disputarán en el Estadio Azteca, donde Diego Maradona levantó el trofeo en 1986; otros cuatro en Guadalajara (centro-oeste) y los cuatro restantes en Monterrey (norte).
La estrategia de los docentes, que reclaman cambios en la ley de jubilaciones y la cancelación de una reforma educativa que juzgan de neoliberal, es simple.
El mítico estadio Azteca, de Ciudad de México, albergará el debut del Mundial el 11 de junio (Foto: EFE)
“Nos presentaremos en la vera de los estadios donde se van a jugar los partidos para hacer visibles nuestras demandas. Manejamos un menú de medidas. Va a haber manifestaciones en la calle, bloqueos, exhibición de lonas (telas de plástico)… Hay muchas formas para expresar nuestra disconformidad”, dijo Hernández Morales.
Pero los maestros no estarán solos. Los agricultores anunciaron que aprovecharán el torneo para visibilizar sus demandas. En concreto, presionan por un aumento en los precios del maíz en alianza con transportistas, víctimas de la inseguridad en las rutas nacionales.
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Estos sectores preparan también un paro nacional y un eventual bloqueo de carreteras durante la inauguración del Mundial.
También anunciaron que saldrán a las calles las madres que buscan a sus hijos desaparecidos y los padres de los 43 estudiantes de Ayotzinapa, secuestrados y desaparecidos el 26 de septiembre de 2014 en Iguala, en el estado de Guerrero, sur del país, en un caso sin resolución y que sacudió a México.
“Seremos miles de docentes, las madres que buscan a sus hijos, los padres de Ayotzinapa, los agricultores que presionan por precios justos a sus productos, los transportistas que se quejan de la inseguridad y el alza del precio de la gasolina. Se va a juntar muchísima inconformidad”, dijo Hernández Morales.
El intento de Claudia Sheinbaum por destrabar la presión sindical
La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, no quiere problemas. Ya en abril se quejó de los reclamos de distintos sectores que presagiaban un Mundial con alta conflictividad sindical.
“Ahora ya todos quieren impedir el Mundial”, dijo en abril.
En las últimas semanas, el gobierno buscó aplacar la presión docente con una propuesta polémica: adelantar y extender seis semanas las vacaciones escolares durante el torneo. El plan preveía decretar el fin del ciclo escolar el 5 de junio, en lugar del 15 de julio previsto. La medida finalmente fue dejada de lado ante las fuertes críticas de asociaciones de padres, ONG y la oposición. La presidenta mexicana Claudia Sheinbaum presentó el plan de organización de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026 en Ciudad de México el 10 de noviembre de 2025. (Foto: Carl de Souza/AFP)
“Es muy probable que esta intentona fallida de adelantar el final del horario escolar haya respondido a ese deseo de evitar que los profesores pudieran causar problemas durante el Mundial. Seguramente los docentes usarán eso para chantajear al gobierno y habrá que ver que tanto Sheinbaum está dispuesta a ceder a sus intereses”, dijo a TN el exdiputado Fernando Rodríguez Doval, ex secretario nacional del Partido Acción Nacional (PAN, derecha).
Ahora, el gobierno busca mantener bajo control la calle cuando todos los ojos del mundo estarán puestos en el estadio Azteca el 11 de junio, durante la inauguración del torneo.
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Fuentes del gobierno afirmaron que “la seguridad está garantizada”. Pero la preocupación crece a menos de un mes del comienzo del certamen.
Las señales son inquietantes. El 17 de abril, estudiantes del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), de Ciudad de México, tomaron las instalaciones del Canal Once de televisión. Allí, ante las cámaras, alertaron que “no habrá Mundial” si las autoridades no atienden sus reclamos ante una serie de supuestas irregularidades en ese centro de estudios.
“Va a ser un mes de junio bastante movido”, resumió Hernández Morales.
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