Trump also criticized Ukraine’s Zelenskyy for his comments on the war.
President Donald Trump on Sunday agreed to delay the deadline for a 50% tariff on the European Union. The president also weighed in on Russia’s escalated, overnight attacks on Ukraine while criticizing both Putin and Zelenskyy.
Trump also continued to criticize Harvard on Sunday, questioning the university’s transparency and demanding that it reveal its international students’ identities.
On Capitol Hill, the House this week passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to fund Trump’s domestic agenda. It now heads to the Senate, where it will likely be changed.
Leavitt pushes Senate to pass budget bill, calls out House holdouts
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said she was confident the Senate would pass the budget bill and that her team was “suiting up” to get it through the Senate.
When asked about GOP Reps. Thomas Massie and Warren Davidson’s no votes on the bill, the press secretary stressed that the president has pushed for unity within the Republican party.
“Republicans like Thomas Massie and others should take note,” she said.
White House does not commit to releasing the names of meme coin dinner guests
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked if the White House would release the names of the guests who invested millions of dollars to have dinner with President Donald Trump Thursday night.
She didn’t answer the question.
“The president is attending it in his personal time. It is not a White House dinner. It’s not taking place here at the White House,” she said.
Leavitt attacks Boston judge over ruling on deporting men to South Sudan
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt attacked Judge Brian Murphy, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts for his ruling over the deportation of eight men to the South Sudan.
Murphy ruled the administration “unquestionably” violated an earlier order by not giving the men adequate due process before deporting them. The judge, however, did not order their immediate return.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a briefing at the White House, May 22, 2025, in Washington.
Leavitt called the decision absurd.
“Judge Brian Murphy is not the Secretary of State. He is not the Secretary of Defense or the commander in chief. He is a district court judge in Massachusetts. He cannot control the foreign policy or the national security of the United States of America,” she said.
Trump ‘saddened and outraged’ by killing of 2 Israeli Embassy staff members
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt opened her press briefing on Thursday by stating that President Donald Trump is “saddened and outraged” by the killing of two Israeli Embassy staff members in Washington, D.C.
“The evil of antisemitism must be eradicated from our society,” Leavitt said. “I spoke to the attorney general this morning. The Department of Justice will be prosecuting the perpetrator responsible for this to the fullest extent of the law. Hatred has no place in the United States of America under President Donald Trump.
Tributes are left at the Capital Jewish Museum, near the site where two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead, in Washington, May 22, 2025.
