The European Union has imposed more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest punitive measures against the Russian oil industry.

Trump said Oct. 22 that the sanctions "certainly will have an impact" on Russia and that he hopes Putin will "become reasonable."

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed new recruits into its training program before they have completed the agency's vetting process, a current and two former Department of Homeland Security officials told NBC News. The oversights come as ICE rushes to hire federal immigration officers to carry out Trump's mass deportation policy.

For Putin, the Zaporizhzhia plant serves as a valuable asset, one that can be traded to extract concessions from the West

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday oversaw a test of Russia's nuclear forces on land, sea and air to rehearse their readiness and command structure.

President Trump said last week that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet in Budapest, Hungary, though he did not say when.

Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Vladimir Putin had said he would “destroy” Ukraine if it did not agree.

U.S. President Donald Trump's hopes for a quick summit in Budapest with Russian President Vladimir Putin may be stalled after a preparatory session between the leaders' top foreign-policy aides this week was put on hold,