Trump Talks to Putin and Zelenskyy; Biden Thanks Supporters After Cancer Diagnosis

President Donald Trump said he plans to speak by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the morning of May 19, followed by calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO allies, to broker a cease-fire in the Russia–Ukraine war. Trump’s remarks come on the heels of the first direct peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv since 2022, which were held in Istanbul on May 16 but failed to produce a cease-fire.

Former U.S. President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer on Friday, with the cancer cells having spread to the bone. In a post on social media platform X on Monday morning, Biden posted a photo of himself and his wife, Jill Biden, and wrote: “Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.”

Topics in this episode include:

1. White House Says Trump-Putin Phone Call Still Ongoing
2. Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer
3. Biden Thanks Supporters After Cancer Diagnosis
4. Doctors: There’s Treatment but No Cure for Biden
5. Explicit Deepfakes Set to Be Criminalized
6. GOP’s Big Budget Bill Advances, Negotiations Continue
7. FBI Identifies Suspect in Palm Springs Bomb Attack
8. 7 Inmates Still at Large After New Orleans Jail Escape
9. Trump and Putin Call: Talks on Cease-Fire, Trade
10. Trump Criticizes Walmart Over Price Hikes
11. Bessent Not Worried About Moody’s Downgrade
12. New Jersey Rail Strike Ends
13. Dawn Richard Testifies in Combs’s Sex Trafficking Case
14. Kash Patel Confirms Epstein Death a Suicide
15. Tornadoes Kill More Than Two Dozen People
16. Netanyahu Says Israel Will Control All of Gaza
17. PM Starmer Hails ‘New Era’ Between Britain and EU
18. Bessent to Join G7 Finance Ministers in Alberta
19. Pro-EU Candidate Wins Romanian Presidential Race
20. Portugal’s Ruling Party Wins Election, Short of Majority
21. Lufthansa Plane Flew Without Pilot for 10 Minutes
22. Top Space Official Warns of China, Russia Threats
23. Nvidia to Establish R&D Center in Taipei
24. A Ballet Dancer’s Resilience
25. Candlelight Concert Warms Community in Upstate New York

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