And we start the day's other headlines with the latest on a multinational prisoner exchange.

U.S. officials say that Belarus released three detainees from jail today, including one American.

That's part of a broader swap that saw the U.S. free Russian cybercriminal Alexander Vinnick.

He was suspected of funneling billions of dollars through his cryptocurrency exchange

and pleaded guilty last year to a money laundering charge. In return, Russia released American

school teacher Mark Fogle. I feel like the luckiest man on earth right now. The 63-year-old

Fogel joined President Trump at the White House late last night, holding a can of Iron City beer and draped in an American flag.

Mr. Trump said the exchange could be an important part in ending the war in Ukraine.

The federal judge has cleared the way for President Trump's plan to shrink the federal workforce through a deferred resignation plan.

U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. in Boston found a group of labor unions did not have

legal standing and calling the program illegal. Eligible workers had initially faced a deadline

last week to accept the offer commonly referred to as a buyout. Under the plan,

they would be allowed to leave their jobs with the promise of pay through the end of September.

Eight government watchdogs are suing President Trump for abruptly firing them last month.

The federal lawsuit argues the inspectors general who all served during Mr. Trump's first term should get their jobs back.

It states, quote, President Trump's attempt to eliminate a crucial and longstanding source of

impartial, nonpartisan oversight of his administration is contrary to the rule of law.

They further argue that Mr. Trump was legally required to give Congress 30 days notice beforehand.

In Washington, D.C., the newly installed board of trustees at the Kennedy Center voted today

to make President Trump its chairman. It comes days after Mr. Trump announced plans to overhaul

the institution and after he replaced the board with his own appointees. The board also voted to fire the institution's president, Deborah Rudder.

She had initially planned to leave at the end of the year.

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