Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. And I'm Omnavaz on the News Hour tonight. The Department

of Government Efficiency that aim to slash budgets under Elon Musk takes on a new shape. Food banks

nationwide feel the pressure from rising food prices and cutbacks to government benefits. And we speak to Taiwan's deputy foreign minister about fears that U.S. support is waning

while the threat from China is rising.

We have to face, you know, two situations.

One is a day situation, the other one is a day-to-day situation.

The other one is a day-to-day situation.

Welcome to the News Hour. President Trump said today there's been progress in the U.S.-backed effort to end the war in Ukraine.

He said an initial plan has been, as he put it, fine-tuned and that only a few points of disagreement remain.

European officials tell the NewsHour that the most contentious issues that remain include whether Ukraine would give up territory to Russia. Trump says he's dispatching two envoys to build on recent talks in Geneva.

Special envoy Steve Wickoff will meet with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, and Secretary of the Army,

Dan Driscoll, will confer with the Ukrainians after meeting with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi today.

Ukraine's president, Vladimir Zelensky, was hoping for a direct meeting with President Trump.

In his nightly address, he said there has been some progress made on the US peace proposal.

The principles in this document can be developed into deeper agreements, and it is in our shared

interest that security is real. I count on continued active cooperation with the American side

and President Trump. Much depends on the United States, because it's America's strength

that Russia takes most seriously.

As today's talks unfolded, Russia launched a massive drone and missile strike on Ukraine,

killing at least seven people in the capital of Kiev.

Ukraine responded with drone strikes of its own on Russia.

Israel, meanwhile, says it received another set of human remains today, but it's unclear

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