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podcast from NPR and WBUR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman. President Trump says

he's hoping to schedule a trilateral meeting with himself and President Vladimir Putin of Russia

and Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky. NPR's Tamara Keith

reports Zelensky and European leaders were at the White House Monday in a follow-up to Trump's

Alaska summit with Putin. At the start of the White House meeting, European leaders expressed

cautious optimism as President Trump outlined the contours of a potential peace deal to end Russia's

war in Ukraine. In a very significant step, President Putin agreed that Russia would accept

security guarantees for Ukraine, and this is one of the key points that we need to consider,

and we're going to be considering that at the table also,

like, who will do what? But he added there would likely need to be a possible exchange of

territory where Russia has made gains. Trump said he hoped a trilateral meeting would be possible

very soon, and Zelensky echoed that hope. Tamara Keith, NPR News.

House Democrats in Texas have ended their two-week walkout setting the stage for a controversial passage of a congressional map that favors Republicans in next year's midterm elections.

From Houston Public Media, Andrew Schneider, reports.

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