The U.S. and Ukraine said they made progress on a plan to end the war with Russia.

That's where we're starting The Seven from the Washington Post. I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Monday, November 24th.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

On Saturday, President Donald Trump heaped pressure on Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky

to accept a controversial peace plan.

A leaked draft of the 28-point plan contained concessions that Ukraine has long held to be unacceptable,

like seating territory to Russia and significantly reducing the size of the Ukrainian army.

That plan drew major criticism, including from Republican lawmakers.

They said it would essentially reward Russia for invading Ukraine in 2022.

But yesterday, U.S. and Ukrainian officials said they had agreed to change that draft.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading the U.S. delegation at negotiations in Geneva.

He sought to downplay widespread claims that the plan was originally written by the Russian side, and he sounded optimistic yesterday about the next

steps. I don't want to declare victory or finality here. There's still some work to be done,

but we are much further ahead today at this time than we

were when we began this morning and where we were a week ago for certain.

Trump has set a Thanksgiving deadline for Russia and Ukraine to accept the deal. More talks are

planned for this week.

A surprising issue is dividing President Trump from his MAGA base. That's number two.

The president has been full-throated in his embrace of the tech industry's artificial intelligence boom.

He has appointed influential tech investors to key positions. He has scrapped

regulations introduced by former president Joe Biden, and he has facilitated huge investments from

foreign companies into American AI firms. But a growing cohort of Republicans argue that AI's breakneck growth could undermine their party's populist appeal.

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