President Trump heads to Texas Friday to survey flood damage, Trump turns sharply critical of Russia's Putin, DOGE gains access to database that controls government payments to farmers and ranchers.

President Trump has been critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent days. NPR looks at the deteriorating relationship and whether Trump might take steps against Russia in favor of Ukraine.

NPR talks with military analyst Michael Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about Russia's gains in Ukraine and what they reveal about the war's direction.

Ukraine scrambled to defend itself from Russia's largest barrage of missiles and airstrikes on Kyiv overnight. Trump says no progress was made to end the war during a call with Russia's Putin.

Russia launched the largest aerial assault on Ukraine overnight Sunday since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The NATO summit wraps up today with most members promising to dramatically increase their defense spending. President Trump attended.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The NATO summit wraps up today with most members promising to dramatically increase their defense spending. President Trump attended. He gave a long and wide-ranging press ...

NPR's Michel Martin asks the Atlantic Council's Jonathan Panikoff whether a ceasefire agreement will stick between two countries that have spent decades antagonizing each other, Israel and Iran.

NPR's Michel Martin asks the Atlantic Council's Jonathan Panikoff whether a ceasefire agreement will stick between two countries that have spent decades antagonizing each other, Israel and Iran.

Panikoff told NPR's Michel Martin what he sees as Iran's diminished deterrence, the uncertain future of nuclear diplomacy, shifting regional dynamics and the potential for deeper ties between Russia ...