Trump Says He Thinks Putin Will Make a Deal on Ukraine; DeSantis Announces Plans for 2nd Detention Center

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to make a deal on ending the war in Ukraine, after the Russian president floated the prospect of a U.S.–Russia nuclear arms agreement on the eve of their summit in Alaska. "I think he's going to make a deal," Trump said in a Fox News radio interview, adding that if the meeting were to go well, he would call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders afterward.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has said the state is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility—dubbed the “Deportation Depot”—at a state prison in northern Florida. DeSantis announced on Thursday that the new facility is to be housed at the Baker Correctional Institution, a state prison about 43 miles west of Jacksonville. It is expected to hold 1,300 immigration detention beds, though that capacity could be expanded to 2,000, state officials said.