What we covered here• Ukraine war: The White House is mounting an increasingly urgent push to strike a peace deal in Ukraine, with President Donald Trump meeting face-to-face yesterday with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump said during his St. Peter’s confab with Zelensky they discussed briefly the issue of Crimea, which the US would recognize as Russian under an American peace proposal that Zelensky has rejected.• Funding Trump’s agenda: Congressional Republicans will resume work this week on a massive policy package advancing Trump’s agenda. Top Democrats are hosting a sit-in on the Capitol steps today to protest the GOP budget efforts. Democrats are facing pressure from voters to better counter Trump, who has seen a sharp decline in approval ratings, according to a new CNN poll.• Government overhaul: Nearly 100 days into Trump’s presidency, more than 120,000 federal jobs have been cut across at least 30 agencies. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has served as a battering ram in Trump’s sweeping effort to reshape government.
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