TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING: The Kremlin said Vladimir Putin and Trump will meet in the ‘coming days’ after the U.S. president said he hoped to hold a meeting with his Russian counterpart in person to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

The move comes after Ivy League universities Columbia and Brown struck settlements that require them to release information about applicants’ race.

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order requiring colleges to prove they do not consider race in admissions

President Trump and Vice President Vance addressed reports of a meeting with key Trump admin officials about the Epstein files. They’re calling it “fake news,” despite multiple outlets reporting it would take place.

Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president’s residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent conversation with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

NBC News reports Vice President JD Vance was set to host a private dinner with top DOJ officials to discuss the Trump admin’s strategy for handling fallout from the Epstein scandal. While Vance and Trump denied the dinner was Epstein-related,

The Trump administration is considering publicly releasing the transcript of a Justice Department official's two-day interview with Ghislaine Maxwell last month, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News on Tuesday. “We’re leaning toward transparency,” the source said.

Ghislaine Maxwell did not say anything during her interview with the Justice Department in July that would be harmful to President Trump, CBS News has learned. According to a source familiar with the contents of the interview,

President Donald Trump says he “didn’t know” that Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred from a federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas.