NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says pressure and sanctions are changing Vladimir Putin's calculus as Russia deals with heavy military losses in Ukraine as the war continues.

President Donald Trump interrupted his meeting with the Australian Prime Minister to reprimand a camera operator for bumping into a 400-year-old mirror that he recently moved up from 'the vaults.' The mirror is one of numerous stylistic changes the President has made since entering office earlier this year.

The White House East Wing was largely torn down in Trump’s ballroom construction. Today: Demolition that began yesterday at the White House continued, leaving the East Wing now almost completely demolished. Context: President Donald Trump had pledged the construction of his $250 million ballroom addition “won’t interfere with the current building.”

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