President Trump reportedly stopped his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders to call Vladimir Putin.

German newspaper Gild reported that Trump paused the meeting, and it would resume when he finished speaking with Putin.

According to Axios, two sources familiar with the call also confirmed that the President took a break from his meeting to make the call.

The President is currently meeting with Zelensky, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Earlier, President Trump met with Zelensky one-on-one.

Trump initially said he would call Putin after the meetings to possibly organize a trilateral meeting between Trump, Putin, and Zelensky to finally end the war, The Gateway Pundit reported.

“If we have a trilat, there’s a good chance of maybe ending it,” Trump said of the war between Ukraine and Russia.

The President later revealed during his meeting with all of the European leaders who traveled to the White House that Putin has agreed to accept Ukrainian security guarantees, which Ukraine has demanded.

WATCH: Trump Reveals that Putin Agreed to Accept Security Guarantees for Ukraine – “the European Nations are Going to Take a Lot of The Burden”

Trump met with Putin on Friday in Anchorage, Alaska to discuss an end to the war.

This is a developing story.

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The last defendant in the Matthew Perry overdose death prosecutions has pleaded guilty.

A California woman known in the press as the ‘Ketamine Queen’, charged with several counts of dealing ketamine to Matthew Perry – including the fatal doses that killed him – agreed to plead guilty today (19).

Associated Press reported:

“Jasveen Sangha becomes the fifth and final defendant charged in the overdose death of the “Friends” star to strike a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Having initially pleaded not guilty, her change of plea means she’ll avoid a trial that had been planned for August.

Sangha agreed to plead guilty to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distribution of ketamine, and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury.”

Jasveen Sangha, ‘Ketamine Queen’ who sold drugs that killed Matthew Perry, accepts guilty plea in connection to actor’s death https://t.co/icmnNHWjc8 pic.twitter.com/f91CpGpaVb

— New York Post (@nypost) August 18, 2025

The DOJ used the name ‘Ketamine Queen’ in press releases, judicial filings and even in the name of the case against Sangha.

After initially pleading ‘not guilty’, she finally cut a deal with the prosecution.

“Sangha will officially change her plea to guilty at an upcoming hearing, where sentencing will be scheduled, prosecutors said. She could get up to 45 years in prisonaa

She and Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who signed his own plea deal June 16, had been the primary targets of the investigation. Three other defendants — Dr. Mark Chavez, Kenneth Iwamasa and Erik Fleming — agreed to plead guilty last year in exchange for their cooperation, which included statements implicating Sangha and Plasencia.”

Perry started using the drug to treat depression, but soon he became hooked on it, buying large quantities from Plasencia and eventually from Sangha.

“With the two men acting as middlemen, Perry bought large amounts of ketamine from Sangha, including 25 vials for $6,000 in cash four days before his death. That purchase included the doses that killed Perry, prosecutors said.”

Read more:

California Doctor Pleads Guilty to Four Counts of Illegal Distribution of Ketamine Resulting in ‘Friends’ Star Matthew Perry’s Overdose Death

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The Justice Department will hand over documents related Jeffrey Epstein to the House Oversight Committee this Friday.

“Officials with the Department of Justice have informed us that the Department will begin to provide Epstein-related records to the Oversight Committee this week on Friday. There are many records in DOJ’s custody, and it will take the Department time to produce all the records and ensure the identification of victims and any child sexual abuse material are redacted. I appreciate the Trump Administration’s commitment to transparency and efforts to provide the American people with information about this matter,” House Oversight Chairman James Comer announced on Monday.

Chairman @RepJamesComer confirms DOJ will begin sending House Oversight documents related to Epstein on Friday:

“Officials with the Department of Justice have informed us that the Department will begin to provide Epstein-related records to the Oversight Committee this week…

— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) August 18, 2025

Comer told reporters that he expects to receive the Epstein documents very soon.

We are working closely with @TheJusticeDept to obtain all the documents related to the Epstein investigation.

Chairman @RepJamesComer: “I expect to receive the documents very very soon.” pic.twitter.com/sWseOiSPo5

— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) August 18, 2025

Earlier this month Comer subpoenaed “all documents and communications relating or referring to” Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell by August 19.

“While the Department undertakes efforts to uncover and publicly disclose additional information related to Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell’s cases, it is imperative that Congress conduct oversight of the federal government’s enforcement of sex trafficking laws generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and prosecution of Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell,” Comer wrote in a letter Attorney General Pam Bondi.

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As Volodymyr Zelensky and his merry band of Euro-Globalists meet with US President Donald J. Trump for talks on the peace process in Ukraine, the war rages on.

And the Kiev regime has enacted a very specific provocation with an attack on a vital Pipeline that runs from Russia through Ukraine into Hungary and Slovakia.

Sputnik reported:

“Russian oil supplies to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline have been suspended following the Ukrainian military’s attacks on the pipe’s key distribution station ‘Unecha’ in Russia’s Bryansk region.”

“Hungary sees the strikes as an attempt on the country’s sovereignty and energy security, FM Peter Szijjarto underscored.”

Reuters reported:

“Ukraine has stepped up attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure, a key conduit for generating money for Kremlin’s war efforts, with oil and gas sales accounting for a quarter of Russia’s state total budget proceeds.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha neither confirmed nor denied the account of the latest attack, but wrote on X that Hungary “can now send complaints” to Moscow, not Kyiv.”

The Hungarian Foreign Minister doubled down on his harsh criticism of Kiev:

“Szijjarto wrote on Facebook that he had talked to Russian Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin who told him that experts were working to restore the transformer station he says was hit in the latest attack, but it was unclear when deliveries would resume.”

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