In a statement, national security adviser Mike Waltz said that President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and other advisers “negotiated an exchange that serves as a show of good faith from the Russians and a sign we are moving in the right direction to end the brutal and terrible war in Ukraine.”

The moves reflect the new administration’s dizzying pace as the president and his allies seek to remake the federal government.

Federal judges have blocked President Trump's executive orders related to the Department of Government Efficiency and ending birthright citizenship.

A federal appeals court granted the Justice Department's request to drop the case against two of President Trump's co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago documents probe.