The Aug. 15 summit will mark the first time the U.S. and Russia leaders will be together in person during President Trump's second term.

Trump said earlier that Russia and Ukraine were close to a ceasefire deal that could require Ukraine to surrender significant territory.

Obama-appointed Judge James Boasberg exceeded his authority when he threatened the Trump administration with criminal contempt, an appeals court found

The case involves deportation flights to El Salvador and whether the administration ignored the judge’s order that they return to the United States.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled 2-1 Friday that U.S. District Judge James Boasberg cannot move forward with possible contempt proceedings against the Trump administration. The case involves the administration’s alleged violation of an emergency court order blocking the administration from using a 1798 law to summarily deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador — the latest in an evolving,