



One day after President Donald Trump publicly lit into him at the White House, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in London trying to salvage Western support for his country’s ongoing war against Russia.
Zelenskyy was embraced Saturday by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who told him Ukraine’s war effort has “full backing across the United Kingdom.”
“We stand with you, with Ukraine, for as long as it may take,” said Starmer, who also met with Trump in Washington this week.
Zelenskyy was initially scheduled to visit the UK on Sunday, but his meeting with Starmer was moved up after Friday’s showdown with Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Trump and Vance accused Zelenskyy of “disrespecting” American support for Ukraine and being unwilling to seek a peaceful resolution to the war. Nation & World Page 4
Here are more Trump administration headlines from Saturday:
Border troops: The Pentagon is sending about 3,000 more active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to bolster Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, U.S. officials said Saturday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered elements of a Stryker brigade combat team and a general support aviation battalion for the mission, and they will be deployed in the coming weeks to join the 9,200 U.S. troops currently at the border.
Transgender youth ruling: Late Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King extended her previous order blocking Trump’s plan to pull federal funding from organizations that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The ruling came in response to lawsuits by Democratic attorneys general in three states and challenged two Trump executive orders: “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism” and “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation.”
Pete Rose pardon:Trump said Saturday that he will grant a posthumous pardon for disgraced baseball legend Pete Rose, who died last September at age 83. An MLB investigation found that Rose had bet on Cincinnati Reds games while playing for and managing the team from 1985 to 1987 — leading to his permanent ban from baseball and exclusion from the Hall of Fame — and he later served a five-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to tax fraud.Sports Page 4
— From Associated Press reports.