Live updates and the latest news as Vladimir Putin and Trump envoy Steve Witkoff meet and Gavin Newsom and Kathy Hochul consider response to Texas congressional redistricting plan.

Some of President Trump's closest allies are expected to attend a dinner at Vice President JD Vance’s house tonight to craft a unified response to the Epstein files. Sources familiar with the meeting say those set to attend are White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles,

The Trump administration is considering publicly releasing the transcript of a Justice Department official's two-day interview with Ghislaine Maxwell last month, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News on Tuesday. “We’re leaning toward transparency,” the source said.

Ghislaine Maxwell did not say anything during her interview with the Justice Department in July that would be harmful to President Trump, CBS News has learned. According to a source familiar with the contents of the interview,

President Donald Trump says he “didn’t know” that Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred from a federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff