Trump said yesterday on Truth Social that he hopes Russia and Ukraine will reach a peace deal this week, putting pressure on the two countries to come to an agreement as U.S.-brokered peace talks seemed to stall.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in Paris on Friday that the U.S. will “move on” from facilitating the deal if it’s not struck soon, adding that the administration will not “continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end.”

Trump later said of Rubio’s comments, “Marco is right,” adding that “if for some reason, one of the two parties makes it very difficult. We’re just going to say, ‘You’re foolish, you’re fools, you’re horrible people,’ and we’re going to just take a pass.”

Vice President JD Vance appeared to strike a more hopeful tone that same day, saying during a meeting with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni that the administration feels “optimistic” it can bring the war to an end.

Four House Democrats are traveling to El Salvador to advocate for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to the Central American country by the Trump administration.

The lawmakers, Reps. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., Maxine Dexter, D-Ore., and Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., are expected to meet with officials at the U.S. embassy this morning in El Salvador, receive classified briefings and speak with local human rights organizations and advocates.

The group of Democrats wants to “bring attention to President Trump’s illegal defiance of the binding and unanimous Supreme Court decision” that said that the administration must facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S., according to a press release about their trip.

Their visit comes days after Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., traveled to El Salvador, where he was able to meet with Abrego Garcia.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used his personal phone to send information about U.S. military operations in Yemen to a 13-person Signal group chat, including his wife and his brother, two sources with knowledge of the matter confirmed to NBC News.  

He did so after an aide had warned him to be careful not to share sensitive information on an unsecure communications system before the Yemen operation, the sources said. 

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The White House Easter Egg Roll will take place on the South Lawn today. Trump said yesterday he’ll be there, adding that he is expecting 40,000 people to attend. He said all funds from the event will go to the White House Historical Association.

The event, a tradition dating back to 1878, uses real eggs — a plan that the White House won’t be scrambling this year despite concerns over egg prices. The White House is expected to use around 30,000 eggs for decoration and games in the festivities, and this year marks the first time it will exclusively use small and medium-sized eggs that are not sold at markets.

American Egg Board president Emily Metz previously said in a statement to NBC News that those 30,000 eggs “represent a very small percentage of the nearly nine million dozen eggs sold at grocers and other retailers across the country each day.”

The White House posted a video on X yesterday showing a behind-the-scenes look at preparations for the egg roll.