In an executive order, Trump says "I find that the Government of India is currently directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil" and due to those purchases, imports of Indian goods into the United States "shall be subject to an additional ... rate of duty of 25%."

TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING: The Kremlin said Vladimir Putin and Trump will meet in the ‘coming days’ after the U.S. president said he hoped to hold a meeting with his Russian counterpart in person to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet in the coming days, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Thursday, in what would be the first summit between leaders of the two countries since 2021.

President Trump and Vice President Vance addressed reports of a meeting with key Trump admin officials about the Epstein files. They’re calling it “fake news,” despite multiple outlets reporting it would take place.

Vice President JD Vance is hosting a dinner with Pam Bondi, Kash Patel and other Trump officials, where the administration's handling of the Epstein case will be discussed.

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.