A report revealed the U.S. diplomat to be advising Russia on how to get through to Trump, raising questions about his priorities and foreign business ties.

Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war.

Diplomats have been focused on revisions to a proposed plan developed in negotiations between Washington and Moscow.

Fallout is growing over a leaked transcript of a call between President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and a senior Russian official, in which Witcoff appears to advise the Kremlin on how to best appeal to Trump about a peace plan and suggests setting up a call with Putin ahead of last month's visit to the White House by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, the president downplayed a report that his special envoy advised Russian officials on a peace plan.

Donald Trump is sticking with longtime friend and special envoy for peace missions, Steve Witkoff, even as a report late Tuesday appeared to portray Witkoff as coaching an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin on how to approach the U.

Leaked call transcripts between special envoy Steve Witkoff and a Putin advisor could derail Trump's progress on peace in Ukraine. And, air travel is back to normal just in time for Thanksgiving.

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The White House envoy’s conversation suggests that President Trump is determined to make a deal to end the war in Ukraine, even if it is mostly on Russia’s terms.

A transcript of the call appears to show Steve Witkoff coaching his Russian counterpart on how they could get a better deal to end the war in Ukraine