Truth Social after speaking with Putin by telephone earlier in the day. A date for the meeting was unclear. An earlier face-to-face meeting in August between Trump and Putin in Alaska failed to advance peace negotiations as Trump hoped.

John R. Bolton, the national security hawk and former adviser to President Trump who became one of his most outspoken critics, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Maryland on Thursday on charges ...

"I believe great progress was made with today's telephone conversation," he added.