Courts stopped Trump actions on everything from freezing federal grants to firing federal workers. The Trump administration toyed with ignoring them, which would launch the country into a full-blown constitutional crisis if he did. (Some experts say we’re already there .)

Trump’s relationship with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly soured as Trump called Zelenskyy a "dictator" and said he "started" the country’s war with Russia, a claim we rated Pants on Fire.

President Donald Trump reversed course on Friday and said Russia did in fact invade Ukraine, and that Kyiv would soon sign a minerals agreement with the United States as part of efforts to end the Ukraine war.

Trump's comments could reflect a shift in Washington's response to the Russia-Ukraine war. He has pushed for a peace deal between the two, but Ukraine and its supporters say the U