Latest news and live updates as Trump signs an executive order to dismantle the Education Department and a federal judge rips the Justice Department over its response to his deportation questions.

As the Trump administration moves to dismantle it, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities.

A joint statement from Mr. Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Waltz, and the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said technical teams would meet in Saudi Arabia “in the coming days” to discuss broadening the cease-fire on energy sites to one covering activity in the Black Sea, “on the way to a full cease-fire.”

President Donald Trump is speaking by phone to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House said. On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to halt strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure after a lengthy conversation with Trump,