Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump defends tariffs, declines to comment on Ukraine aid

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said teams from the U.S. and Ukraine will hopefully meet next week.

“The Ukrainian and American teams have renewed their work, and we hope next week we will have a substantive meeting,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X.

Andrii Yermak, the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, will go to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to meet with U.S. officials to discuss possible peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday, a source in Zelenskyy’s office told ABC News.

Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, Foreign Affairs and military representatives may also attend the meeting, the source said.

It is unclear if anything will be signed at the meeting, but the source confirmed that the meeting will be about the peace talks.

--ABC News' Patrick Reevell and Oleksiy Pshemyskiy

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her call with President Donald Trump was "very respectful" in a press conference Thursday after the phone call.

At first, Trump said he wasn't going to change or delay the tariffs, but after she showed him how fentanyl crossing into the United States has decreased from January to February and how the additional 10,000 Mexican troops at the US-Mexico border is helping, as well as noted that Mexico sent back 29 people the U.S. wanted for various crimes, he changed his mind, Sheinbaum said.

"He didn't know this chart until we sent it to him," Sheinbaum said.

Sheinbaum repeatedly said it is her job to stand up for the people of Mexico.

She also said Mexico needs to develop its own production and manufacturing more so it isn't relying on the U.S. as much.

-ABC News' Ellie Kaufman

New hires at the CIA have begun getting laid off, the agency said Thursday.

"We are reviewing personnel within their first two years of service at the Agency. For some personnel, that process will result in termination," a CIA spokesperson told ABC News. "Our officers face unique pressures from working in situations that are fast-paced and high-stakes -- it's not for everyone."

Early last month, the CIA emailed a list of new employee names to the Office of Management and Budget in order to be in compliance with an executive order asking for employees still in the probationary phase.

Some government agencies have a probation period of six months, but the CIA list included new employees from the last two years. It can take two years or longer to complete initial CIA training and language courses.

CIA staffing numbers are classified, so it is unclear at this time how many will be affected.

-ABC News' Cindy Smith

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum posted on X after her call with Trump Thursday morning, saying, "We had an excellent and respectful call in which we agreed that our work and collaboration have yielded unprecedented results, within the framework of respect for our sovereignties."

The post included a screenshot of Trump's Truth Social post announcing he was pausing tariffs on most goods from Mexico.

Sheinbaum and Trump spoke before the pause was announced.

"We will continue to work together, particularly on migration and security issues, including reducing the illegal crossing of fentanyl into the United States, as well as weapons into Mexico," she added.

-ABC News' Ellie Kaufman