President Trump welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to the White House in what has been billed as a consequential meeting for the two conservative leaders nearly a year into Trump’s second administration.

As the government shutdown hits Day 38, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Democrats offered a plan that would reopen the government. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.)

Orbán played his part to ingratiate himself with Trump today, arriving with an offer to buy U.S. nuclear fuel and technology, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister PÉTER SZIJJÁRTÓ. He also brought along a 180-member delegation of business leaders.

Ukraine held its breath during President Donald Trump’s Friday bilateral meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House, through which Orban steadily sought to move the president off his current position on its war against Russia.

Hungarian President Viktor Orbán got a chuckle out of Donald Trump when he declared it would take a "miracle" for Ukraine to win the war against Russia.

The government shutdown hits Day 38 on Friday, and flight cancellations are rippling across U.S. airports as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) looks to ease the burden on unpaid air traffic controllers.

The two leaders are aligned politically but Washington has criticized Hungary for importing Russian energy even as rest of Europe unplugs from Moscow. Visit could see Hungary could striking LNG deal with Trump.

Trump told Putin not to escalate war in Ukraine days after the election, reports say - On the campaign trail, Trump has promised to end the Russia–Ukraine war