President Donald Trump met with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte Wednesday, days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's White House visit.

Trump has pushed NATO members to spend at least 5 percent of their GDP on national defense. At a NATO summit in The Hague in June, most members agreed to a spending target of 5 percent of GDP — 3.5 percent on core military expenditure and 1.5 percent in defense-related areas such as military mobility by 2035.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday praised President Trump’s act of not providing Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles in its war with Russia. Speaking with CNN hours after meeting

Russia appears to have been deterred by NATO's firm response last month to incursions into Polish and Estonian airspace, but Moscow is expected to continue testing boundaries, the U.S. general serving as NATO's top commander said on Tuesday.

Germany said it would step in and temporarily cover the salaries of 11,000 local employees of the U.S. Armed Forces working inside the NATO ally amid the ongoing federal government shutdown in the U.S.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin needs to be made aware that any infringement or provocation against a NATO member will have unbearable consequences for him. — Ukrinform.

The Senate on Wednesday evening is slated to vote on the House-passed funding bill to reopen the federal government for the 12th time. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) wrapped up a speech that stretched over 22 hours,

Intelligence sharing is an intricate, delicate balance that hinges on trust—which was upturned for many of America's allies when President Donald Trump strode back into the White House at the start of the year.