Rubio's remarks came after Zelenskyy's verbal clash with US President Donald Trump and US Vice President Vance at the White House on Friday (local time).
European leaders rallied behind Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, expressing strong solidarity in the wake of his heated verbal clash with President Trump and Vice President Vance at the White House on Friday (local time).
Zelenskyy's visit comes at a time when the US is pursuing a rare earth material deal with Ukrainem, and the US President has been actively talking about ending the Russia-Ukraine war soon, talking with various Western leaders on the issue.
"It's now confirmed, and we're going to be signing an agreement," Trump said on Wednesday morning (local time) at the outset of his first Cabinet meeting at the White House, as per Politico.
During her briefing, Leavitt announced that the journalists who were earlier 'chosen' to cover the White House by the White House Correspondents' Association, will now be chosen by the White House Press Team.
US District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, denied the Associated Press' request for an immediate injunction to stop the Trump administration from barring its reporters from events. The judge also scheduled another hearing for the case for March 20.
As the legal row between the Associate Press and the White House continues, the latter issued a statement on Monday regarding the access of journalists to the Oval Office and Air Force One, calling it to be a 'privilege' and not a 'legal right'.
"This peace must not mean a surrender of Ukraine. It must not mean a ceasefire without guarantees. This peace must allow for Ukrainian sovereignty and allow Ukraine to negotiate with other stakeholders," Macron said at a joint news conference with Trump at the White House, as per CNN.
US tech billionaire Elon Musk asked all federal employees on Saturday to share the progress achieved in their work in the last week and said that failure to respond would be taken as a resignation.