Here's what happened during President Donald Trump's 5th week in office

President Donald Trump and his medication continued to beforehand negotiations with Ukraine and Russia this week successful an effort to scope a bid woody to extremity the struggle betwixt the 2 countries. 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz met with Russian officials successful Riyadh connected Tuesday to sermon ways to extremity the war, portion U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg met with Ukrainian officials successful Kyiv astir a bid woody connected Wednesday. 

The meetings accrued hostility betwixt the U.S. and Ukraine erstwhile Ukrainian Volodymyr President Zelenskyy told reporters successful Turkey that "nobody decides thing down our back," claiming Ukraine wasn’t invited to the gathering betwixt the U.S. and Russia. Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine won’t hold to a woody unless Ukraine is portion of the talks. 

TRUMP'S FRUSTRATIONS WITH ZELENKSYY ESCALATE AS US TURNS UP PRESSURE ON UKRAINE TO REACH PEACE DEAL 

In response, some Trump and Zelenskyy exchanged barbs. Although Russia invaded Ukraine successful February 2022, Trump insinuated that Ukraine started the warfare and called Zelenskyy a "dictator." Meanwhile, Zelenskyy claimed Trump was dispersing Russian "disinformation." 

Even so, the Trump medication has defended its determination to conscionable with Russia, claiming it’s indispensable to beforehand the negotiations. 

"How are you going to extremity the warfare unless you're talking to Russia?" Vice President JD Vance said astatine the Conservative Political Action Conference adjacent the nation's superior connected Thursday. "You've got to speech to everybody progressive successful the fighting. If you really privation to bring the struggle to a close."

Here’s what besides happened this week astatine the White House:

Weeding retired unconstitutional regulations

Trump signed an enforcement bid Wednesday requiring national agencies to measure regulations that could interruption the Constitution arsenic the medication seeks to chopped reddish tape. 

Senior medication officials told Fox News Digital the bid is archetypal of its benignant and an effort to guarantee the authorities isn't weaponized against the American people. It volition necessitate agencies to taxable a database to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) wrong the adjacent 60 days of each regulations that could beryllium unconstitutional.

OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) and the recently created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) volition oversee the effort and analyse national agencies’ regulations. 

TRUMP TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER INSTRUCTING AGENCIES TO HUNT DOWN REGULATIONS THAT VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION

DOGE officials astatine national agencies volition constitute an inventory of regulations that could interruption the Constitution and present the database to OMB. After the 60 days, the OIRA volition spell done the database of regulations and marque idiosyncratic decisions connected which are unconstitutional and volition motorboat the process of repealing the regulations connected a case-by-case basis. 

OIRA oversees enforcement subdivision regulations, portion the recently created DOGE aims to destruct authorities waste, fraud and spending.

Expanding IVF coverage 

Trump signed an enforcement bid Tuesday requesting the Domestic Policy Council analyse ways to marque successful vitro fertilization, known arsenic IVF, much affordable and accessible for Americans. 

"Americans request reliable entree to IVF and much affordable attraction options, arsenic the outgo per rhythm tin scope from $12,000 to $25,000," the enforcement bid said. "Providing support, awareness, and entree to affordable fertility treatments tin assistance these families navigate their way to parenthood with anticipation and confidence."

‘PROMISES KEPT’: TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO ‘AGGRESSIVELY’ MAKE IVF MORE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE 

The adjunct to the president for home argumentation volition supply argumentation recommendations with the extremity of "protecting IVF entree and aggressively reducing out-of-pocket and wellness program costs for IVF treatment" wrong 90 days. 

Ending payer backing for amerciable immigrants 

Trump besides signed an enforcement bid that ensures tax-payer benefits bash not spell toward amerciable immigrants successful an effort to amended support the interests of American citizens. 

The directive requires national agencies to find if immoderate federally funded programs are providing fiscal benefits to amerciable immigrants and instantly instrumentality "corrective action" truthful that these national funds don’t bolster amerciable immigration. Likewise, the bid instructs agencies to instrumentality stricter eligibility verification to guarantee that these benefits don’t spell to those successful the U.S. illegally. 

The bid did not place circumstantial benefits, and notes that amerciable immigrants are mostly barred from qualifying for payment programs. However, the bid states without providing grounds that past administrations person "repeatedly undercut the goals of that law, resulting successful the improper expenditure of important payer resources."

"My Administration volition uphold the regularisation of law, support against the discarded of hard-earned payer resources, and support benefits for American citizens successful need, including individuals with disabilities and veterans," the bid states.

"President Trump is committed to safeguarding Federal nationalist benefits for American citizens who are genuinely successful need, including individuals with disabilities and veterans," a White House information expanse connected the enforcement bid said.