Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft agreed to do free legal work on causes the White House supports.

Firms seeking to avoid sanctions from President Donald Trump have agreed to provide nearly $1 billion in legal services to causes he supports.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that several law firms had agreed to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in pro bono legal work on certain causes they and the administration support. Kirkland & Ellis LLP,

Steve Witkoff will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit, which was not previously announced, state media said. It comes as talks on the war in Ukraine have stalled.

The Trump administration pushed to advance Ukraine peace talks that have stalled in recent weeks, with special envoy Steve Witkoff meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Witkoff, who has previously traveled to Russia twice this year to meet Putin,

President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social that he has “ authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%.” Trump also raised the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%.

Even as President Trump hits the brakes on tariffs on many countries, his duties on China and a few major sectors promises a global economic shake-up not seen in decades.Trump’s second-term tariffs on China now total 145%,

President Trump paused the vast majority of the tariffs he had instituted for 90 days. It was a remarkable about-face for a president who had urged calm across days of market turmoil. Tyler Pager, a White House correspondent for The New York Times,

Consumer prices in March were up 2.4% from a year ago — a smaller annual increase than forecasters had expected. While President Trump has suspended many of his new tariffs, import taxes that remain could push prices higher in the months to come.