
News Wrap: Russia resumes Ukraine war after 'Easter truce'
Clip: 4/21/2025 | 5m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
News Wrap: Russia resumes fighting in Ukraine after 30-hour 'Easter truce'
In our news wrap Monday, Russian President Putin says fighting has resumed in its war against Ukraine after a 30-hour Easter truce ended, U.S. airstrikes in Yemen's capital city killed at least 12 people and wounded 30 more and four House Democrats are in El Salvador to advocate for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whom the Trump administration acknowledges it deported there by mistake.
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News Wrap: Russia resumes Ukraine war after 'Easter truce'
Clip: 4/21/2025 | 5m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
In our news wrap Monday, Russian President Putin says fighting has resumed in its war against Ukraine after a 30-hour Easter truce ended, U.S. airstrikes in Yemen's capital city killed at least 12 people and wounded 30 more and four House Democrats are in El Salvador to advocate for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whom the Trump administration acknowledges it deported there by mistake.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGEOFF BENNETT: In the day's other headlines: Russian President Vladimir Putin says fighting has resumed in its war against Ukraine after a 30-hour Easter truce ended.
Both sides accused the other of violating that cease-fire through the weekend.
In Kyiv, amid Easter gatherings, residents expressed skepticism about the truce, which Putin unilaterally declared.
For his part, President Putin, who has been under pressure from the Trump administration to show more willingness to make peace with Ukraine, indicated Moscow could be open to another longer cease-fire.
VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russian President (through translator): As we have always said, we look positively to any peace initiatives.
We hope that the representatives of the Kyiv regime will also feel the same way.
Overall, still, there has been a reduction in activity.
We welcome that, and we are ready to look at the future.
GEOFF BENNETT: This all comes ahead of another round of talks on Wednesday in London among U.S., Ukrainian, and European officials.
In the Middle East, U.S. airstrikes overnight in Yemen's capital city killed at least 12 people and wounded 30 more.
It is the latest in a monthlong campaign of strikes against Houthi rebels for their attacks on ships in the Red Sea and against Israel.
The Houthis, who are affiliated with Iran, say at least 200 people have been killed since U.S. strikes in Yemen intensified in mid-March.
The strikes occur against the backdrop of continuing U.S. talks with Iran over its nuclear program.
The latest dialogue on Saturday made very good progress, according to the Trump administration.
Four House Democrats are in El Salvador to advocate for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whom the Trump administration acknowledges it deported there by mistake.
Progressive Caucus members Yassamin Ansari, Maxine Dexter, Maxwell Frost, and Robert Garcia all urged El Salvador to let Abrego Garcia return.
Their trip was not taxpayer-funded.
On social media, Congresswoman Ansari said the case has implications beyond Abrego Garcia himself.
REP. YASSAMIN ANSARI (D-AZ): If there's not due process for Kilmar, there will be no due process for anyone.
We want to make sure that the United States does what it's supposed to do, follow the Supreme Court of the United States, and release him.
GEOFF BENNETT: Last week, Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen also went to El Salvador and unsuccessfully lobbied for Abrego Garcia's release.
The White House has called the trips by Democratic lawmakers an apology tour.
The Trump administration has not complied with the unanimous Supreme Court ruling ordering it to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return.
Harvard this afternoon sued the Trump administration over its recent decision to freeze $2.2 billion of the university's research funding.
That funding was halted last week after Harvard became the first major U.S. university to reject a list of White House demands, including federal audits of its programs and screening of international students.
The administration has also threatened Harvard's tax-exempt status.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed to multiple news outlets that she had her purse stolen while dining at a popular restaurant last night in Washington, D.C.
Her bag contained $3,000 cash, as well as several forms of I.D., like her driver's license, DHS access badge and passport.
The U.S. Secret Service, which provides security for Noem, says it reviewed security camera footage from the night and has launched an investigation.
Scattered thunderstorms are rumbling across the country tonight from Western New York all the way to the Gulf Coast.
That's after severe storms this Easter weekend brought tornadoes and flash floods that killed at least three people in Oklahoma.
Across that state and in neighboring Missouri, Arkansas and Texas, heavy winds tore off roofs and toppled power lines.
Two to four inches of rain fell in parts of Oklahoma this weekend and more heavy rain is expected across parts of the Central Plains this week.
In Orlando, Florida, all passengers and crew aboard a Delta Air Lines flight are safe and accounted for after one of the plane's engines caught fire on the tarmac.
Cell phone video showed flames spewing from the Atlanta-bound Airbus shortly after it pushed away from the gate for departure.
The nearly 300 passengers were forced to evacuate using the emergency inflatable slides.
It's the latest in a string of incidents that have raised questions about U.S. aviation safety.
Both Delta and the FAA say they are investigating the cause of the fire.
And, on Wall Street, stocks were in freefall today over investor concerns about President Trump's tariffs and his recent threats to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
The Dow dropped by nearly 1,000 points.
Both government bonds and the value of the U.S. dollar were in retreat too.
The Nasdaq plummeted by more than 400 points and the S&P fell nearly 125, as all three major indices lost more than 2 percent.
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