Weapons' flexes in week 2, plus detail on upfront ad sales and highlights from Variety's Truth Seekers event are on today's 'Daily Variety' podcast.

Jake Tapper didn’t mince words in denouncing President Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News over a “60 Minutes” segment, which Paramount Global settled by paying Trump $16 million. “I will say this proudly underneath the Paramount+ banner,

President Donald Trump is ratcheting up pressure on Ukraine to agree to terms to end the war with Russia, echoing some of Moscow’s talking points two days after meeting President Vladimir Putin.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff told CNN on Sunday that the status and borders of the five disputed regions in Ukraine -- Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, and parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson -- is "the crux of the deal" Trump is trying to negotiation between Zeleknsky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

On Tuesday’s edition of “The Lead,” Tapper took aim at what he called “the disconnection of President Trump from facts and reality,” highlighting the president’s repeated issues with basic numbers and his habit of bending data to suit his political needs.

Tapper was left stunned by Steve Witkoff’s insistence that Trump’s abandonment of a resolute ceasefire demand on Putin would end the Ukraine war “quicker.” The post ‘How?’ Jake Tapper Stunned as Steve Witkoff Claims Dropping Ceasefire Demand Will End Ukraine War ‘Quicker’ first appeared on Mediaite.

CNN's Jake Tapper and NYT reporter Maggie Haberman discuss whether President Trump believes his own lies, like George Costanza from Seinfeld JAKE TAPPER, CNN: On CNBC [Tuesday], he said three things that are,