President Trump hosts NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte for a meeting at the White House. The president said earlier that he would put a 200% wine tariff on all wines and other alcoholic products coming out of the European Union if the bloc did not remove its tariff on U.S. whiskey.

Russia President Vladimir Putin said that Russia agreed with U.S. proposals for a ceasefire in Ukraine but that any ceasefire should lead to long-term peace, and would have to deal with the root causes of the conflict.

The White House is withdrawing President Donald Trump's nomination of Republican former congressman and vaccine critic Dave Weldon to serve as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, source familiar with the matter confirmed to the Epoch Times on Thursday (March 13).