‘WTF, Steve?’ U.S. lawmakers outraged after Witkoff calls Putin a ‘humanitarian,’ leaving Trump and Vance to defend their envoy

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on October 21 for talks on ending the war in Ukraine. At the start of the meeting, Putin announced that Russia had freed Stephen Hubbard, a U.S. citizen serving a prison sentence on mercenary charges related