The White House said Friday that the “glitch this morning at Newark” airport was caused by the same issues as last week, but insisted the "glitch" didn't disrupt flights. Air traffic controllers who guide planes landing and taking off at New Liberty International Airport briefly lost radar and communication with aircraft Friday morning. “That glitch was caused by the same telecoms and software issues that were raised last week,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. But she added, “Everything went back online after the brief outage and there was no operational impact.” Leavitt also sidestepped a question on the White House's reaction to the new pope's past commentary of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Before Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, he shared criticisms of Trump and Vance on social media, particularly when it comes to immigration policy. But White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt didn't directly address the issue when asked about it on Friday, saying only that having an American pope is "a great thing for the United States of America and the world, and we are praying for him.” Leavitt also told reporters that Trump spoke by phone Thursday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the critical minerals deal Ukraine agreed to with the U.S. Leavitt said Zelenskyy told Trump the deal passed the Parliament in Ukraine and Trump called the conversation "very good and productive." The press secretary said Trump and Zelenskyy also spoke about the proposed 30-day ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine, which she said, "we know Europe is on board with and we hope both countries will agree to." The two sides have been in a ceasefire deadlock two months after Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine was ready to accept a U.S. proposal provided Russia did the same. Since then, Russia has continued its military campaign, maintaining attacks along the roughly 1,000-mile front line and targeting civilian infrastructure.