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New York Times:
The Power of the Trump-Putin Presidential Photo Op  —  After meeting the Russian president, President Trump told European leaders he now favors giving up territory Ukraine controls to Russia to end the fighting, a concession Ukraine has long opposed.  —  Anchorage  —  Anchorage  —  Anchorage
Financial Times:
Putin told Trump he could relax some territorial claims in exchange for Donetsk region  —  Russian president offered at Alaska summit to freeze front lines if Ukraine withdraws from crucial eastern area  —  Christopher Miller in New York, Amy Mackinnon and Max Seddon in Anchorage and Anne-Sylvaine Chassany in Berlin
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump Has No Cards  —  Why would Putin need to make a deal with him?  —  President Donald Trump berated President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.  He allowed the Pentagon twice to halt prearranged military shipments to Ukraine.  He promised that when the current tranche of armaments runs out, there will be no more.
Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
Trump Leaves Alaska With Nothing Except a Lecture From Preening Putin  —  NYET  —  Both leaders said they made progress toward ending the Ukraine war, but gave little detail.  —  President Donald Trump has ended his high-stakes Russia summit without announcing a deal to end the war in Ukraine …
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Trump-Putin summit starts on red carpet, ends in confusion  —  Friday's summit in Alaska began as a superpower spectacle, then abruptly ended without any indication of what was achieved or where things go from here. … The leaders scrapped a planned lunch and departed early — but not before both declared the meeting a success.
NBC News:
Trump-Putin summit live updates: Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit Trump in Washington on Monday  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wasn't invited to yesterday's meeting between Putin and Trump but will visit to discuss “ending the war.” … European leaders say further talks must include Zelenskyy
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump to meet Zelensky on Monday after “difficult” post-summit call  —  After his summit with Russian President Putin in Alaska on Friday, President Trump will meet Ukrainian President Zelensky for what could be a difficult meeting at the White House on Monday afternoon.
Elizabeth Pritchett / Fox News:
Zelenskyy to meet with Trump in Washington, DC following US-Russia talks  —  Both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump confirmed the meeting on Monday  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday he will travel to Washington, D.C. on Monday to meet with President Donald Trump.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump's Self-Own Summit with Putin  —  Even the puffery-prone President couldn't alchemize his non-deal with Russia into Trumpian gold.  —  Nothing says standing up to Russian aggression quite like welcoming the aggressor on a red carpet and applauding him.
Washington Post:
Trump drops ceasefire demand for Ukraine war after summit with Putin
Sarah Ewall-Wice / The Daily Beast:
Kremlin Leaks Footage Showing Trump Fawning Over Putin
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
After Alaska Summit, Europeans Worry Trump Will Pressure Ukraine
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
Well, What Did You Think Would Happen?
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:   Why Trump's Latest Reality TV Show Is a Flop
The Kyiv Independent:
That meeting was sickening. Putin loved it
Washington Post:
Trump, Putin break off summit with no Ukraine deal as talks end early
CBS News:
Here's the transcript of what Putin and Trump said in Alaska
Washington Post:
Where National Guard troops and federal agents are patrolling D.C.  —  The Post mapped locations of law enforcement throughout D.C. in the days since Trump's announcement to deploy the Guard.  —  Across the District, hundreds of National Guard troops and federal agents have arrived in the city …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Congressman's Stock Trades Draw More Scrutiny After Key Votes  —  Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr. has traded stocks that could be affected by his work in Congress, raising questions about potential conflicts of interest.  —  Over the first several months of his freshman term in Washington …
Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider
Steff Danielle Thomas / The Hill:
Senate Democrat rips Costco for ‘refusing to sell’ abortion pills  —  Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) hammered Costco on Friday for appeasing “far-right extremists,” after the retailer said earlier this week that its pharmacies would not dispense the abortion medication mifepristone.
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Job market gloom hasn't been this bad since the Great Recession  —  Americans haven't been this gloomy about the job market since the Great Recession. … - The economy might have hit a soft patch, but it has so far dodged the bleak predictions from a few months ago.
Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News:
Tariffs and deportations seen as contributors to rising prices and fewer immigrant workers  —  Experts say higher wholesale vegetable costs and an economic slowdown in Texas could be signs that Trump's immigration policies are hurting industries.  —  After projections that President Donald …
Wall Street Journal:
National Guard Soldiers Prepare to Carry Weapons in Washington, D.C.  —  The shift comes after defense officials said the soldiers deployed to the capital wouldn't be armed  —  National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. are preparing to carry weapons in the coming days …
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