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Chiara Eisner / NPR:
Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit  —  Papers with U.S. State Department markings, found Friday morning in the business center of an Alaskan hotel, revealed previously undisclosed and potentially sensitive details about the Aug. 15 meetings …
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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.
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
Politico:
Europe is sending heavy hitters to Washington alongside Ukraine's president to bolster Kyiv … Europe and Ukraine see Monday's summit as key to making sure that Trump does not accede to demands from Putin that they find unacceptable, such as ceding Ukrainian territory to Russia that Moscow has only partially taken control of.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
First Lady Melania Trump's ‘peace letter’ to Putin: ‘It is time’  —  Fox News Digital exclusively obtains copy of first lady's ‘peace letter’ to Putin  —  EXCLUSIVE: First Lady Melania Trump wrote a “peace letter” to Russian President Vladimir Putin telling him “it is time” …
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
Jon Passantino / Status:
The Russia Ruse … The critique on cable television was blistering. … Just two days before the summit Trump vowed “very severe consequences” for Russia if Putin didn't agree to end his war in Ukraine during the meeting. … The contrast in coverage could not be starker.
Washington Post:
Trump drops ceasefire demand for Ukraine war, tells allies Putin wants land
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Bows to Putin's Approach on Ukraine: No Cease-Fire, Deadlines or Sanctions
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Why Trump's Latest Reality TV Show Is a Flop
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Tells Europeans He Is Open to U.S. Security Guarantees in Ukraine
Sarah Ewall-Wice / The Daily Beast:
Kremlin Leaks Footage Showing Trump Fawning Over Putin
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Trump-Putin summit starts on red carpet, ends in confusion
Reuters:
Trump tells Zelenskiy that Putin wants more of Ukraine, urges Kyiv make a deal
Discussion: Bloomberg, New York Times and CNBC
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump to meet Zelensky on Monday after “difficult” post-summit call
Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
Trump Leaves Alaska With Nothing Except a Lecture From Preening Putin
CNBC:
Trump says no imminent plans to penalize China for buying Russian oil
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
After Alaska Summit, Europeans Worry Trump Will Pressure Ukraine
The Kyiv Independent:
That meeting was sickening. Putin loved it
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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Associated Press:
West Virginia sends hundreds of National Guard members to Washington at Trump team's request  —  Hundreds of West Virginia National Guard members will deploy across the nation's capital as part of the Trump administration's effort to overhaul policing in the District of Columbia through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness.
Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
WATCH: Trump's Masked Officers Tase Delivery Man in D.C.  —  THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S takeover of the Washington D.C. police department has left the capital city increasingly on edge, as confrontations between residents and masked law enforcement officials grow more common and aggressive.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Steps Back on Takeover of D.C. Police Department
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.
Rolling Stone:
Trump Cuts Off Medical Visas from Gaza After Laura Loomer Meltdown  —  The move comes after Loomer, the right-wing provocateur, freaked out over a video of children from Gaza coming to the U.S. for medical care … The State Department said it will “conduct a full and thorough review …
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Fox News:
Trump's DHS touts massive number of illegal immigrants deported as Dems lash out at ICE  —  Trump admin offers $1,000 and free travel for voluntary departures through CBP Home app  —  The Department of Homeland Security is touting new data showing that the nation's illegal immigrant population …
Discussion: RedState and Townhall
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Federal agent during violent DC arrest: “Liberals already ruined” this country  —  Trump's thugs are proving their skull-bashing loyalty in broad daylight.  —  A delivery worker was tased, punched and kicked by multiple federal agents in the middle of the street outside a popular brunch spot …
Discussion: Mother Jones
emptywheel:
Steamrolled: Vladimir Putin Shares an Existential Secret with Trump and You Just Saw the Result  —  I'm not going to say I told you so.  —  Video  —  I will, however, say that if what I laid out before yesterday's ass-handing were true, everything would go just as it did.
Jenna Benchetrit / CBC News:
Air Canada flight attendants walk off the job as strike begins  —  2 parties couldn't reach a deal in time after strike, lockout notice  —  More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike as of 12:58 a.m. ET Saturday, after the airline and the union representing them failed to reach a deal ahead of the deadline.
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.
 
 
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump takes another dictatorial step toward turning America into a police state
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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
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Washington Post:
We drove Trump's D.C. Turns out, he may not be seeing much.
Washington Post:
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