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11:15 AM ET, August 17, 2025

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Associated Press:
European leaders to join Ukraine's Zelenskyy for White House meeting with Trump  —  European and NATO leaders announced Sunday that they'll be joining President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington for crucial talks with President Donald Trump, rallying around the Ukrainian leader after his exclusion …
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The Guardian:
Keir Starmer to join European leaders for Zelenskyy-Trump meeting at White House on Monday - live  —  UK prime minister, French president and German chancellor among leaders meeting Donald Trump on Monday after Ukrainian president's request  —  Keir Starmer to join European leaders and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in White House on Monday
New York Times:
Trump Backs Off Cease-Fire Demand in Ukraine War, Aligning With Putin  —  President Trump's break from a strategy agreed to with European allies could give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia an edge as talks to end the fighting continue.  —  After their summit in Alaska …
Financial Times:
No concessions, no ceasefire: how Putin outplayed Trump in Anchorage  —  Russia's leader seems to have drawn the US president closer to Moscow's position on the Ukraine war  —  After returning from Alaska on Saturday, Vladimir Putin told top officials assembled in the Kremlin that his summit …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
First Lady Melania Trump's ‘peace letter’ to Putin: ‘It is time’
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Bows to Putin's Approach on Ukraine: No Cease-Fire, Deadlines or Sanctions
Politico:
Europe is sending heavy hitters to Washington alongside Ukraine's president to bolster Kyiv
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Newsom Slams ‘DISGUSTING’ Use Of U.S. Soldiers To Roll Out Red Carpet For Putin
Discussion: Associated Press
Axios:
Putin made maximalist claims to Ukrainian territory in Trump summit: Sources
Reuters:
Trump tells Zelenskiy that Putin wants more of Ukraine, urges Kyiv make a deal
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
After Meeting Putin, Trump Reverts to Land Swaps for Peace in Ukraine
Jon Passantino / Status:
The Russia Ruse … The critique on cable television was blistering.
pbump:
More people in Ohio need protection from violent crime than there are people in D.C.  —  Governors of three states — Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia — are sending members of their state National Guards to D.C. to ... well, theoretically to combat crime but, if the past week is any indicator …
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Washington Post:
Republican-led states to send hundreds more National Guard troops to D.C.  —  National Guard troops in Washington may soon carry weapons, a reversal of their initial orders.  —  Three Republican-led states, responding to a Trump administration request, said Saturday they will send …
WV Office of the Governor Patrick Morrisey:
West Virginia National Guard to Support President Trump's Initiative to Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful
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 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner, NPR and Politico
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Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
US state department stops issuing visas for Gaza's children to get medical care after far-right campaign  —  Program providing key aid halted after complaints from Laura Loomer, the far-right influencer close to Trump  —  The US state department announced on Saturday that it would stop issuing visas …
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA eager for D.C. patrols to spread to other cities … - “We have an opportunity to show city folks that life doesn't have to be this way,” one senior MAGA media figure told Axios. … Violent crime is falling in the city, not rising, Axios D.C.'s Anna Spiegel reports.
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Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:   D.C. bar owners say Trump's federal law enforcement crackdown is killing their business
Fox News:
Hundreds arrested as Trump's Washington, DC, crime crackdown hits full stride
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump's Selective Stance on Justice: Redemption for Some, Scorn for Others  —  President Trump, himself a felon, has shown particular leniency to criminals he seems to identify with — people who are white or wealthy, or who rioted in his name on Jan. 6, 2021.
Dana Nickel / Politico:
Russia is quietly churning out fake content posing as US news … McKenzie Sadeghi, AI and foreign influence editor at NewsGuard, said in an interview that since early 2024, the group has been publishing “pro-Kremlin content en masse in the form of videos” mimicking these organizations.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Redistricting Push Would Further Divide a Polarized Congress  —  Many state delegations are already under single-party control.  New maps could tighten the partisan grip while decreasing the importance of general elections.  —  President Trump's drive to secure Republican advantage …
Wall Street Journal:
Blackwater's Erik Prince Muscles Back Into the Mercenary Business  —  Prince has a new guns-for-hire firm to take overseas security jobs the White House doesn't want to pay for  —  LIMA, Peru—Edwin Ajahuana, a mine owner from high in the Andes, spent 23 hours traveling by road to meet …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
Warning: The Trump Presidency May Be Hazardous to Your Health  —  The story of a cancer patient, a researcher, and MAGA's assault on science.  —  ∙ Paid  —  JOBST BLACHY USED TO THINK THAT he and his wife were two of the luckiest people in the world—or, at least …
David French / New York Times:
Trump's Domestic Deployments Are Dangerous.  For the Military.  —  One of my life's greatest regrets is that I didn't join the Army sooner.  I was commissioned at age 37, late for the military, and I didn't exactly impress my officer basic course instructors with my physical prowess.
Paul Krugman:
The Economics of Stagflation, Part I  —  What are the risks?  And how big are they?  —  ∙ Paid  —  The widely watched Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment took a tumble last week.  This came after a disappointing jobs report on Aug. 1, when Donald Trump decided the best policy move …
 
 
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Jackson Thompson / New York Post:
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Discussion: Fox News and RedState
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
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Daniel Edward Rosen / New York Sun:
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Discussion: Breitbart
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Federal agent during violent DC arrest: “Liberals already ruined” this country
Discussion: Raw Story and Mother Jones
Fox News:
Trump's DHS touts massive number of illegal immigrants deported as Dems lash out at ICE
Discussion: RedState and Washington Examiner
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