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2:15 PM 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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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Putin agreed to let US, Europe offer NATO-style security protections for Ukraine, Trump envoy says  —  Russia's Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with President Donald Trump to allow the United States and its European allies to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO's collective defense mandate …
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
Washington Post:
U.S. ready to give Ukraine security guarantees when Trump meets Zelensky  —  Leaders from Britain, France and Germany will be among those joining Zelensky in Washington on Monday after the U.S. president's Alaska summit with Putin.  —  U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday ahead …
New York Times:
Trump Officials Hint at Possible Concessions by Putin  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, an envoy for President Trump, suggested that a peace deal was still distant.  —  President Trump and two advisers spent Sunday trying to recast the lack of a cease-fire in the war …
Marcus Walker / Wall Street Journal:   How Will the War in Ukraine End? Two Scenarios
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Rubio says a ceasefire deal ‘not off the table’ between Ukraine and Russia
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:   Putin Sees Ukraine Through a Lens of Grievance Over Lost Glory
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Circles Drop F-Bomb After ‘Failure’ Putin Summit: Wolff
Politico:
Europe is sending heavy hitters to Washington alongside Ukraine's president to bolster Kyiv
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
First Lady Melania Trump's ‘peace letter’ to Putin: ‘It is time’
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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New York Times:
West Virginia and South Carolina to Send State National Guard Troops to D.C.  —  Gov. Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia said his state would send 300 to 400 troops to Washington, while Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina pledged 200 members.  —  The National Guard's presence in Washington …
WV Office of the Governor Patrick Morrisey:
West Virginia National Guard to Support President Trump's Initiative to Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful
Ivan Fernandez / lataco:
Agents Shoot at Family in Vehicle in San Bernardino  —  Video shows the family fleeing after masked and unidentified men attempted to detain them. … In a developing story in the city of San Bernardino, L.A. Taco can confirm that federal agents shot at three men in a vehicle who fled …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and KXTV
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.
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
Washington Post:
Mass protests erupt in Israel as IDF readies plans to occupy Gaza City  —  The demonstrations and partial strike were organized by the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum, which said plans to prolong the war could endanger their loved ones.  —  Just now
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 …
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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.
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.
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 …
Catherine Bouris / The Daily Beast:
MSNBC Host Says Karoline Leavitt Looked ‘Ashen’ After Putin Meeting  —  HAUNTED  —  Antonia Hylton cited reporting from the summit that suggested Karoline Leavitt looked frightened after meeting with Putin.  —  MSNBC host Antonia Hylton has suggested that President Donald Trump's aides …
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
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Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
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Robert Klemko / Washington Post:
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
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