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8:55 PM ET, August 17, 2025

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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Zelensky Brings Backup to the White House as Trump Aligns More Closely With Putin  —  European leaders are joining a trip to Washington to make sure the trans-Atlantic alliance remains intact.  —  This time, when President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine arrives in the Oval Office, he will come with backup.
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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 …
Joanna Coles / The Daily Beast:
Karoline Leavitt Can't Cover Up the Truth.  Trump's Cankles and Hand Makeup Say It All  —  CANKLE SAM  —  It's Trump's turn under the unflattering fluorescent lights of mortality.  —  Forget the orange makeup on his hand.  Forget the newly grey hair hovering above his scalp.  Forget the slits for eyes.
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Putin agrees that US, Europe could offer NATO-style security guarantees to Ukraine, Trump envoy says  —  Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with President Donald Trump that the United States and its European allies could offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO's …
Financial Times:
An incompetent way to pursue peace in Ukraine  —  Donald Trump's alignment with Vladimir Putin in Alaska made him look a dupe  —  Donald Trump's Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin was an embarrassing failure.  Worse, it was a terrible mistake.  In return for lavishing guest-of-honour treatment …
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 …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
These European leaders will accompany Zelensky to meet with Trump  —  When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives for talks with President Trump in Washington, D.C., this week, he will be flanked by several European leaders. … - But Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Trump's former NATO ambassador warns ‘Xi is watching’ Trump's approach to Russia
Discussion: Raw Story, NewsMax.com and CNBC
Marcus Walker / Wall Street Journal:   How Will the War in Ukraine End? Two Scenarios
Amanda Macias / Fox News:
‘Our position is clear:’ Zelenskyy and EU dismiss ceding Ukrainian land to Russia
Discussion: Breitbart and The Kyiv Independent
Financial Times:
No concessions, no ceasefire: how Putin outplayed Trump in Anchorage
Lucian K. Truscott IV / Lucian Truscott Newsletter:
WTF is wrong at the New York Times?
Discussion: Breitbart
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Rubio says a ceasefire deal ‘not off the table’ between Ukraine and Russia
Jordan Fischer / WUSA:
Reservations plunge across DC restaurants after Trump's police takeover  —  Online reservations dropped more than 25% in the days following President Trump's announcement that he was federalizing DC Police, according to OpenTable data. … WASHINGTON — D.C. restaurants saw a more than 25% drop …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Rolling Stone
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Washington Post:
What to know as GOP governors plan to send National Guard units to D.C.  —  National Guard troops in D.C. may soon be armed.  Separately, GOP governors say they'll send their own troops to the city.  —  Sporadic protests have sprouted up across D.C. this weekend, as GOP-led states announced …
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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 …
Discussion: New York Post
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Bondi: 68 arrested overnight in DC
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Fox News and IJR
Washington Post:
Republican-led states to send hundreds more National Guard troops to D.C.
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
Terry Tang / Associated Press:
Black mayors of cities Trump decries as ‘lawless’ tout significant declines in violent crimes  —  As President Donald Trump declared Washington, D.C., a crime-ridden wasteland in need of federal intervention this week and threatened similar federal interventions in other Black-led cities, several mayors compared notes.
Discussion: The Guardian and Salon
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:   Trump's Selective Stance on Justice: Redemption for Some, Scorn for Others
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
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Common Sense about Negotiations  —  For Americans about Ukraine  —  As Ukrainian and European leaders travel to Washington for discussions in the White House this Monday about ending Russia's illegal war of aggression, Americans would do well to remember ten principles of negotiation.
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
Associated Press:
Trump administration halts visas for people from Gaza after Laura Loomer questions arrivals  —  A day after conservative activist Laura Loomer posted videos on social media of children from Gaza arriving in the U.S. for medical treatment and questioning how they got visas …
 
 
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Rising Food Prices Are Likely to Continue, Thanks to Trump's Trade Wars
Discussion: Axios, Fortune and Newsweek
Julia O'Malley / New York Times:
At the Alaska Summit, an Unlikely Local Dish Gets a Cameo
Discussion: New York Sun and israelhayom.com
Kayla Jimenez / USA Today:
Oklahoma will require teachers from NY, CA to prove they back ‘America First’
Tony Messenger / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Food pantries in St. Louis face longer lines and rising prices
Discussion: On Democracy … and Deseret News
Wall Street Journal:
$50,000 Signing Bonus, No Age Caps: The Blitz to Hire ICE Officers
Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
Israeli government official arrested in Nevada in internet crimes against children sting
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Republicans look to make a U-turn on federal commitment to electric vehicles for the Postal Service
Discussion: Breitbart
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Suspects in Texas ICE shooting tied to trans, anti-fascist activism
Discussion: Althouse
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Warning: The Trump Presidency May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Wall Street Journal:
Blackwater's Erik Prince Muscles Back Into the Mercenary Business
Discussion: NewsMax.com
David French / New York Times:
Trump's Domestic Deployments Are Dangerous. For the Military.
Dana Nickel / Politico:
Russia is quietly churning out fake content posing as US news
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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