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5:00 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 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 …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Maryland Democrat says Trump ‘once again, got played’ by Putin  —  Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Sunday that President Trump “once again, got played” by Russian President Vladimir Putin following their recent meeting in Alaska.  —  “I'd like to move to the summit, if you will.
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 …
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 …
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
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Trump's former NATO ambassador warns ‘Xi is watching’ Trump's approach to Russia
Discussion: NewsMax.com and CNBC
Lucian K. Truscott IV / Lucian Truscott Newsletter:
WTF is wrong at the New York Times?
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Trump Backs Off Cease-Fire Demand in Ukraine War, Aligning With Putin
Bloomberg:
US, Russia Agreed on Ukraine Security Pledges, Witkoff Says
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 …
Discussion: New York Post
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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 …
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 …
New York Times:
West Virginia and South Carolina to Send State National Guard Troops to D.C.
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: Raw Story
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Bondi: 68 arrested overnight in DC  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Sunday that authorities arrested 68 people overnight in Washington, D.C., amid a federal crackdown on crime in which President Trump has sent the National Guard to the nation's capital and federalized the police force.
Discussion: IJR
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA eager for D.C. patrols to spread to other cities
Discussion: The Hill
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:   D.C. bar owners say Trump's federal law enforcement crackdown is killing their business
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.
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Terry Tang / Associated Press:
Black mayors of cities Trump decries as ‘lawless’ tout significant declines in violent crimes
Discussion: Salon and The Guardian
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
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
Julia O'Malley / New York Times:
At the Alaska Summit, an Unlikely Local Dish Gets a Cameo  —  Halibut Olympia, a Tuesday-night kind of recipe, was part of the planning (if not the eating) at the Friday meeting.  —  In the end, the high-stakes summit meeting of Presidents Trump and Vladimir V. Putin in Anchorage proved notably short on specifics.
Discussion: New York Sun and israelhayom.com
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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Associated Press:
Trump administration halts visas for people from Gaza after Laura Loomer questions arrivals
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 and Mediaite
Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Republicans look to make a U-turn on federal commitment to electric vehicles for the Postal Service
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Pew: Trump has lost 30% of his young 2024 voters | Weekly roundup for August 17, 2025
Robert Klemko / Washington Post:
Suspects in Texas ICE shooting tied to trans, anti-fascist activism
Discussion: Althouse
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Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: NewsMax.com
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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
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Redistricting Push Would Further Divide a Polarized Congress