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1:25 PM ET, August 17, 2025

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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
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Hill, ABC News and Mediaite
New York Times:
Trump Backs Off Cease-Fire Demand in Ukraine War, Aligning With Putin
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Rubio says a ceasefire deal ‘not off the table’ between Ukraine and Russia
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
Marcus Walker / Wall Street Journal:
How Will the War in Ukraine End?  Two Scenarios  —  Putin's goals go beyond a land grab and aim at Ukraine's capitulation.  Kyiv and the West hope to draw a line.  —  The Trump-Putin summit in Alaska is over, and peace in Ukraine isn't yet nigh.  But the two most likely endings to the Russian invasion are coming into view.
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Bloomberg:
US, Russia Agreed on Ukraine Security Pledges, Witkoff Says
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:   Putin Sees Ukraine Through a Lens of Grievance Over Lost Glory
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
First Lady Melania Trump's ‘peace letter’ to Putin: ‘It is time’
Axios:
Putin made maximalist claims to Ukrainian territory in Trump summit: Sources
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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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
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 …
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.
Robert Klemko / Washington Post:
Suspects in Texas ICE shooting tied to trans, anti-fascist activism  —  Benjamin Song, an alleged ringleader, is a former Marine Corps reservist who trained left-wing activists for close-quarters combat and large-scale gunfights, associates said.  —  DALLAS — Just after dusk on July 5 …
Discussion: Althouse
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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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
Paul Krugman:
The Economics of Stagflation, Part I
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
Warning: The Trump Presidency May Be Hazardous to Your Health
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Blackwater's Erik Prince Muscles Back Into the Mercenary Business
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Sunday Pages: “The Spell of the Yukon”
Hannah Dreier / New York Times:
Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying
Scott Horsley / NPR:
Electricity prices are climbing more than twice as fast as inflation
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Greg Gutfeld Brazenly Lies on Air to Claim Jan. 6 Rioters 'Didn't Beat the Crap Out of Police'
Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway
Daniel Edward Rosen / New York Sun:
FBI Director Fast-Tracks New Agents as Firings and Departures of G-Men Tied to January 6 and Trump Prosecutions Accelerate