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Wall Street Journal:
What Kind of Peace in Ukraine?  —  A good or bad agreement may depend on the quality of Western security guarantees.  —  President Trump conducts foreign policy on personal instinct and tactical impulse, and his abrupt Friday turn on Russia and Ukraine is a classic illustration.
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Putin, Trump, and the Elusive “Peace” … At the August 15 Alaska summit, Vladimir Putin performed as expected.  He desperately wants an end to Western sanctions, détente with the U.S., and assurances that the U.S. will not impose a disastrous anti-Russian secondary boycott—and, apparently, some additional Ukrainian territory.
Discussion: Axios and New York Times
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 17, 2025  —  On the heels of President Donald J. Trump's Friday meeting with Russia's president Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, Trump will meet with Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky Monday afternoon at the White House.  According to Barak Ravid of Axios …
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
Politico:
Playbook: Zelenskyy's White House do-over
Discussion: CNBC, Bloomberg and Raw Story
Frank Gardner / BBC:
Trump rules out Ukraine reclaiming Crimea or joining Nato ahead of Zelensky White House talks
Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
Trump to meet Zelenskyy with 2 big issues in focus: security guarantees and land
Marco Rubio / United States Department of State:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Kristen Welker of NBC Meet the Press
Joanna Coles / The Daily Beast:
Karoline Leavitt Can't Cover Up the Truth. Trump's Cankles and Hand Makeup Say It All
Discussion: Need to Know
John Bolton / Wall Street Journal:
A Bad Summit's Silver Lining
Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story and HuffPost
CBS News:
Full transcript: Secretary of State Marco Rubio on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 17, 2025
Financial Times:
An incompetent way to pursue peace in Ukraine
Amanda Macias / Fox News:
‘Our position is clear:’ Zelenskyy and EU dismiss ceding Ukrainian land to Russia
Discussion: Breitbart
Avery Lotz / Axios:
These European leaders will accompany Zelensky to meet with Trump
Erin Doherty / CNBC:
White House envoy claims Russia agreed to ‘Article 5-like’ security guarantees for Ukraine
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Trump's former NATO ambassador warns ‘Xi is watching’ Trump's approach to Russia
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Rick Bright / New York Times:
America Is Giving Up a Lifesaving Medical Breakthrough: mRNA  —  In early 2020, when the first genetic sequence of the new coronavirus was posted online, scientists were ready.  Within hours, they began designing a vaccine.  Within weeks, clinical trials were underway.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Laura Reiley / New York Times:
What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life  —  Sophie's Google searches suggest that she was obsessed with autokabalesis, which means jumping off a high place.  Autodefenestration, jumping out a window, is a subset of autokabalesis …
WUSA:
ICE boasts about ripping Mount Pleasant sign with anti-border patrol message  —  “We're taking America back, baby,” one of the masked men says in the video posted to ICE's official X account.  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials proudly claimed responsibility …
Max Tani / Semafor:
The left gets a new publication  —  The Scoop  —  A group of left-leaning writers and journalists are starting a new publication on Monday aimed at arguing in favor of what liberalism is for, rather than just what it's against.  —  Jerusalem Demsas left The Atlantic in recent weeks to launch The Argument …
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Peter Stone / The Guardian:
‘Hallmarks of authoritarianism’: Trump banks on loyalists as he wages war on truth  —  Former officials say firing of BLS commissioner emblematic of president's battle against established facts and history  —  Donald Trump is waging a war on truth by firing top officials who present facts …
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
Heartbreak (but also hope) at the still-essential Washington Post  —  One of the thrills of my life as a newly minted editor in chief at the Buffalo News was attending a very fancy — white tie, no less! — dinner in Washington, DC, and being introduced to Katharine Graham, the publisher of the Washington Post.
Discussion: Fox News
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, The Hill and Rolling Stone
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Inside the DNC's money problems … Major Democratic donors have withheld money this year amid skepticism about the party's direction, while the small-dollar donors who have long been a source of strength are not growing nearly enough to make up the gap.  And the party has quickly churned through …
Public Notice:
Gavin Newsom's moment  —  Democrats have found their fight.  Newsom is leading the charge.  —  ∙ Paid … Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he's moving forward with a ballot initiative which would allow Democrats to put in place a partisan gerrymander in the state.
Washington Post:
Federal officers detain, tackle moped driver amid Trump D.C. police crackdown  —  Six agents wearing police vests without clear identification of their agencies detained a man they later identified as a Venezuelan national in Northwest Washington.  —  just now
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Axios
Adam Kredo / The Washington Free Beacon:
UN Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon Spends US Taxpayer Money on ‘Gender Diversity’ Training and Therapeutic Yoga Instruction, Drawing Scrutiny From Trump Admin  —  The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon is largely funded with U.S. taxpayer dollars, money it has used to pursue left-wing programs like …
Discussion: Associated Press
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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Discussion: Axios, Fortune and Newsweek
Kayla Jimenez / USA Today:
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Discussion: NewsMax.com and Chicago Tribune
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Discussion: The Guardian and Salon
 

 
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