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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Why the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting imploded  —  The News  —  President Donald Trump's perception that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was overtaking the day's planned emphasis on a US-Ukraine minerals deal partly set off Friday's Oval Office blowup, according to a White House official.
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Wall Street Journal:
Putin Wins the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office Spectacle  —  Vice President Vance starts a public fight that only helps Russia's dictator.  —  Toward the end of his on-camera, Oval Office brawl with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, President Trump quipped that it was “great television.”
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
The Real Reason Trump Berated Zelensky  —  Of the many bizarre and uncomfortable moments during today's Oval Office meeting between Donald Trump, J. D. Vance, and Volodymyr Zelensky—during which Trump finally shattered the American alliance with Ukraine—one was particularly revealing: What …
The Kyiv Independent:
A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office.  It wasn't Zelensky  —  It's time to say it plainly.  America's leadership has switched sides in the war.  The American people have not, and they should speak up.  —  In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
At Least Now We Know the Truth  —  Sign up for Trump's Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency.  —  At least the Oval Office meeting held by President Donald Trump and Vice President J. D. Vance with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was held in front of the cameras.
Politico:
‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack  —  BRUSSELS ― European leaders on Friday rallied to defend Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after United States President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance subjected him to a tirade of withering and infantilizing abuse in the Oval Office.
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Trump And Vance Ambush Zelensky In Prelude To Betrayal  —  JD Vance egged on the president, setting the stage for the US to abandon a key American ally in televised Oval Office meeting.  —  President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance moved to betray a key U.S. ally that has lost hundreds …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
“The free world needs a new leader”: Allies defend Zelensky after Trump debacle … - “He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. … - The verbal clash was triggered when Zelensky asked Vice President Vance “what kind of diplomacy” he envisioned with Vladimir Putin …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
This Never Happened With an American President Before  —  What happened in the Oval Office on Friday — the obviously planned ambush of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine by President Trump and Vice President JD Vance — was something that had never happened in the nearly 250-year history …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Behind the Collision: Trump Jettisons Ukraine on His Way to a Larger Goal  —  The president's explosive Oval Office encounter reflected his determination to put aside alliances and commitments to principles in favor of raw great power negotiations.  —  After five weeks in which President Trump …
Discussion: USA Today
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
A Day of American Infamy  —  In August 1941, about four months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt met with Winston Churchill aboard warships in Newfoundland's Placentia Bay and agreed to the Atlantic Charter, a joint declaration by the world's leading democratic powers on …
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
‘This Is Going to Be Great Television’: Trump Sums Up His Zelensky Showdown  —  The ratings are never far from President Trump's mind.  —  One of the most surreal moments of Friday's Oval Office showdown between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine came at the very end.
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Trump Thinks He Humiliated Zelensky.  He Really Humiliated the United States  —  The Trump-Putin Axis came fully out of the closet today.  The new U.S. administration has clearly embraced what could be called a mob boss foreign policy both because of the criminal pasts of the men who are leading …
Discussion: New York Post and Twitchy
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
It Was an Ambush  —  Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump Is Rootin' for Putin
Ross Douthat / New York Times:   Trump and Vance Are Stripping Away Foreign Policy Illusions
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump cuts short talks with Ukraine's Zelenskyy after Oval Office blow up
Voice of America:
European leaders stand by Ukraine after heated exchange between Trump, Zelenskyy
Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
A Shameful, Appalling Spectacle
Discussion: Times Now, New York Times and Newsweek
New York Times:
How Johnson, Who Put His Job at Risk to Save Ukraine Aid, Flipped for Trump
Discussion: Bloomberg
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Zelensky says he doesn't think he did anything wrong after public spat with Trump
The Hill:
Trump, Vance go off on Zelensky in contentious Oval Office spat
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Russian state media briefly enters Oval Office during Zelenskyy meeting
Martin Matishak / The Record:
Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, according to three people familiar with the matter.
New York Times:
Voice of America Journalists Face Investigations for Trump Comments  —  The broadcaster placed a longtime journalist on leave amid growing concerns about its editorial independence.  —  Voice of America, the federally funded broadcaster to the world, has long prided itself on serving …
NBC News:
Trump administration accused of sidestepping court rulings amid spree of legal losses  —  Trump's efforts to drastically shrink the size of the federal government are running into legal roadblocks.  —  The Trump administration continued to face setbacks in court this week over its efforts …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Nicole Narea / Vox:
Elon Musk's plans for mass government firings just hit a legal roadblock
Discussion: USA Today, Daily Kos and AFSCME
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Firings at US weather and oceans agency risk lives and economy, former agency heads warn  —  The federal weather and oceans agency touches people's daily lives in unnoticed ways, so massive firings there will likely cause needless deaths and a big hit to America's economy, according to the people who ran it.
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New York Times:   Cuts to National Weather Service Leave Forecasters Reeling
Nina Golgowski / HuffPost:
Georgia Nonprofit That Produces Life-Saving Food For Kids Has Federal Contract Cut  —  An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that's specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.  —  A Georgia nonprofit that produces emergency aid …
Discussion: CNN
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
FBI returns materials seized at Mar-a-Lago to Trump, White House says  —  The search was part of the federal investigation into Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents and obstruction of attempts to retrieve them.  —  Just now  —  The FBI on Friday returned at least …
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Washington Post:
Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE's secret plan  —  Legal experts said that unwinding a civil-rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees' rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.  —  Agencies across the federal government …
CNN:
FBI Deputy Director Bongino repeatedly said pipe bombs planted ahead of Jan. 6 were ‘inside job’  —  Dan Bongino, the incoming deputy director of the FBI, suggested on his popular podcast in January that the agency he is now about to help lead was complicit in planting pipe bombs around Washington ahead …
 
 
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