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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.”
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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.
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump Is Rootin' for Putin — It was a sickening spectacle: the man who tried to upend democracy bullying the man who is fighting for democracy. — The air seemed to turn flame red as the TV stars-turned-pols sat side by side in elegant yellow armchairs and had the wildest dust-up ever televised from the Oval Office.
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 …
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Voice of America:
European leaders stand by Ukraine after heated exchange between Trump, Zelenskyy — European leaders across much of the continent vowed to stand by Ukraine after a White House meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy turned into a heated exchange Friday …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
President Trump Embarrassed Himself, the Nation, and Every Thinking Human on Earth — In the Oval Office on Friday, Donald Trump and JD Vance behaved like angry children. Volodymyr Zelenskyy acted like a man. — (Permanent Musical Accompaniment to the Last Post of the Week from the Blog's Favourite Living Canadian)
New York Times:
Trump's Dressing Down of Zelensky Plays Into Putin's War Aims — The public blowup could propel President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to escalate the fight in Ukraine instead of agreeing to peace. — President Trump says he wants a quick cease-fire in Ukraine.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Zelenskyy Forgot the First Rule of Dealing With Trump — Flattery will get you everywhere. Insults will get you kicked to the curb. — When President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was first elected in 2019, he proved to be a quick study on how to try to win over his American counterpart.
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Edward Szekeres / CNN:
Western allies rally around Zelensky after Trump spat deepens rift with Europe
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Politico:
‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
This Never Happened With an American President Before
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Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
How JD Vance emerged as the chief saboteur of the transatlantic alliance
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Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
A Shameful, Appalling Spectacle
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Axios:
“Three strikes”: Inside the Trump-Vance fury with Zelensky
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New York Times:
How Johnson, Who Put His Job at Risk to Save Ukraine Aid, Flipped for Trump
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Nandika Chatterjee / The Daily Beast:
MTG's Boyfriend Dresses Up as Reporter to Confront Zelensky
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
‘This Is Going to Be Great Television’: Trump Sums Up His Zelensky Showdown
Zachary Basu / Axios:
“The free world needs a new leader”: Allies defend Zelensky after Trump debacle
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Trump Thinks He Humiliated Zelensky. He Really Humiliated the United States
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Break Between U.S. and Ukraine Reverberates
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Trump And Vance Ambush Zelensky In Prelude To Betrayal
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
It Was an Ambush — Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump cuts short talks with Ukraine's Zelenskyy after Oval Office blow up
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Musk's Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie — It has a dry, bureaucratic name, but Ready to Use Therapeutic Food has functioned for over a decade as a lifeline for countless starving children around the globe. Manufactured in the United States and distributed …
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Georgia Nonprofit That Produces Life-Saving Food For Kids Has Federal Contract Cut
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
New York Times:
Cuts to National Weather Service Leave Forecasters Reeling — “Lives are being put in danger,” one meteorologist warned, as some experts feared the cuts will harm public safety. — Twice a day for years, meteorologists in Kotzebue, Alaska, have launched weather balloons far into the sky …
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The Guardian:
Kennedy Jr backtracks and says US measles outbreak is now a ‘top priority’ for health department — Health secretary earlier said outbreak was ‘not unusual’ but with first US measles death in decade steps up response — Two days after initially downplaying the outbreak as “not unusual,” …
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Pentagon orders up to 3,000 troops and Stryker combat vehicles to border — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved orders on Friday to further militarize the U.S. southern border with Mexico, officials said. — Just now — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an additional 2,500 …
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.
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