Russian Bear trap: Ex-Trump advisor VICTORIA COATES reveals president's risky plan to exploit the secret of Putin's bloody war machine
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West Virginia governor to deploy National Guard troops to US capital
Aug 16 (Reuters) - West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey is deploying 300 to 400 National Guard troops to the District of Columbia at the request of the Trump administration, the governor's office said in a statement on Saturday. The deployment is "a show of commitment to public safety and regional cooperation" and will include providing equipment and specialized training alongside the "approximately 300-400 skilled personnel as directed," the statement, opens new tab said. Drew Galang, a spokesperson for Morrissey, said the state's National Guard received the order to send equipment and personnel to D.C. late on Friday and was working to organize the deployment. Earlier this week President Donald Trump said he was deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department to curb what he depicted as a crime and homelessness emergency in the nation's capital. A White House official said on Saturday more National Guard troops would be called in to Washington to "protect federal assets, create a safe environment for law enforcement officials to carry out their duties when required, and provide a visible presence to deter crime." According to U.S. Justice Department data, violent crime in 2024 hit a 30-year low in Washington, technically a self-governing federal district under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress. District of Columbia officials and the Trump administration negotiated a deal on Friday to keep D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's appointed police chief in charge of the police department after D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit to block the federal takeover of the department. Trump, a Republican who has suggested he could take similar actions in other Democratic-controlled cities, has sought to expand the powers of the presidency in his second term, inserting himself into the affairs of major banks, law firms and elite universities. It is not clear how the administration could deploy National Guard troops elsewhere. A federal judge in San Francisco is expected in the coming weeks to issue a ruling on whether Trump violated the law by deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June without California Governor Gavin Newsom's approval. The National Guard serves as a militia that answers to the governors of the 50 states except when called into federal service. The D.C. National Guard, however, reports directly to the president.
The Guardian
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Putin-Trump summit: US ready to be part of Ukraine security guarantees, says Merz, as Zelenskyy prepares to fly to Washington
Update: Date: 2025-08-16T15:29:35.000Z Title: Russia's reaction to Donald Trump's summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska has been nothing short of jubilant, with Moscow celebrating the fact that', 'the Russian leader met his US counterpart without making concessions', 'and now faces no sanctions despite rejecting Trump's ceasefire demands. Content: The German chancellor will join Europe's 'coalition of the willing' in talks on Sunday before the Ukrainian and US presidents meet on Monday Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after Putin summit briefing Maya Yang Sat 16 Aug 2025 17.29 CEST First published on Sat 16 Aug 2025 17.20 CEST 5.29pm CEST 17:29 Pjotr Sauer Russia's reaction to Donald Trump's summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska has been nothing short of jubilant, with Moscow celebrating the fact that the Russian leader met his US counterpart without making concessions and now faces no sanctions despite rejecting Trump's ceasefire demands. 'The meeting proved that negotiations are possible without preconditions,' wrote former president Dmitry Medvedev on Telegram. He added that the summit showed that talks could continue as Russia wages war in Ukraine. Trump entered the high-stakes summit warning, 'I won't be happy if I walk away without some form of a ceasefire,' and threatening 'severe consequences' if Moscow refused to cooperate. But after a three-hour meeting with the Russian side that yielded no tangible results, Trump shelved his threats and instead insisted that the meeting was 'extremely productive,' even as Putin clung to his maximalist demands for ending the war and announced no concessions on the battlefield, where Russian forces are consolidating key gains in eastern Ukraine. For the full story, click here: 5.26pm CEST 17:26 Russian president Vladimir Putin has said that his visit to Alaska was 'useful and timely,' Russian news agency TASS reported on Saturday. Putin also added that his conversation with Trump was 'sincere and substantive,' adding that Russia respects the position of the US and also wants to settle the Ukrainian conflict peacefully. 5.20pm CEST 17:20 Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the developments after the Alaska summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Here is a look at where things stand: The United States is ready to be part of security guarantees for Ukraine, German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said on Saturday after a summit in Alaska between the US president, Donald Trump, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, ended without a ceasefire deal. Merz was speaking to the German public broadcaster ZDF after being briefed together with other European leaders by Trump on his talks with Putin. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, told Donald Trump that he would freeze the frontline in the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in exchange for the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the Financial Times reports. The Russian leader made the request during his meeting with Trump in Alaska on Friday, the FT said, citing four people with direct knowledge of the talks. European leaders are invited to attend a Monday meeting with US president Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing two senior European officials. The meeting comes after a summit between Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, which Washington said resulted in 'great progress' but no deal to end the conflict in Ukraine. Two people, a 52-year-old man and his 13-year-old son, were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Kursk region, the local governor said on Saturday. In a statement published on Telegram, the Kursk governor, Alexander Khinshtein, said that the two had been killed when their car caught fire as a result of a drone strike. The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said in a post on X that strong security guarantees for Ukraine and Europe were 'essential' in any peace deal to end the war in Ukraine. 'The EU is working closely with Zelenskyy and the United States to reach a just and lasting peace. Strong security guarantees that protect Ukrainian and European vital security interests are essential,' von der Leyen posted on Saturday. In a statement posted on the social media platform X, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said: 'Security must be guaranteed reliably and in the long term, with the involvement of both Europe and the US. 'All issues important to Ukraine must be discussed with Ukraine's participation, and no issue, particularly territorial ones, can be decided without Ukraine.' The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, has released an official statement on Ukraine after the Alaska summit held between president Trump and president Putin. The statement said: 'President Trump's efforts have brought us closer than ever before to ending Russia's illegal war in Ukraine. His leadership in pursuit of an end to the killing should be commended.'
Daily Mirror
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Sensitive documents on Trump and Putin summit found in public printer by hotel guests
The eight page planning dossier appears to have been left in a public printer by bungling officials - and contains previously undisclosed information about the summit Hotel guests in Alaska found potentially sensitive documents detailing plans for the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, apparently left behind by bungling officials. Eight pages, apparently produced by US staff, included phone numbers of government staff members, precise meeting places and timings - as well as lunch plans for the summit. They were apparently left behind on one of the public printers at the Hotel Captain Cook, a four-star hotel 20 minutes away from the Anchorage air base where the summit took place. It comes after Trump looked tired as he returned to Washington after the summit. Donald Trump plans Zelensky and Putin meeting but there's a special condition According to NPR, the printed sequence of events was supposed to include a working lunch - with a simple menu of salad, filet mignon and creme brûlée. The menu said the "luncheon" was "in honour of his excellency Vladimir Putin". But the lunch was apparently cancelled, as was a planned presentation of a gift of an American bald eagle desk ornament, which Trump apparently planned to give Putin. Trump parroted Kremlin talking points - after Vladimir Putin ran rings around him at his half-baked Alaska summit. The US President invited Volodymyr Zelensky to what could be a fiery meeting in Washington on Monday. But there was no sign of a ceasefire from Russia - or the "severe consequences" Trump promised if Putin failed to agree one. Instead, he's leaned closer to the ruthless Russian dictator's position - abandoning calls for a ceasefire in favour of Russia and Ukraine working towards a final peace deal, one of Putin's demands. Meanwhile Putin shows no signs he was willing to give up the parts of Ukraine he's invaded. Get Donald Trump updates straight to your WhatsApp! As the world attempts to keep up with Trump's antics, the Mirror has launched its very own US Politics WhatsApp community where you'll get all the latest news from across the pond. We'll send you the latest breaking updates and exclusives all directly to your phone. Users must download or already have WhatsApp on their phones to join in. All you have to do to join is click on this link, select 'Join Chat' and you're in! We may also send you stories from other titles across the Reach group. We will also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose Exit group. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. And by literally rolling out the red carpet for him, greeting him warmly and praising him lavishly, Trump gave Putin the main thing he really wanted from the summit - to look like a world leader, rather than an international pariah. But, in a change of attitude that could provide some small hope for European leaders, Trump appeared open to US involvement in defending Ukraine from further Russian incursions.
