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- USA Today
What time is the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting? Here's how to watch
President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and top European leaders at the White House on Monday, Aug. 18, just a few days after his one-day Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Live coverage: Will Zelenskyy give up land to Putin? Live updates on White House showdown The meeting comes fresh on the heels of the Friday, Aug. 15 summit in Anchorage session, which resulted in no major breakthroughs in peace negotiations over the years-long Russia-Ukraine war. The talks culminated in a vague statement to the media in which Putin spoke of an 'agreement,' while the pair's scheduled press conference was called off. Trump and his team are scheduled to meet with Zelenskyy and his team initially, before a later sit-down with a group of European leaders who have been staunch allies of the Ukrainian leader since the war began in February 2022, after Russia invaded. What time is the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting? See the schedule The European leaders are set to arrive at the White House at 12 p.m. ET, an hour before Zelenskyy's arrival. Trump and Zelenskyy are set to meet in the Oval Office at about 1:15 p.m. ET. Trump is to then greet a group of European leaders in the State Dining Room at 2:15 p.m. ET. The group is expected to pose for a picture at approximately 2:30 p.m. ET, and Trump is to meet with all the European leaders at 3 p.m. in the East Room. Trump and Zelenskyy will be joined by United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, President of the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. How to watch the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting USA TODAY is scheduled to provide live coverage as Trump meets with Zelenskyy and European leaders. You can watch the embed below or on USA TODAY's YouTube channel. Contributing: Francesca Chambers, Sarah Wire, USA TODAY. Kathryn Palmer is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at kapalmer@ and on X @KathrynPlmr.
USA Today
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- USA Today
Gavin Newsom uses latest Trump ‘bela' post for trolling fodder. What does it mean?
President Donald Trump in a now-deleted Truth Social post gave an indecipherable message: "Bela." Screenshots shared on X show Trump posted just four letters on the morning of Aug. 17. Some people online are drawing comparisons to his infamous social media gaffe in his first term: "covfefe." The White House did not immediately respond to questions about the post, but at least one Democratic leader who has taken to trolling the president online noticed: California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom has been at the forefront of a states redistricting standoff prompted by Texas lawmakers' move to redraw the state's congressional map to add more Republican seats. On Aug. 14, Newsom announced the Democratic-leaning state would hold a special election to approve a mid-decade redistricting plan. More: Newsom mocks Trump in all-caps post promising a 2026 Democratic victory Gavin Newsom continues to mock Trump on 'Bela' The California governor's office has taken to mimicking Trump's social media style in posts trolling the president and generally poking fun at Republicans online. On Aug. 18, Newsom and his press office took up the "bela" post as more fodder. "DONALD (TINY HANDS), HAS WRITTEN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY THIS MORNING — UNFORTUNATELY (LOW IQ) HE SPELLED IT WRONG — 'BETA,'" the press office wrote on X. "SOON YOU WILL BE A 'FIRED' BETA BECAUSE OF MY PERFECT, 'BEAUTIFUL MAPS.' THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! — GCN." Trump often signs off his Truth Social messages with "thank you for your attention to this matter," or "President DJT." 'Bela' echoes 'covfefe' and other Twitter typos in Trump's first term Trump's round-the-clock posts on Twitter, now X, were a constant news source in his first term. Perhaps most famously, he posted a partial message that said, "Despite the negative press covfefe," with no more information. He later deleted it, but played up the accidental word. Covfefe wasn't his only typo: He once referred to now Attorney General Pam Bondi as "a great womem," and said a wall was important for good "Boarder Security," among others. What does 'bela' mean? The White House did not respond to a request for an explanation on Trump's post. Contributing: Sudiksha Kochi, Erin Mansfield, William Cummings, USA TODAY Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at kcrowley@ Follow her on X and TikTok @kinseycrowley or Bluesky at @
New York Post
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- New York Post
Texas Democrats say they're ending a two-week walkout over gerrymandered US House map plan
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats say they are ending a two-week walkout that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts to satisfy President Donald Trump's demands for a greater GOP advantage. Democratic leaders say they will return for a second special legislative session after seeing California Democratic leaders proceed with plans to redraw their own U.S. House maps to neutralize Republican gains in Texas. 3 Texas Rep. Gene Wu speaks at a rally on August 16, 2025. AP 3 Protesters demonstrate outside the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on August 16, 2025. AP The nation's two most populous states have been at the forefront of a national fight to reshape the congressional landscape ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Trump has sought to shore up Republicans' narrow House majority and avoid a repeat of the 2018 midterms during his first presidency, when Democrats regained House control and used their majority to stymie his agenda and twice impeach him. 3 Greg Abbott is the governor of Texas. REUTERS Dozens of Texas House Democrats left the state more than two weeks ago to deny the GOP majority the attendance necessary to vote on redrawn maps intended to send five more Texas Republicans to Washington. They declared victory after Republicans adjourned that first session and Democrats around the country rallied in opposition to the Trump-led gerrymandering effort.
