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Trump drops ceasefire demand for Ukraine war after summit with Putin

By David L. Stern, Ellen Francis and Siobhán O'Grady
Aug 16, 2025 3:43 pm - President Donald Trump said Saturday that Ukraine and Russia should go straight to agreeing on a final peace deal, dropping his demand for a ceasefire in a dramatic reversal that aligns him with Russian President Vladimir Putin hours after their summit in Alaska.
Hurricane Erin explodes in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean

By DÁNICA COTO and RUSS BYNUM
Aug 16, 2025 3:22 pm - Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane Center said. While the compact hurricane's center wasn't expected to strike land, it threatened to dump flooding rains on the northeast Caribbean as it continued to grow larger.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after US-Russia summit secured no halt to fighting

By SAMYA KULLAB and ELISE MORTON
Aug 16, 2025 6:52 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday after a Russia-U.S. summit ended without an agreement to stop the fighting in Ukraine after 3 1/2 years.
Ukraine attacks Russian refinery with Trump, Putin set to meet

Aug 15, 2025 9:07 pm - Ukraine attacked another Russian refinery just as Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are poised to meet in Alaska on Friday to discuss a potential ceasefire. The strike on t...
Trump administration agrees to keep DC police chief in place, but with immigration enforcement order

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and STEPHEN GROVES
Aug 15, 2025 8:48 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, D.C., police chief in control of the department, while Attorney Genera...
This back-to-school season, educators prepare for ICE encounters

By Tobi Raji and Angie Orellana Hernandez
Aug 15, 2025 8:38 pm - As tens of millions of U.S. public school students begin a new academic year, some of the nation’s largest school districts are taking steps to shield them from President Donald Trump’s expansive deportation operation.
Texas Republicans start another redistricting session. California Democrats will counter

By NADIA LATHAN, BILL BARROW, MICHAEL R. BLOOD and TRÂN NGUYỄN
Aug 15, 2025 4:52 pm - Texas Republicans on Friday began a second special session to approve new congressional maps sought by President Donald Trump to bolster his party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as California Democrats prepared to unveil their own redistricting plan in an intensifying fight over control of Congress.
Erin strengthens into the first Atlantic hurricane of the year

By Ben Noll and Scott Dance
Aug 15, 2025 4:47 pm - Erin became the first Atlantic hurricane of the year on Friday morning as it churned toward Caribbean islands.The storm had winds of 75 mph by 11 a.m. Eastern, according to the National Hurricane Center. It was forecast to bring potential for flooding rains to parts of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands this weekend.
Heat and thirst drive families in Gaza to drink water that makes them sick

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM METZ
Aug 15, 2025 4:36 pm - After waking early to stand in line for an hour under the August heat, Rana Odeh returns to her tent with her jug of murky water. She wipes the sweat from her brow and strategizes how much to portion out to her two small children. From its color alone, she knows full well it’s likely contaminated.Thirst supersedes the fear of illness.
Across the land, rainbow crosswalks face orders to erase ‘asphalt art’

By Lori Rozsa
Aug 15, 2025 4:19 pm - Across the Florida and the country, thousands of other brightly painted street crossings would be paved over under guidance recently issued by the administrations of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and President Donald Trump. The dual directives call for the erasure of “asphalt art.”

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