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Volodomyr Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump at St. Peter’s Basilica — April 26, 2025 | Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM, edited by Russell Nystrom

The U.S.–Ukraine policy shift.

Plus, has Russia expanded its war efforts in the past year?
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, in 2025

The Russia diesel deal.

Plus, a look back at Justice Clarence Thomas’s confirmation.
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President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly | EYEPRESS via Reuters Connect, edited by Russell Nystrom

President Trump criticizes the UN, reverses course on Ukraine.

Plus, why did Congress retain PEPFAR's funding?
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The Sunday — August 24

The Sunday — August 24

This is the Tangle Sunday Edition, a brief roundup of our independent politics coverage plus some extra features for your Sunday morning reading.  What the right is doodling. What the left is doodling. Monday, August 18. The Trump–Putin summit. On Friday, August 15, President Donald Trump and Russian President
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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska | REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo, treatment by Russell Nystrom, Tangle

Trump and Putin meet in Alaska.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in 2019 | Image: Heute.at/Reuters

Trump sours on Putin, pivots on Ukraine.

Plus, what have we learned about Trump's would-be assassin?
Russia Ukraine War
Tanks in eastern Ukraine | Photo: Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Flickr

Trump blasts Putin for escalation in Ukraine.

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Russia Ukraine War
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with President Donald Trump in 2019 | Wikimedia Commons

Trump opens peace talks with Putin.

The Trump administration makes its first moves in negotiating the end of the Ukraine-Russia war.
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Ukraine strikes deeper into Russia.

Ukraine strikes deeper into Russia.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Bucha, where he talked to local residents and journalists. Image: Rawpixel

The new U.S. weapons policy in Ukraine.

Plus, a reader question about family members and shoddy news sources.
Russia Ukraine War
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky tours an area that was bombed during the war in Ukraine. Image: Raw Pixel

Is Ukraine's counteroffensive working?

Plus, could Michelle Obama get involved in 2024?
Ukraine
Stop holding Ukraine to ridiculous standards

Stop holding Ukraine to ridiculous standards

An alleged Putin assassination attempt has laid bare the hypocrisy of how people discuss this war.
War in Ukraine