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The White House is lowering expectations for any breakthrough from President Trump’s summit Friday with Russian President ...

American officials quickly discovered a major snag in planning for the summit: summertime is peak tourist season in Alaska, ...

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, on Wednesday said expectations are low for ...

Friday's Alaska summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin "is a listening exercise for ...

Obama’s official portrait has apparently been moved to a “heavily restricted” area of the White House that is out of public ...

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska Aug. 15, 2025, to discuss the war in Ukraine.

Ahead of Alaska meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader said the US is making “energetic and sincere efforts” to end war in Ukraine. Follow ...

Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said a summit could possibly take place next week. A meeting would be a ...

For Putin, Friday’s meeting is a chance to repair his relationship with Trump and unlace the West’s isolation of his country ...

Putin praises US president for his ‘sincere effort’ to end war in Ukraine - Prime minister says Ukraine’s ‘territorial integrity’ must be protected ahead of Trump summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska ...

President Donald Trump told European leaders that his goal in Friday's meeting with the Russian president is a ceasefire in ...