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Welcome to nan online type of From nan Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you nan NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and study from nan White House, Capitol Hill and nan run trail.
In today’s edition, Andrea Mitchell lays retired wherever nan talks astir ending nan Russia-Ukraine warfare guidelines astir 2 weeks aft nan Alaska summit. Plus, Sahil Kapur and Scott Wong research why truthful galore members of nan House Freedom Caucus are moving for different offices.
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Almost 2 weeks aft nan Alaska summit, there’s still nary extremity successful show to nan warfare successful Ukraine
Analysis by Andrea Mitchell
At nan longest White House arena he has ever hosted, President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is “not precisely guiltless either.” That was his consequence yesterday erstwhile pressed astir why he hasn’t cracked down connected Russian President Vladimir Putin astir 2 weeks aft nan Alaska acme — blaming nan victim, not nan aggressor.
But aft ignoring his ain self-imposed deadlines to punish Putin for rejecting a ceasefire, what are nan concessions Trump and his advisers claimed aft nan gathering pinch nan Russian leader?
There’s nary ceasefire. Nor a scheme for nan promised bilateral gathering betwixt Putin and Zelenskyy, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. On “Meet nan Press,” Lavrov besides told Kristen Welker that Russia expects a domiciled successful information guarantees for Ukraine. Translation: The invader will find really to protect nan unfortunate from early attacks.
None of this creates a reasonable starting constituent for bid negotiations betwixt nan warring parties. But it does conform to Trump’s fallback position, believing nan champion of nan Russian president and remaining suspicious of nan Ukrainian.
Last week, Trump showed reporters a memento Putin had sent him from nan summit: A image of nan 2 leaders together successful Alaska. “That was very bully that it was sent to me,” Trump said. At his marathon Cabinet meeting, Trump said of nan Ukrainian leader, “I get on pinch Zelenskyy now.” But their narration is hardly nan cozy camaraderie that accorded Putin a red-carpet reception successful nan U.S.
The “tell” connected Putin’s dismissive cognition toward his adversary is erstwhile Welker pressed Lavrov astir a gathering betwixt Putin and Zelenskyy. He said, “How tin we meet pinch a personification who is pretending to beryllium a leader?” Asked if Putin recognizes Zelenskyy arsenic nan morganatic leader of Ukraine, Lavrov replied that he is nan “de facto leader of nan regime,” not legally capable to motion documents to extremity nan war.
Lost successful Putin’s rationale for launching what he calls a “special subject operation” to reclaim Ukraine arsenic portion of nan erstwhile Soviet empire is that Russia signed treaties decades agone recognizing Ukraine arsenic a sovereign federation — moreover taking work for disposing of Ukraine’s atomic arsenal, turned complete by Kyiv arsenic portion of nan agreement.
Trump assigned Marco Rubio, his caput of authorities and nationalist information adviser, nan task of organizing nan putative information guarantee authorities for Ukraine. The U.S. offered to supply aerial screen and intelligence to a European-led bid keeping unit connected nan ground.
But that presumes location is simply a bid to keep. And pinch nary discernible caller U.S. economical unit connected Putin, he is still hammering Ukraine’s civilian targets pinch nary extremity successful sight.
The Freedom Caucus could beryllium gutted arsenic cardinal members tally for caller jobs successful 2026
By Sahil Kapur and Scott Wong
The House Freedom Caucus faces an existential infinitesimal pinch immoderate of its astir salient members eyeing nan exits for caller jobs successful nan 2026 election.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, nan group’s astir outspoken lawmaker, is moving for authorities lawyer general. Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., is moving for nan Senate. Reps. Ralph Norman, R-S.C.; Andy Biggs, R-Ariz.; and Byron Donalds, R-Fla., are each moving for governor. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., is considering moving for governor. And yet others facing reliable re-elections aliases redistricting threats could beryllium gone by nan extremity of adjacent year.
With astir 3 twelve members, nan House Freedom Caucus has created persistent headaches for Republican leaders since its founding successful 2015 arsenic a location for fiscal conservatives consenting to usage fierce strategies to get their way.
In caller years, nan ultraconservative group has been embroiled successful nationalist infighting arsenic its members fought complete nan guidance of nan caucus. In 2023, members booted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., retired of nan group complete her support for then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and aft she cussed retired Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.
This year, nan hard-line caucus has softened and acceded to President Donald Trump’s wishes connected issues it ne'er utilized to discuss on, specified arsenic authorities funding.
A existent Freedom Caucus personnel said that he was contemplating dropping retired of nan group himself but has decided to enactment connected aft having heard that Roy and different “attention-seekers” who “hijacked” nan caucus won’t beryllium moving for re-election to nan House successful 2026.
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🗞️ Today's different apical stories
- 📦 Trade wars: Trump’s promised 50% tariffs connected India took effect today, arsenic nan U.S. risks blowing up a narration considered important successful its effort to antagonistic nan emergence of China. Read much →
- 🚅 Long train runnin’: The Trump management is readying to return complete nan guidance of D.C.’s Union Station, nan recreation hub for Amtrak and nan city’s metro lines. Read much →
- 🏛️ D.C. crackdown: Mayor Muriel Bowser credited Trump’s directed surge of national rule enforcement pinch lowering crime, but made clear that nan beingness of migration agents and National Guard troops is “not working.” Read much →
- 🥪 ‘Sandwich guy’ update: A national expansive assemblage successful D.C. did not return an indictment against a erstwhile Justice Department worker who was seen throwing a sub astatine 1 of nan national officers Trump has deployed. Read much →
- 💉 The caller Health Department: The FDA approved nan adjacent information of Covid shots for nan fall, but only for a smaller, high-risk group of people. Read much →
- 🗣️ Welcome home: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, was heckled and drowned retired by demonstrators astatine a ribbon-cutting ceremonial successful her location state, nan latest successful a bid of confrontations betwixt protesters and members of Congress. Read much →
- 🗳️ About past night: Iowa Democrats flipped a Republican-held authorities Senate spot successful a typical election, breaking nan GOP’s supermajority successful nan chamber. Read much →
- 🗓️ Mark your calendar: Democrats are already looking to combine their early-state statesmanlike nominating almanac for 2028, pinch nan statement announcing that it would footwear disconnected nan process successful September. Read much →
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