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Topic: Russia-ukraine War

Sunday, President Trump welcomed President Zelenskyy to Mar-a-Lago to explore further progress on the "20-point peace plan". They left optimistic but with no solid deal. (Jim WATSON / Getty Images)

Trump frames Ukraine talks as his win

CK Smith
Jared Kushner at a press conference in Israel on Oct. 21, 2025. (Nathan Howard/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Kushner is at the center of corruption

Sophia Tesfaye
President Donald Trump speaks at the NATO summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025. (Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump the "destroyer" endangers Europe

Brian Karem
President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's "Animal House" is floundering

Brian Karem
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President Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Oct. 17, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Trump train is losing steam

Heather Digby Parton
Vice President JD Vance takes questions from reporters about the government shutdown at the White House on Oct. 1, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Vance fights GOP old guard over Russia

Sophia Tesfaye
President Donald Trump meets with New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office on Nov. 21, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump can't resist handsome men in suits

Jason Kyle Howard
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a joint news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan holds a joint news conference with on February 18, 2024 in Ankara, Türkiye. (Yavuz Ozden/ dia images via Getty Images)

Ukraine peace plan faces EU backlash

Blaise Malley
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President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's diplomacy by insult

Brian Karem
President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Aug. 18, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Beware of Trump's Budapest peace talks

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, for a summit meeting on Russia's war on Ukraine. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Anything to stop talking about Epstein

Brian Karem
First Lady Melania Trump departs the White House with President Donald Trump. ( Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The weird sexism of Melania's Putin plea

Amanda Marcotte
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First Lady Melania Trump attends a roundtable discussion at the Capitol. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Interpreting Melania's letter to Putin

Jason Kyle Howard
A view of a military cemetery amid Russia-Ukraine war in Dnipro, Ukraine on February 25, 2023. (Adri Salido/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Witkoff: US troops in Ukraine possible

Alex Galbraith
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Don't forget what we owe Ukraine

Sabrina Haake
Tucker Carlson, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Steve Bannon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Putin's puppets? GOP voters vs. Trump

Amanda Marcotte
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