U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 15 met for nearly three hours at a military base in Alaska as part of a U.S.-led effort to bring Russia and Ukraine into peace talks. Trump was joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, while Putin was
President Trump was tight-lipped after his high-stakes summit with Russian President Putin but offered some key insight into the meeting to Fox News’ Sean Hannity.
Lawmakers retreated to their partisan corners in response to the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, with Republicans praising the president and Democrats arguing he was too cozy with Putin.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on Aug. 15 to discuss an end to the Russian–Ukrainian conflict, and lawmakers’ reactions are
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