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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 ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

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

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

President Trump will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Anchorage, Alaska, for what White House press ...

President Trump will meet with Vladimir Putin in Alaska in what could be one of the most consequential bilateral conversations of his second term.