Ceasefire on the line at today’s Alaska Trump-Putin summit: Unbiased Updates, Aug. 15, 2025

A high-stakes summit in Anchorage — Putin’s first meeting with a president on U.S. soil in nearly two decades. President Donald Trump says he’ll know “within minutes” if talks to end the war in Ukraine are worth continuing. Plus, Attorney General Pam Bondi puts the DEA chief in charge of the Metropolitan Police Department, stripping the current chief’s authority. D.C.’s attorney general calls the move “unlawful.” And the former president backs California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Texas Democrats in their push to counter Republican redistricting plans. Former President Barack Obama calls partisan map-making a “systematic assault on democracy” and urges states to take bold action. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Friday, Aug. 15, 2025.