Maher says Trump is no puppet of Putin; sanctions on Russia stay, NATO ties grow, and Iran has been bombed. After a three-hour Alaska meeting on Ukraine, Trump called it very warm. Maher says Trump hates war; a panelist jokes he’s not on anyone’s team.

In Julis, Druze volunteers run a war room for doctors in besieged Sweida to request medical supplies. They report mass killings and collapsed infrastructure and urge international aid to stop the violence.

After a 2,000-mile trip and security checks, Trump and Putin opened with optimism, but broader talks were scrapped and a brief press conference followed. In twelve minutes on stage, no ceasefire or Q&A; Putin spoke first, then Trump offered a brief reply.

The Home Office posted a £44k graphic designer role to push Labour’s border policy, not hire more frontline officers, drawing criticism from Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp. Philp says rising Channel crossings demand frontline enforcement; the department says no Immigration Enforcement or Border Force vacancies exist, and the designer would craft messaging for those services.

The Digest, 8/16/2025 @200AM, CDT

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