<div data-testid="shortcode_photo_gallery" class="mb-4 flex max-w-full flex-col mx-auto" style="width:1000px"><div class="flex gap-3"><div class="flex-1"><div class="cursor-pointer relative" style="padding-bottom:60.55%"><img src="https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2025/08/17/id5902427-GettyImages-2230321620-LSedit.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75" width="100%" alt="image-5902427" height="auto"></div></div></div><div class="post_caption_container"><figcaption class="post_caption max-w-[1000px] text-[14px] leading-[18px]"><div class="max-w-[1000px] whitespace-break-spaces"><span>U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk on the tarmac after they arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. </span><span class="post_caption_credit"><span>Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images</span></span></div></figcaption></div></div>

<div data-testid="shortcode_photo_gallery" class="mb-4 flex max-w-full flex-col mx-auto" style="width:1000px"><div class="flex gap-3"><div class="flex-1"><div class="cursor-pointer relative" style="padding-bottom:70.95%"><img src="https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2025/08/17/id5902428-GettyImages-2230160311-LSedit.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75" width="100%" alt="image-5902428" height="auto"></div></div></div><div class="post_caption_container"><figcaption class="post_caption max-w-[1000px] text-[14px] leading-[18px]"><div class="max-w-[1000px] whitespace-break-spaces"><span>A California sea lion sits in an enclosure at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, Calif., on Aug. 14, 2025. The Marine Mammal Center is seeing an unprecedented surge of sick California sea lions, a vast majority infected with leptospirosis, a disease that can cause irreversible kidney damage. </span><span class="post_caption_credit"><span>Justin Sullivan/Getty Images</span></span></div></figcaption></div></div>

Notable moments from the past week in America.{ai:summary}<p>Trump and Putin arrived in Anchorage, walking the tarmac at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Aug. 15, 2025.</p><p>In Sausalito, the Marine Mammal Center reports an unprecedented surge of sick California sea lions, largely leptospirosis, risking kidney damage. #politics</p>

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