Trump and Zelenskyy to debate finish of battle. And, extra troops head to D.C.

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At the moment’s high tales

President Trump is predicted to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White Home at present, together with a number of key European leaders. The assembly comes simply days after Trump’s one-on-one summit with Russian chief Vladimir Putin in Alaska to focus on the top of the battle in Ukraine. Trump is predicted to urge Ukraine to just accept a deal that will require it to surrender territory, however he’ll doubtless provide safety ensures to discourage future invasions.

• 🎧 After Friday’s assembly, Trump says the easiest way to finish the battle is “to go directly to a peace agreement.” That is Putin’s most well-liked place, and one which European leaders wish to stop Trump from forcing on Ukraine, NPR’s Franco Ordoñez tells Up First. Trump’s particular envoy to the Center East, Steve Witkoff, said on CNN’s State of the Union that the U.S. is engaged on a concession that will enable the U.S. to supply Article 5-like protections, which is a cause Ukraine needs to hitch NATO. Article 5 of the NATO treaty units guidelines that any assault towards certainly one of its members is an assault on all. Ordoñez says this can be a important shift for the Trump administration, which has stated earlier than that it is as much as Europe to supply Ukraine safety after the battle.
• ➡️ Paperwork with delicate particulars about Trump and Putin’s assembly have been left behind on a public lodge printer. Here is what they reveal concerning the encounter.

The nation’s capital is getting into its second full week with troopers and masked federal brokers on the streets. The Republican governors of Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia have agreed to ship a whole lot of further Nationwide Guard troops to Washington, D.C., for the president’s agenda to crack down on crime. Tensions are rising over Trump’s determination to militarize policing in Washington, and there isn’t any clear exit technique for when this might finish.

• 🎧 The Trump administration has not supplied clear reasoning behind needing extra troopers, says NPR’s Brian Mann. Many residents say they’re indignant that the scenario continues to escalate. “Trump is using this, one, to distract from the Epstein files and, two, to basically do a fascist takeover of D.C.,” Megan Marie informed Mann throughout a protest outdoors of the White Home this weekend. Mann says he hasn’t discovered a single knowledgeable who believes that the crime that occurs in Washington calls for the sort of emergency that warrants this type of crackdown.
• ➡️ NPR spoke with youngsters in Washington, D.C., who say the federal police takeover makes them really feel unsafe.

Israelis yesterday staged one of many largest protests in almost two years of battle to demand an finish to the battle in Gaza and a cope with Hamas. Organizers say a whole lot of 1000’s of individuals rallied, shutting down roads throughout Israel. There are renewed efforts to begin ceasefire negotiations, however Israeli leaders proceed to advance plans to increase the battle.

• 🎧 The households of hostages in Gaza helped set up the protest, and it confirmed the immense frustration and rage in Israel over the place issues stand now within the battle, based on NPR’s Daniel Estrin, who’s in Tel Aviv. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that calling for an finish to the battle with out defeating Hamas solely hardens Hamas’ stance. At present, Qatar and Egypt are engaged on a new proposal to launch all of the hostages, 20 of whom are believed to be alive and 30 lifeless. Israel needs Hamas to disarm with the intention to finish the battle, one thing that Hamas stated it will not do.

Deep dive

Employer-sponsored retirement funds could quickly have choices like personal fairness and cryptocurrency funds, alongside the everyday inventory and bond funds.

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Trump just lately signed an govt order that goals to determine the inclusion of “alternative assets,” together with cryptocurrency, actual property and personal fairness, in 401(okay) and comparable accounts. Workers are at present in a position to select from a number of funding choices to contribute to those retirement plans, together with funds of publicly traded shares and bonds. The order goals to clear the trail for the choice asset choices to discover a place alongside what’s already obtainable. Here is what you need to know.

• 💰 No legislation forbids the inclusion of those property, however plan managers have had some good causes to exclude them: greater threat, complexity, lack of transparency, and, for personal fairness, typically greater charges.
• 💰 The brand new sorts of funds must be developed for the retail market, which is why the brand new choices won’t be obtainable straight away in your retirement account.
• 💰 Consultants say the property aren’t well-suited for everybody’s 401k. Issues might change into messy should you plan to retire or swap jobs quickly and wish to transfer cash round as a result of personal fairness has excessive charges and traders are locked in for lengthy intervals of time.

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A band competes towards greater than 100 others within the Bluegrass band competitors through the 89th Annual Outdated Fiddler’s Conference on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, at Felts Park in Galax, Va.

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The Outdated Fiddler’s Conference in Terence Stamp, Va., celebrates its 89th yr this month. The six-day occasion is the oldest ongoing Bluegrass and “Old Time” music competition within the U.S. It options largely beginner musicians. The occasion attracts about 30,000 musicians, singers and followers. Tons of of RVs cram into town park within the mountains. Attendees arrange folding chairs in entrance of the out of doors stage to take pleasure in banjo, dobro, dulcimer, guitar, and autoharp performances. Try these photographs from the competition.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

Actor Terence Stamp is pictured in 2012 in Toronto. Stamp has died at age 87.

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1. English actor Terence Stamp, greatest identified for starring because the arch-villain in early Superman movies and for his title function in Billy Budd, died yesterday at age 87.
2. Chimpanzee infants study vocal and visible communication patterns from their moms and maternal relations, based on a brand new research in PLOS Biology. The discovering is believed to make clear the best way younger people study from these near them.
3. Electrical energy costs are rising over twice as quick as total inflation, which might be expensive through the warmth of summer time when air conditioners work the toughest.

This article was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.