Fox News Politics Newsletter: Complex Russia and US relationship continues

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Russia isn’t backing off from attacking Ukraine and pummeled it with missiles and drones Thursday — just weeks after President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, in an attempt to advance a peace deal. 

The attack could be a signal Putin is utilizing diplomacy to buy himself more time to advance his goals and continue to attack Ukraine, all while avoiding secondary sanctions that the Trump administration has threatened to impose, according to experts. 

The time to act is now, according to Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on cyber issues…Read more

President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025.  (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP;Getty Images)

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WEAKENED SECURITY: Kamala Harris Secret Service protection revoked by Trump, spokesperson says

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters after delivering remarks at a church service at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, in Detroit.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

'POLITICAL CONTROL': 'Web of dark money' tied to Obama, Dems fuels green opposition to crucial Trump energy plan

PEACE AMID MISSILES: Witkoff meets Ukraine officials in New York ahead of emergency UN Security Council meeting: 'Very productive'

REMOVAL BLITZ: ICE deported nearly 200,000 so far during Trump's second term, setting pace for highest level in decade

BLOOD AND MONEY: NH mom who killed cancer-stricken husband, 2 children embezzled $600K from employer, owner says

JUSTICE BETRAYED: Karen Read tells prosecutors 'you lost big time' in first public interview since acquittal

Karen Read and her attorney Alan Jackson arrives at Norfolk Superior Court for jury deliberations, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. Read is charged with killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by intentionally driving her SUV into him. (Richard Beetham for Fox News Digital)

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