AM Update for 8/15/25: President Donald Trump meets face-to-face today with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the first such meeting since the war in Ukraine began, in what he calls “round one” of an effort to secure a ceasefire. California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils a proposal to override the state’s independent redistricting commission and draw new congressional maps, aiming to counter Texas’s GOP-led redistricting. Newly released emails show Biden staffers canceled a planned ship tour in 2023 over concerns about “too many steps,” now part of a House Oversight Committee probe into whether aides concealed the president’s physical and mental decline.
