And: US housing secretary says he’s open to reexamining federal homeless funding for Alaska
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A successful summit is far from assured as Putin and Trump meet in Anchorage and Ukraine is sidelined →

President Donald Trump arrived in Anchorage today for a pivotal summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin that could reshape the war in Ukraine and relations between Moscow and Washington.

Alaska’s US senators have long worried about Putin’s ‘authoritarian aggression.’ Today, Putin is on their home turf →

Sullivan, an ally of President Donald Trump, has welcomed the prospect of Putin’s summit with Trump in Alaska. Murkowski said the summit sends “a mixed message" to foreign adversaries.

Trump and Putin have arrived in Anchorage. Here’s what locals need to know. →

The goal is to discuss a potential end to the war between Russia and Ukraine. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not attending the summit.


See also: Putin will visit Alaska military base that’s been central to American opposition to his country

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When Trump and Putin meet in Anchorage, Alaska’s Ukrainians will be watching closely →

The meeting feels personal to Ukrainian refugees in the city, with two world leaders expected to discuss the fate of a war they came here to escape.

Pro-Ukraine rally draws hundreds of Alaskans ahead of Trump-Putin meeting →

It was the first of several protests and rallies planned in Anchorage in conjunction with the summit.

US housing secretary says he’s open to reexamining federal homeless funding for Alaska →

For several years now, Anchorage leaders have requested that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development revise the formula it uses to allocate federal dollars to municipalities providing homelessness services.

US transportation secretary touts aviation safety investments during brief Alaska visit →

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy discussed federal funding for improvements to aviation safety included in the budget reconciliation bill that was signed into law last month.

Palmer Job Corps Center to resume student enrollment after 5-month pause →

A Job Corps center in Palmer will soon reopen to new students after a five-month federal pause on background checks halted in-processing and caused enrollment to drop by half. (via Mat-Su Sentinel)

In other political news

Washington, D.C., sues to block Trump’s federal takeover of its police department as crackdown intensifies →

Trump’s answer to numbers he doesn’t like: Change them or throw them away →

As Netanyahu continues to deny hunger, malnourished children arrive daily at a Gaza hospital →

HHS revives child vaccine safety panel sought by anti-vaccine activists →

Biden EV charger project to be reinvented for the Trump era, transportation secretary says →

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