National Guard units from Republican-controlled states are being deployed to Washington D.C., increasing federal presence and raising concerns about local policing, civil liberties, and political control. Proponents frame the deployments as law-and-order measures; opponents and residents report intimidation, protests, and a sense of federal takeover that echoes immigration-style enforcement. Simultaneously, diplomacy among Trump, Putin, and Zelensky produced uncertain outcomes, with proposals such as U.S. air support for a Ukraine peace deal provoking debate about U.S. strategy and Russia’s leverage. A new liberal publication, The Argument, launched under Jerusalem Demsas, aiming to reshape liberal media and policy conversation.
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Trump's deepening takeover of Washington D.C. as National Guard troops from red states arrive, what if anything was accomplished in the whirlwind of Putin-Trump-Zelensky diplomacy, and this week's launch of the new liberal publication The Argument with its Editor-in-Chief Jerusalem Demsas. Alex Horton, Karina Elwood, and Olivia George for The Washington Post: GOP states pour National Guard troops into D.C. as Trump tightens control
Andrea Shalal, Tom Balmforth, and Anastasiia Malenko for Reuters: Trump says US may provide air support to back a Ukraine peace deal Tom Nichols for The Atlantic: Trump Buys More Time for Putin Stephen M. Walt for Foreign Policy (Argument): Trump Has No Idea How to Do Diplomacy William A. Galston for The Wall Street Journal (Opinion): The Difficult Path to Peace in Ukraine
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