August 7 Zelenskyy tells Putin to 'be brave' and finally agree to trilateral meeting with Trump Russian President Vladimir Putin remains hesitant about trilateral meeting with President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russia says conditions for Ukraine peace negotiations not yet created.
August 6 Diana Taurasi rips WNBA salaries compared to overseas pay during her time playing: 'Janitor made more' WNBA scoring leader Diana Taurasi revealed in an upcoming docuseries how she earned more playing in Russia than the WNBA, saying the "janitor at the arena made more."
August 6 Trump open to meet Putin face-to-face next week followed by three-way talks with Ukraine's Zelenskyy Trump schedules back-to-back diplomatic meetings with Russia's Putin and Ukraine's Zelenskyy in coming weeks according to Fox News reports.
August 6 New Romanian law may have averted NATO clash with Russia after border strikes Romanian parliament's new law explicitly permits shooting down Russian drones that enter its airspace, deterring Moscow from crossing the 380-mile border with Ukraine.
August 6 Trump hails 'highly productive' talks with Putin despite no ceasefire, 'secondary tariffs' still on Steve Witkoff's three-hour meeting with Putin yields little progress on Ukraine peace as Trump's tariff deadline approaches with no concrete results
August 6 Russia, China practice destroying 'enemy' submarine in naval drill after Trump moves US nuclear assets A mock submarine was destroyed in a joint Russia-China naval drill just days President Donald Trump moved U.S. nuclear assets toward Russia, a report said.
August 6 NATO member scrambles jets after Russian drone attack near border, as Witkoff meets with Putin Romania, a NATO nation, had to scramble fighter jets after Russia hit oil, gas pipelines in Ukraine, sending bright flames and plumes of smoke into the air.
August 6 Russia and China tick Doomsday Clock toward midnight as Hiroshima bombing hits 80 years The Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight as analysts debate nuclear deterrence effectiveness amid rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine and China's arsenal expansion.
August 5 Miranda Devine says Trump told her he regrets being 'so merciful' to Hillary Clinton in first term New York Post columnist Miranda Devine told Fox News host Will Cain on Tuesday that President Trump wanted accountability on Russia because he regrets going easy on Hillary Clinton.
August 5 Witkoff scrambles for peace deal with Russia as sanctions loom targeting India, China White House envoy Steve Witkoff heads to Russia as Trump threatens secondary sanctions on Russian oil buyers, including India and China, to pressure Putin.
