The Latest: Trump planning for Putin-Zelenskyy meeting while affirming security guarantees

President Donald Trump said he’s begun arrangements for a face-to-face gathering betwixt Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sermon a pathway to extremity Russia’s penetration of Ukraine. Trump affirmed that the U.S. would backmost European information guarantees but stopped abbreviated of committing U.S. troops to a corporate effort to forestall Moscow from reinvading its neighbor.

Relying connected the mendacious accusation and conspiracy theories that he’s regularly utilized to explicate distant his 2020 predetermination loss, Trump has pledged again to get escaped of some message voting, utilized by astir one-third of each voters, and voting machines utilized successful astir each of the nation's predetermination jurisdictions. Based connected the Constitution, U.S. elections are managed by the states, and determination is small to nary mode for Trump to alteration this.

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Trump says helium didn’t talk with Putin with European leaders successful the room

The president said helium thought it would person been disrespectful to grip the telephone telephone that mode since Putin and the European leaders gathering with him astatine the White House haven’t had the “warmest relations.”

But contempt that, helium said during an interrogation connected Fox News Channel’s “Fox and Friends” that helium has managed to support a “very bully relationship” with Putin.

Trump was holding talks astatine the White House connected Monday with Zelenskyy and the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, the European Union and NATO connected ending Russia’s warfare connected Ukraine

Trump says admitting Ukraine into NATO and the instrumentality of Crimea are ‘impossible’

The president, successful a greeting interrogation connected “Fox & Friends,” said that he’s optimistic a woody tin beryllium made to bring an extremity to Russia’s penetration of Ukraine.

But Trump underscored that Ukraine volition person to acceptable speech some its anticipation of a returned Crimea, which Russia seized by unit successful 2014, and its aspirations to articulation the NATO subject alliance.

“Both of those things are impossible,” Trump said.

Putin, arsenic portion of immoderate imaginable deal, is looking for the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, arsenic good arsenic designation of Crimea arsenic Russian territory.

Government argued ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ lawsuits request a antithetic court

The authorities and national authorities had argued that adjacent though the isolated airstrip wherever the installation is located is owned by Miami-Dade County, Florida’s confederate territory was the incorrect venue since the detention halfway is located successful neighboring Collier County, which is successful the state’s mediate district.

The defendants made an identical statement past week astir jurisdiction for a 2nd suit successful which biology groups and the Miccosukee Tribe sued to halt further operation and operations astatine the Everglades detention halfway until it’s successful compliance with national biology laws.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams successful Miami has yet to regularisation connected the venue question. On Aug. 7 she ordered a 14-day halt connected further operation during a proceeding past week and said she plans to regularisation earlier the bid expires this week.

Judge dismisses portion of suit against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ lawsuit

A national justice successful Miami dismissed portion of a suit implicit the ineligible rights of detainees astatine the “Alligator Alcatraz” migration detention halfway and moved the lawsuit to a antithetic jurisdiction.

U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz's 47-page ruling precocious Monday says claims the detainees deficiency confidential entree to their lawyers oregon to migration hearings were rendered moot erstwhile the Trump medication precocious designated the Krome North Processing Center adjacent Miami arsenic a tract for their cases to beryllium heard.

The justice heard arguments from some sides successful a proceeding earlier Monday successful Miami. Civil rights attorneys were seeking a preliminary injunction to guarantee detainees astatine the installation person entree to their lawyers and tin get a hearing.

▶ Read much astir the suit implicit the detention center

Next steps successful the negotiations crook backmost to Putin

Trump, who bragged connected galore occasions during the run that helium could settee Russia’s warfare successful Ukraine successful a day, said repeatedly Monday that it was acold much analyzable than helium ever thought it would be.

But helium besides suggested — apt implausibly — that the warring that has raged for years could upwind down quickly.

“A week oregon 2 weeks, we’ll cognize whether we’re going to lick this, oregon if this horrible warring is going to continue,” said Trump, adjacent suggesting the issues yet to beryllium hammered retired weren’t “overly complex.”

Still, overmuch remains unresolved, including reddish lines that are incompatible — similar whether Ukraine volition cede immoderate onshore to Russia, the aboriginal of Ukraine’s service and whether the state volition yet person lasting and meaningful information guarantees.

▶ Read much astir the main takeaways from Monday’s multilateral meeting

Zelenskyy says gathering with Putin should beryllium held ‘without immoderate conditions’

Zelenskyy says that if helium starts to acceptable conditions for the meeting, regarding a imaginable ceasefire oregon different matters, past Russia volition privation to acceptable conditions, too, perchance jeopardizing those talks.

“That’s wherefore I judge that we indispensable conscionable without immoderate conditions,” helium told reporters.

Zelenskyy said Trump showed him a representation of the Ukraine beforehand lines successful the Oval Office and they got into a small statement astir territories it showed. But they didn’t argue, helium said.

“We had a genuinely warm, bully and important conversation,” Zelenskyy said.

NATO person says ‘Article 5 benignant of information guarantees’ volition beryllium discussed successful coming days

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says Trump agreed that the United States would lend to Ukraine’s information pursuing a bid deal, a improvement helium called “a breakthrough.”

Membership successful NATO is not connected the table, but the U.S. and European leaders are discussing “Article 5 benignant of information guarantees for Ukraine,” Rutte said successful an interrogation with Fox News big Laura Ingraham. Article 5 of the NATO pact says an onslaught connected 1 subordinate federation is an onslaught connected each members, the bosom of the transatlantic defence compact.

Details astir U.S. engagement successful Ukraine “will beryllium discussed implicit the coming days,” which volition springiness Zelenskyy the clarity helium needs to determine whether Ukrainians tin stay harmless pursuing a bid deal.

“It is important to besides cognize what the concern volition beryllium with the information guarantees to forestall Vladimir Putin from ever, ever trying again to invade parts of Ukraine,” Rutte said.

The anticipation of U.S. troops successful Ukraine was not discussed Monday, helium said.

DC told of intent to limb National Guard troops

Washington has been informed astir the intent for the National Guard to beryllium armed, though it has not received details astir erstwhile that could hap oregon wherever equipped Guard members could beryllium deployed successful D.C., according to a idiosyncratic acquainted who was not authorized to disclose the plans and spoke connected information of anonymity.

It would beryllium a departure from what the Pentagon and Army person said astir the troops being unarmed. The Army said successful a connection past week that “weapons are disposable if needed but volition stay successful the armory.”

Pentagon property caput Kingsley Wilson besides said past week that troops won’t beryllium armed.

In effect to questions astir whether Guard members successful Washington would beryllium equipped successful the coming days, the District of Columbia National Guard said troops “may beryllium equipped accordant with their ngo and training.”

Maj. Melissa Heintz, a spokesperson for the D.C. Guard, didn’t supply much details and said “their beingness is focused connected supporting civilian authorities and ensuring the information of the assemblage they serve.”

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— By Anna Johnson and Mike Pesoli

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