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August 17: Trump Scales Back Korea Drills as Kushner Meets Netanyahu
In Ukraine and Russia
Ukraine says its month-long campaign against Russian logistics has put seven of Wildberries’ ten largest warehouses out of action, a claim cited by Kyiv’s Defence Ministry and the Institute for the Study of War. Separately, the acting governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said Ukrainian strikes killed six people and injured five, including a 14-year-old.
On the Korean Peninsula
President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back this year’s Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises with South Korea. He said the drills were expensive and sent an inappropriate signal while he tries to preserve ties with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Experts said the move may be intended to draw Kim back toward negotiations, though the administration has not detailed how the exercises will change.
In Texas voting cases
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s year-long investigation into alleged noncitizen voting has resulted in three prosecutions. Of 53 referred cases, at least five involved people who had previously been listed as U.S. citizens in court records, underscoring the difficulty of turning broad claims about election fraud into reliable cases.
In the Middle East
Jared Kushner met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after talks with Hamas, seeking Israeli support for a U.S.-backed Gaza peace plan. The meeting puts the proposal before Israel’s government as negotiators try to establish whether there is enough backing to move the plan forward.
On online child safety
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is drafting two bills intended to strengthen online consumer protections and child safety after a jury found Meta had misled users about platform safety and enabled harm, including child sexual exploitation. The March verdict carried a penalty of nearly $1 billion, which Meta is expected to contest.
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