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• 📝 The Trump-Putin summit
• 📱 Samsung gains on Apple
• 🥊 Kickboxing robots

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"In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story."

–Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine, marking their first face-to-face summit since Trump’s return to office.

The summit, which featured Trump welcoming Putin with a red carpet, military flyover, and ride in the presidential limousine, wrapped without any ceasefire or peace deal following nearly three hours of discussion.

What went down in Alaska

Trump, who had previously called for an immediate ceasefire, appeared to shift his approach in Friday’s summit with Putin. Discussions between the two leaders centered around reaching a more lasting peace deal, rather than agreeing to a temporary ceasefire as the first step in negotiations (a move sought by Ukraine and European leaders).

• Putin demanded that Ukraine withdraw from all remaining unconquered territory in its eastern Donbas region—which is currently ~88% controlled by Russian troops—as the price for a lasting peace deal, according to Russian officials.
• Russia’s proposed agreement would also see it keep the ~20% of Ukraine it has conquered.

In exchange, Putin offered security concessions. Any potential peace deal would carry strong security guarantees for Ukraine, according to Steve Witkoff, Trump’s lead negotiator with Russia. On Sunday, Witkoff told CNN that Trump and Putin reached an agreement at the Alaska summit allowing the US and Europe to "offer Article 5 protection" for Ukraine, referring to NATO’s principle that an attack on one member is an attack on all.

Meanwhile, Europe is planning its own summit

In the aftermath of the Trump-Putin meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced plans to visit the White House later today to “discuss all of the details regarding ending the killing and the war.”

• Zelenskyy will be accompanied by the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Britain, Finland, the EU, and NATO on his visit to Washington.
• A major focus of Monday’s meeting with Trump will be security guarantees for Ukraine in the event of a peace deal, including the role the US might potentially play, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Big picture: Analysts say the Alaska summit may have reframed the peace process in Ukraine from reaching an urgent ceasefire to working on a lasting peace deal that could involve territorial concessions from Kyiv.

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BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 📱 Samsung's US smartphone market share rose from 23% to 31% in Q2, while Apple's declined to 49% from 56%.
• ✈️ 10,000+ Air Canada flight attendants continue to strike despite back-to-work orders from the Canadian gov't; Air Canada flights remain suspended.
• 💳 Klarna will sell up to $26 billion of its buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans to student loan giant Nelnet, according to Bloomberg ($); the deal is reportedly structured as a forward-flow agreement, meaning Nelnet agreed to purchase loans before they are originated. | US credit-card spending has been growing more slowly than debit-card spending since late last year; it marks the first-such stretch since 2021.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• 🎥 Weapons slices up the box office with $25 million opening weekend; Americana starring Sydney Sweeney earns just $500,000.
• 🙏 Terence Stamp, known for roles in Star Wars and early Superman films, dies at 87.
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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🇷🇺 Russia is building dozens of websites disguised as US news outlets—including ABC News, BBC, and Politico—to flood the internet with fake content, per misinformation tracker NewsGuard.
• 🐳 25 million-year-old fossil identifies rare, entirely new whale ancestor, offering fresh clues as to how the massive mammals evolved.
• 🌏 Study reveals recent mega-quake in Myanmar caused new fault line damage; finding suggests California’s San Andreas Fault could also produce unprecedented quakes.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

• 🌀 Hurricane Erin, the first of the Atlantic season, intensified into a Category 5 storm on Saturday before weakening to Category 3 on Sunday; the storm is heading towards the Caribbean, and isn’t expected to directly impact US East Coast.
• 🇺🇸 Thousands of Americans attend protests across 30+ states pushing back against President Trump-backed redistricting push by Texas Republicans.
• 🌍 State Department halts all visitor visas for people from Gaza while it examines “a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas.” | Israeli gov’t cybersecurity official reportedly arrested, released on bail in Las Vegas child predator sting; he faces felony charges of luring a child with a computer for a sex act, and has since returned to Israel; Mediaite reports Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office released a statement denying he was arrested.

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On Friday, we covered how new Gallup polling shows nearly half of Americans are saying “no thanks” to alcohol for the first time since Prohibition.

❓ Our question to you: To all our readers of legal drinking age: do you personally consume alcohol, or are you a total abstainer?

• Yes, I consume alcohol: 64%
• No, I’m a total abstainer: 31%
• I’m too young to drink: 5%

Follow-up questions: Which generation do you belong in?

• Gen Z: 63% “Yes” | 37% “No
• Millennial: 66% “Yes” | 34% “No
• Gen X: 75% “Yes” | 25% “No
• Baby Boomer: 70% “Yes” | 30% “No
• Silent Generation: 78% “Yes” | 22% “No

For “Yes” folks—How would you describe your level of drinking?

• Very rare: 7%
• Occasional: 43%
• Moderate: 33%
• Consistent: 17%

Click here to read some of the most thoughtful longform responses.

+Note on sample size: We received 1,527 votes and 95 longform responses.

Know your roots

Guess the definitions of the following Greek/Latin root words:

1. Cili
2. Dogmat
3. Frig
4. Mar
5. Pleth

1. Cili = Eyelash (e.g., cilia)
2. Dogmat = Tenet (dogmatic)
3. Frig = Cold (frigid)
4. Mar = Sea (marine)
5. Pleth = Full (plethora)