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President Trump began the week with an announcement that administration officials were having “very good and productive conversations” with Iranian officials about ending the war there, then sent more troops to the region. We discuss the state of negotiations to end the war and t ...  Show more

Democrats are hoping for an upset in Alaska’s Senate race. U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, is trying to unseat Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan. We discuss the major issues at play, plus why Republicans are backing an effort to repeal Alaska’s ranked-choice voting syste ...  Show more

The apparent indiscriminate Russian killing of Ukrainian civilians in Bucha prompts President Biden to label Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" and call for a "war crimes trial." CNN's Chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins begins today's coverage by exploring what, if anyt ...  Show more

US intelligence shows Putin misled by advisers on Ukraine. Trump's calls for Putin to release info on Biden’s son. US astronaut ends historic spaceflight with Russian ride home. You can subscribe to Five Minute News with Anthony Davis on YouTube, with your preferred podcast app, ...  Show more

The BBC’s chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, gives us her take on whether President Biden’s offer to talk may offer a moment for diplomacy, despite an apparent rebuff from Vladimir Putin. A former US marine who heads up the Mozart Group, an unarmed private military c ...  Show more

Russians go to the polls today in the first presidential election since their country invaded Ukraine two years ago.

The war was expected to carry a steep cost for President Vladimir V. Putin. Valerie Hopkins, who covers Russia for The Times, explains why the opposite ha ...