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In a post-mortem on Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, the former head of the Council on Foreign Relations expressed alarm that the U.S. president appeared to be “surprised” at the turn the talks took on ending the Ukraine war.

Appearing on MSNBC’s “The Weekend,” diplomat Richard Hass claimed negotiations have a long way to go before reaching the “peace” Trump is now claiming is the next step.He then went on to note what he felt was alarming at how the U.S. entered into the diplomatic efforts.

As federal officers continue to swarm the streets of Washington, D.C. under President Donald Trump’s takeover over the nation’s Capitol, the commander in chief now faces a “30-day clock” that could end as either a political win, or a “political albatross” and liability, argued The Washington Post’s editorial board Friday evening.

Launched on Tuesday, Trump’s D.C. takeover saw well over 1,500 federal officers descend on the city’s streets alongside dozens of National Guard troops in an effort to tighten law enforcement, a move that sees Trump “benefit from the perception that he’s fighting a broken local government and activist judges as he tries to crack down on crime,” the editorial board wrote.

Since being sworn in as secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has drawn plenty of criticism for her frequent photo-ops. Noem, critics say, is theatrical and performative in a way that Alejandro Mayorkas — who served as DHS secretary under former President Joe Biden — wasn't.

Now, Noem is, according to the Washington Post, drawing scrutiny for "living for free in a military home typically reserved for the U.S. Coast Guard's top admiral."

President Donald Trump ducked and dodged Friday night when pressed by Fox News host Sean Hannity on details about what exactly happened in the room between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin, at one point rambling about groceries, the border and Social Security.

Trump joined Hannity following a three-hour meeting behind closed doors with Putin, in which the men walked away unable to secure a deal to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A Democratic senator flagged a moment between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that made his "stomach turn."

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Armed Services Committee, joined Anderson Cooper on CNN on Friday night following the conclusion of a Trump-Putin summit that many observers felt amounted to a giant "nothing burger."

President Donald Trump wasn't the only one shrugging off his high-stakes summit in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with observers also noting it sounded like a big "nothing burger."

Trump met Friday afternoon with Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss ending the invasion of Ukraine. Putin claimed he and Trump came to an agreement to "pave the path to peace in Ukraine," but didn't reveal what the agreement entails.

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed he and President Donald Trump came to an agreement to "pave the path to peace in Ukraine," but didn't reveal what the agreement entails, and the two departed Friday evening without taking questions.

Trump met Friday afternoon with Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss ending the invasion of Ukraine. After a roughly three-hour closed-door meeting, Putin detailed the history of the contacts between the Kremlin and Washington this year, before claiming they came to a deal to "pave the path to peace."

A journalist and political commentator stunned a former communications head for President Donald Trump after boldly predicting Trump would have Russian President Vladimir Putin arrested for being a "war criminal" during a high-stakes summit in Alaska.

Trump met Friday afternoon with Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss ending the invasion of Ukraine.

A Washington, D.C. appeals court panel overturned a ruling that paused the mass firing at the watchdog agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The vote was 2-1, with two judges appointed by President Donald Trump overruling the lower-court judge.

According to the Trump-appointed judges, the lawsuit lacked standing and jurisdiction. The CFBP could request an en banc ruling, which would require every judge on the appeals court to lend their voice to the ruling.

President Donald Trump has already blindsided Europe just by what has already happened concerning his hosting of Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska over a negotiation for ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine, New Yorker writer Susan Glasser told CNN's Jake Tapper.

"Susan, what did you make of the body language between President Trump and Vladimir Putin during their handshake, or the fact that Putin went into the Beast, or the fact that Trump was applauding him, and on and on. What did you think of that?" asked Tapper.

At the top of her Friday show, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace couldn't help but notice the touchy-feely nature of Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as the two leaders met on the red carpet in Alaska.

Trump welcomed the Russian president with applause and several friendly touches, Wallace said, before the two men entered the presidential limousine known as "The Beast."

A New York Times reporter flagged what she called one "unusual" element of a high-stakes meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin — it was awfully quiet.

Trump and Putin participated in a bizarre standoff, with each trying to outwait the other on deplaning in Alaska. As the two walked down the tarmac and shook hands, Times reporter Katie Rogers, who is traveling with Trump, flagged a notable facet of their meeting.