Date: August 15, 2025
Host: Dalton Windsor
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So you were too busy to listen to much news this past week? Crosstalk has you covered. Dalton had much to share and he’ll get you caught up when you review this edition of the weekly News Round-Up! Here are some highlights from the first half of the broadcast:
–As Dalton was getting started with the program, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin were about to meet, with the talks being held at the heavily guarded Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.
–On Thursday, Vladimir Putin praised the Trump administration’s energetic and sincere efforts to end the war in Ukraine, even suggesting that a nuclear arms control agreement could emerge from broader peace talks.
–An Al Jazeera journalist who was killed by an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip was in fact the leader of a Hamas terrorist cell.
–Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted that cease-fire efforts in Gaza are now focused on a comprehensive deal that would release the remaining hostages all at once rather than in phases.
–Israel is engaged in discussions with five nations: Indonesia, Somaliland, Uganda, South Sudan and Libya over the potential voluntary resettlement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
–President Trump has said he was able to call Aleksandr Lukashenko, president of Belarus, about the release of 16 prisoners, as well as the potential release of an additional 1,300 prisoners being held in that nation.
–Australia will recognize a Palestinian state in September.
–Israeli Defense Forces discovered documents in Gaza that show the overlap between UNRWA and Hamas relative to the October 2023 atrocities.
–The Republican controlled Texas Senate officially passed a new congressional redistricting map despite 9 of 11 Senate Democrats walking out before the vote, leaving the floor nearly empty.
–California Governor Gavin Newsom, Democratic lawmakers and their allies, launched a special election campaign urging California voters to approve new congressional districts to shrink the state’s Republican delegation, a move that could determine control of Congress next year and stymie President Trump’s agenda.
–White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, “Bring it on, Gavin!”, following California Governor Gavin Newsom’s threats to sue the Trump administration.
–President Trump announced that he’s invoking the D.C. Home Rule Act to place the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control and deploy the National Guard.
