AP The Morning Wire - by Sallee Ann HArrison - August 17, 2025 - President Donald Trump runs into the difficulty of Putin diplomacy, more National Guard troops are sent to Washington, an alleged multi-million Ponzi scheme unravels in upstate New York and what's next for Hurricane Erin.

 

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By Sallee Ann Harrison August 17, 2025

Good morning and welcome to the Sunday edition of Morning Wire, where we give you the weekend rundown to get ready for the week ahead. Today, more National Guard troops are sent to Washington, an alleged multi-million Ponzi scheme unravels in upstate New York and what's next for Hurricane Erin. But first, President Donald Trump runs into the difficulty of Putin diplomacy. UP FIRST U.S. President Donald Trump, second right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin after their joint news conference on Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Trump runs into the difficulty of Putin diplomacy and ending a long war U.S. President Donald Trump walked into a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin pressing for a ceasefire deal and threatening “severe consequences” and tough new sanctions if the Kremlin leader failed to agree to halt the fighting in Ukraine. Instead, Trump was the one who stood down. It was a dramatic reversal that laid bare the challenges of dealing with Putin and the complexities of a conflict that Trump had repeatedly boasted during his campaign that he could solve within 24 hours. Read more.

TOP STORIES Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol along the National Mall Saturday in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Three Republican-led states to send hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio said Saturday that they were deploying hundreds of National Guard members to the nation’s capital to bolster the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in Washington through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness. Read more. He earned a small town’s trust. He owed $95 million in what authorities say was a Ponzi scheme Burt Marshall, a businessman from upstate New York, is accused of preying on his neighbors in a massive Ponzi scheme. Marshall promised clients an 8% annual return on their investments in local rental properties. Marshall filed for bankruptcy protection two years ago, owing nearly 1,000 investors about $95 million. Many victims, including retirees and local workers, lost their life savings. Read more.

ADVERTISEMENT IN OTHER NEWS Thirteen year-old Leland Mitsuing, right, of Saskatchewan, Canada competes at the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque, N.M., April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales) READ The last dance: Organizers of North America’s largest powwow say 2026 will be the event’s final year Russia-Ukraine war: European leaders to join Ukraine’s Zelenskyy for White House meeting with Trump In their words: Israeli leaders support the mass relocation of Palestinians from Gaza Hurricane Erin: Category 4 storm buffets northern Caribbean islands but not forecast to hit land Air Force: New policy denies transgender troops hearings before they’re discharged Education Department: Some workers would be excluded from student loan forgiveness program for ‘illegal’ activity FACT FOCUS: No, taxpayers will not receive new stimulus checks this summer New York: Three killed, eight injured in shooting in crowded club amid record low gun violence year Rethinking speed limits: A decades-old rule lets drivers set speed limits on US roads. That could be changing Today in History: In 1998, President Bill Clinton admits to having an affair with Monica Lewinsky WATCH AP explains: Israel faces nationwide protests over Gaza war, hostages U.S.-Russia summit: Residents in Kyiv share their reaction to Trump and Putin's Alaska meeting Seattle heist: Thieves grab $2 million in jewelry in less than 2 minutes  No late fees: Library book returned in Texas after 82 years

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