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Bolton Indicted, Trump and Zelenskyy Meeting, Rebuilding Gaza

Bolton Indicted, Trump and Zelenskyy Meeting, Rebuilding Gaza

Up First from NPR
Oct 17, 2025 15 min
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John Bolton is indicted on 18 counts for allegedly mishandling classified information dating back to his time as national security advisor during President Trump’s first term. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with President Trump at the White House to discuss Ukraine's request for long-range missiles, Trump says he will meet with Russia's president in Hungary next. And the scale of Gaza’s reconstruction is staggering, with unexploded bombs buried in the rubble, nearly all buildings damaged or destroyed and major questions about who will lead the reconstruction.<br/><br/><em>Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a> to the Up First newsletter.</em><br><p class="readrate">Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Anna Yukhananov, Nick Spicer, Miguel Macias, Mohamad El Bardicy and Alice Woelfle<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Milton Guevara.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">We get engineering support from Zac Coleman. And our technical director is Stacey Abbott.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">And our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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