What Could Happen at the Trump-Putin Summit, and a Game of Chicken Over Voting Maps

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<p>Plus, your Friday news quiz. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/us/politics/trump-putin-summit-ukraine.html" target="_blank"><strong>How Trump’s Meeting With Putin Could Unfold</strong></a>, <i>by David E. Sanger</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/texas-democrats-return.html" target="_blank"><strong>Texas Democrats Will Return Home, Allowing Vote on Congressional Map</strong></a>, <i>by J. David Goodman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/newsom-la-immigration-agents.html" target="_blank"><strong>Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally</strong></a>, <i>by Laurel Rosenhall, Jesus Jiménez and Hamed Aleaziz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/world/middleeast/gaza-children-school-play.html" target="_blank"><strong>No School, No Toys, No Hope: The Trauma of Childhood in Gaza</strong></a>, <i>by Patrick Kingsley and Bilal Shbair</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/world/middleeast/west-bank-israel-settler-attacks.html" target="_blank"><strong>With Arson and Land Grabs, Israeli Settler Attacks in West Bank Hit Record High</strong></a>, <i>by Patrick Kingsley, Fatima AbdulKarim and Natan Odenheimer</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/world/europe/russian-yacht-seized-sanctions-auction.html" target="_blank"><strong>The U.S. Is Auctioning a Seized Russian Yacht. Will Anyone Buy It?</strong></a>, <i>by Aishvarya Kavi</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>