8.20.25 Hunter Baker on Washington Wednesday, World Tour, and worship during baseball season

The World and Everything In It

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🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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On Washington Wednesday, Trump’s tech push and mail-in ballot fights; on World Tour, news from Washington D.C., Qatar, Hong Kong, India, and Hungry; and church services during youth baseball. Plus, the world’s oldest chicken, Janie B. Cheaney on glorifying God when strength fails, and the Wednesday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from iWitness. Powerful audio dramas bringing faith, courage, and history to life in unforgettable ways. iwitnesspod.comFrom Ambassadors Impact Network. Inviting entrepreneurs to access faith-friendly financing options at ambassadorsimpact.comAnd from Cedarville University—a Christ-centered, academically rigorous university located in southwest Ohio, equipping students for Gospel impact across every career and calling. Cedarville integrates a biblical worldview into every course in the more than 175 undergraduate and graduate programs students choose from. New online undergraduate degrees through Cedarville Online offer flexible and affordable education grounded in a strong Christian community that fosters both faith and learning. Learn more at cedarville.edu, and explore online programs at cedarville.edu/online

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0:00.0	Good morning. From Obama to Mom Donnie, Democrats debate how far left is too far left. Where's the party headed in 2026 and beyond? Hunter Baker standing by for Washington Wednesday will also talk semiconductors, state redistricting fights, and the future
0:22.4	of voting machines. Also, today, our weekly international news roundup world tour. And later,
0:29.0	when sports collide with Sunday worship, one youth baseball league makes time for both.
0:34.1	We do a worship service at every state we have.
0:43.3	It's Wednesday, August 20th. This is the World and Everything in it from listener-supported World Radio. I'm Lindsay Mast. And I'm Nick Einker. Good morning.
0:57.7	Up next, Kent Cunnington with today's news. The Trump administration is pressing for a sit-down
1:04.7	meeting with both Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
1:09.3	to move peace talks forward.
1:11.6	At the White House on Tuesday, reporters asked Press Secretary Caroline Levitt about Putin's willingness
1:16.7	to meet with Zelensky.
1:18.3	I understand that the White House is working and allies are working to make this meeting happen,
1:21.7	but did Putin promise to do a meeting with Zelensky a direct meeting in the coming
1:26.9	weeks?
1:29.8	He has, and I just answered that question for you.
1:34.5	The Kremlin, though, says it has agreed in concept and is open to such a meeting,
1:38.2	but has not yet signaled any firm intent to hold a trilateral meeting.
1:43.4	President Trump met with Putin on Friday and then separately with Zelensky and European leaders on Monday.
1:45.3	The White House also stated Tuesday that Trump understands Ukraine's need for security guarantees
1:51.1	as part of any peace deal. The president has definitively stated, U.S. boots will not be on the ground
1:56.7	in Ukraine, but we can certainly help in the coordination and perhaps provide other means of
2:01.3	security guarantees to our European allies.
2:04.5	Trump said those guarantees may have to come without future membership in NATO.
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