Global Stakes in DC, 'Woke' Teachers Tested & Costly Friendships - Monday, August 18, 2025
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 18 August 2025
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The news to know for Monday, August 18, 2025!
We'll tell you about some of the most powerful leaders in the world coming to America's capital today, as President Trump suggests new terms to end the war in Ukraine.
Also, where Hurricane Erin is expected to impact late-summer travelers this week.
And why hundreds of protests happened across the U.S. over the weekend.
Plus: how one conservative state is trying to identify liberal teachers, how much money AT&T customers could be entitled to in a new settlement, and how Scottie Scheffler completed a feat no other golfer has pulled off since Tiger Woods.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, August 18. We'll tell you about some of the most powerful leaders in the world |
| 0:04.5 | coming to America's capital today, as President Trump suggests new terms to end the war in Ukraine. |
| 0:10.4 | Also, where Hurricane Aaron is expected to impact late summer travelers this week, and why |
| 0:15.1 | hundreds of protests happened across the U.S. over the weekend. Plus, how one conservative state |
| 0:20.1 | is trying to identify liberal |
| 0:21.6 | teachers, how much money AT&T customers could be entitled to in a new settlement, and how Scotty |
| 0:27.3 | Sheffler completed a feat no other golfer has pulled off since Tiger Woods. Those stories and even |
| 0:32.5 | more news to know coming up. Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in around 10 minutes. Fast, |
| 0:41.1 | fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You're ready. Let's do |
| 0:47.2 | this. President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed to have found some common ground at last week's summit. |
| 0:56.6 | Over the weekend, Trump backed Putin's plan for peace, based on Ukraine, handing over territory to Russia. |
| 1:02.9 | Specifically, reports say Trump is now pushing for the Ukrainian side to give up the entire Donbos region in eastern Ukraine, even areas not already occupied by Russian troops. |
| 1:12.9 | Last night on social media, Trump also called for Ukraine to give up on Crimea that was illegally |
| 1:17.6 | annexed more than a decade ago. And in return, Russia would pause the war at its current front lines. |
| 1:23.9 | Trump is expected to bring this up today with Ukrainian President Belodemir Zelensky when he visits |
| 1:28.3 | the White House. The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Britain, Finland, and the European Union are also |
| 1:34.2 | coming to the U.S. today to meet with Trump. The hope is they'll show a united front as they push back |
| 1:39.3 | against Russia. But what Trump says he'll concede to Russia goes against what the other leaders have said they would allow. |
| 1:45.8 | The Trump administration says one major focus of today's talks is security guarantees for Ukraine |
| 1:50.6 | that could be similar to the one with NATO, where an enemy attack against one member is viewed as an attack against all. |
| 1:57.2 | But so far, the exact details have not been hashed out. |
| 2:00.4 | And to be clear, Trump says Ukraine should not actually become a NATO member. Trump so far, the exact details have not been hashed out. And to be clear, Trump says Ukraine |
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