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🗓️ 20 May 2025

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Tuesday, May 20. The seven stories you need to know today.

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0:00.0	President Trump had a very long talk with Vladimir Putin.
0:06.3	The Supreme Court cleared the way for more deportations.
0:10.3	And it turns out AI can be more persuasive than humans.
0:15.2	That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from the Washington Post.
0:19.0	I'm Hannah Jewell.
0:20.2	It's Tuesday, May 20th. Let's get you caught up with today's
0:24.0	seven stories. Number one. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the
0:35.4	phone yesterday for more than two hours. It was a rare and
0:39.6	hotly anticipated conversation between the leaders aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Trump has said
0:46.7	that the only way to resolve the conflict is through direct talks between him and Putin, but yesterday's
0:53.4	call resulted in no major breakthroughs.
0:56.6	Trump did appear to accept Putin's demand to postpone a ceasefire until after negotiations,
1:03.3	and there was little to indicate Russia had abandoned demands that Ukraine finds unacceptable.
1:10.0	Later in the day, Trump took questions from reporters.
1:13.3	He sounded hopeful about the prospects for peace.
1:16.5	You previously on truth social implored President Putin to stop.
1:20.4	You wrote Vladimir stop.
1:21.7	He didn't stop.
1:22.7	Quite the contrary.
1:23.9	I'm curious, did you bring that up on your call with him today?
1:26.9	No, no, I didn't bring that up, but I did say it's time.
1:30.3	You got to stop this thing.
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