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Oct. 17, 2025, 6:00 a.m. ET
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After ‘Productive’ Call, Trump Plans Another Meeting With Putin by Zolan Kanno-Youngs
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Iran Lures Transgender Foreigners for Surgery but Forces Operations on Locals by Pranav Baskar and Leily Nikounazar
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Credits
Hosted by Tracy Mumford
Produced by Will Jarvis and Ian Stewart
Edited by Ian StewartJessica Metzger and Tracy Mumford
Featuring Devlin Barrett and Pranav Baskar
Devlin Barrett covers the Justice Department and the F.B.I. for The Times.
Pranav Baskar is an international reporter and a member of the 2025-26 Times Fellowship class, a program for journalists early in their careers.
See more on: U.S. Politics, Russia-Ukraine War, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky
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