Anthony Zurcher
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BBC North America correspondent. Texan who explains US politics to Brits, UK politics to Americans & Canadian politics to all. I'm https://t.co/CNyAmhV4iB.
In and around Washington, D.C.
Joined July 2009
Next week is going to make this week look like last week.
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Trump says ending the war in Ukraine could be his ticket to heaven. But, as the saying goes, the road to heaven is narrow.
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Meetings in Alaska and Washington were high on pomp and low on breakthroughs, but there were two potentially significant developments.
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A long way to come for nothing? I have another talk with BBC Russia editor @BBCSteveR from the scene of the "press conference that wasn't"
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After the leaders left without taking questions, Anthony Zurcher and Steve Rosenberg stayed on to unpack what we learned.
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Trump styles himself a dealmaker and a peacemaker. He left Alaska's summit with Vladimir Putin yesterday without either.
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Three BBC correspondents at the meeting in Alaska assess what we learned about the two leaders and what's next for the war.
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As we wait for the planned joint press conference here in Alaska, BBC Russia Editor @BBCSteveR and I discuss what to make of the tarmac greeting and the start of the Trump-Putin summit.
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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin appeared to have a friendly, but animated, conversation after landing in Alaska.
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The Alaska summit allows a rare in-person meeting between BBC correspondents from Washington and Moscow.
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The BBC’s US and Russia correspondents outline the leaders' different approaches to the high stakes summit on the Ukraine war.
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I team up with BBC Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg to break down what Putin and Trump want from tomorrow’s Alaska summit.
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The Russian leader senses a chance for more international recognition, while his American counterpart hopes to play peacemaker.
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The Trump administration is responding to the prospect of a massive new Israeli incursion into Gaza with studied indifference.
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The apparent US indifference to the prospect of a long - possibly indefinite - Israeli military occupation marks a telling change in tone.
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BBC News is proposing a panel on how journalists for foreign news organizations cover American politics at next year's SXSW in Austin. Vote for it here if you want to make it happen:
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I wrote about the coming storm in Texas two weeks ago in my BBC Politics Unspun newsletter. If you don't subscribe, you should!
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Sign up here for US Politics Unspun. Expert analysis on US politics from North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher, in your inbox every Wednesday.
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What's going on in Texas? I unpack the deja vu in my home state.
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A dramatic redistricting fight could spread to other states before next year's crucial midterm elections.
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So now Trump has his tariffs, reshaping the global economy. But the consequences of his actions - the benefits but also the potential damage to American interests - will be felt in months and years, not days and weeks.
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The US president considers it a win - but if this all triggers a foundational realignment, the results may not break in his favour
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For Trump, golf is a passion. For those who want something from the president, it’s a way to curry favor - and, if they’re lucky, get access far out of the public eye.
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For some US presidents, golf was a break from work - but for Trump, visiting Scotland this weekend, it is anything but.
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Hulk Hogan and the art of the heel (turn).
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First responders were called to his Florida home after a report of "cardiac arrest", local authorities say. He was later pronounced dead at hospital.
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Telling supporters he thinks some of them are stupid is a bold strategy. We'll see if it works out for Trump.
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In defending how his administration is handling supposed files on Jeffrey Epstein, he says "some stupid Republicans" fell for a hoax.
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John Kerry, former US secretary of state under Obama and the Democratic Party's 2004 presidential nominee, thinks immigration policy cost his party dearly in recent years.
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"Without a border protected, you don't have a nation," the former secretary of state tells the BBC.
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The Washington Post should be, first and foremost, the newspaper of record for those who live in the Washington metro area. That they no longer consider what happens here worthy of a section to itself is tragic.
A sad day for @washingtonpost readers as the standalone Metro section in print is eliminated and folded behind Style. As a lifelong Washingtonian and veteran of the Metro staff, I always admired the Post's commitment to covering Washington as a community not just a capital.
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Oil futures haven't gone up appreciably since Saturday's attack - but over the last month they've moved back up to the levels when Trump took office. He had been citing lower oil prices as the way he was controlling inflation - which might explain his concern.
EVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I'M WATCHING! YOU'RE PLAYING RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY. DON'T DO IT!.
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RT @trump_repost: EVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I'M WATCHING! YOU'RE PLAYING RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY. DON'T DO IT!.
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Standard Donald Trump "I'm just asking questions" construction.
VANCE: "Our view has been very clear that we don't want a regime change.". HEGSETH: "This mission was not and has not been about regime change.". RUBIO: Regime change is "certainly not the goal of what we're working on here.". TRUMP:
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