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Feb 2025
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Trump Says Putin Agrees to Talks to End ...

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P.M. Edition for Feb. 12. President Trump says he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have agreed to open immediate talks to end the war in Ukraine. WSJ national security correspondent Nancy Youssef discusses what we know about the shifting U.S. stance. Plus, inflation in January was higher than anticipated. We hear from Heard on the Street writer and WSJ’s Take On the Week co-host Telis Demos about what that could mean for the Federal Reserve. And House Republicans present their blueprint for a budget bill. Alex Ossola hosts. 


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