Weekly Recap | July 5th, 2025

Here's what we covered this week:

• The big not-so-beautiful bill passage saga and its consequences

• Vladimir Putin pledging (yet again) to take over “all of Ukraine”

• Trump–Putin phone call

• Trump–Zelenskyy phone call amid U.S. withholding military aid allocated by the Biden administration for Ukraine

• Trump–Merz phone call and the “secret plan” involving Patriot systems for Ukraine

• BRICS Summit kicking off tomorrow

• July 4th bill-signing hoopla celebration

• This week in Canada (check Friday's news recap)

• ...and WAY more!

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Let’s make sure you didn’t miss a thing:

• Monday Newsroom Briefing

• Wednesday Newsroom Briefing

• Friday Newsroom Briefing

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Trending stories this week:

• Pentagon Halts Key Weapons Shipments to Ukraine

• Elon Musk to Launch “The America Party” on July 4 in Open Challenge to Trump

• Summary of Trump-Putin Call: Economic, Middle East, and Ukraine Talks

• BRICS Summit, Rubio's Canceled Asia Trip, and Shifting Dynamics in Global Diplomacy

  
  

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In addition, I kicked off the ONEST NOW Video News Recaps on YouTube.

Have you watched them all?

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Given that the big news was the bill, I’ve summarized and analyzed it:

Watch the summary here:

Prefer reading? Read it here.

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