Hotel guests shared the pages with NPR. The documents laid out the precise locations and meeting times of the summit at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, as well as phone numbers of government employees and the menu for a planned three course lunch that did not occur,

Trump and Putin “looked like buddies” during their initial greetings in Alaska Friday – but the dynamic had shifted by the end of their visit, according to a body language expert.

Russian President Putin speeches during their joint press conference with U.S. Persident Donald Trump after their meeing on war in Ukraine at U.S. Air Base In Alaska on August 15, 2025, in Anchorage,

Halibut Olympia, a Tuesday-night kind of recipe, was part of the planning (if not the eating) at the Friday meeting.

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said her administration is standing by to provide any assistance that may be needed.