Trump’s Big Flip on Ukraine, and a Defiant Jimmy Kimmel

Plus, robot fight club. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

Trump Cancels Meeting With Democrats as Shutdown Nears by Catie Edmondson

‘Your Countries Are Going to Hell’: Trump Airs His Grievances at the U.N. by Luke Broadwater

In a Sudden Shift, Trump Says Ukraine Can Win the War With Russia by David E. Sanger

Jimmy Kimmel, Somber but Defiant, Defends Free Speech in Return to ABC by John Koblin and Michael M. Grynbaum

Man Found Guilty of Trying to Assassinate Trump in Florida by David C. Adams and Patricia Mazzei

‘Peak SF’ on a Friday Night Is a Robot Fight by Natallie Rocha

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