Donald Trump insists he won’t let Vladimir Putin High-risk summit In Ukraine, the chances of success of the conference are 75%.
Amid concerns among European leaders, the Russian president will tell reporters on the eve of talks in Alaska on Friday: “I am the president and he will not be with me.
“I’ll know in the first two minutes, three, four or five minutes…whether we’ll have a meeting or not or a bad meeting. If it’s a bad meeting, it’ll end soon, and if it’s a good meeting, we’ll get peace in a pretty near future.”
at the same time Washington, DCThe White House says local and federal law enforcement officers will be in Trump’s federal takeover Its police station and dispatched National Guard.
This is the key American politics A glance at the story:
Trump says Putin is ready to reach Ukrainian deal
Donald Trump says he thinks Vladimir Putin is ready to reach a deal on Ukraine’s war as the two leaders prepare for the Alaska summit, but his suggestion is Russian leader and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy Something might be “separated” in Kyiv.
The U.S. president said Friday’s Alaska meeting had a 75% chance of success, and that the threat of economic sanctions could make Putin more willing to seek war. He also said that it has not been confirmed yet – a second meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy will be more decisive.
Trump tightens DC policing
The president falsely claims crime Washington, DC It was “the worst situation ever”, in the ongoing federal takeover of the city’s police department and the deployment of the city’s National Guard and federal agents.
“Washington, D.C. is at its worst moment,” Trump said Thursday in the Oval Office. “It will soon reach its best position.” He also unfoundedly accused DC law enforcement officers of providing “false crime statistics” and said “they are investigating.”
Bondy threatens to prosecute leaders who fail to comply with immigration officials
Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had sent “sanitation city” letters to mayors in 32 cities and mayors of a few county executives warning her about her intention to prosecute political leaders who do not fully support immigration enforcement.
“You’d better comply with our federal policies and our federal law enforcement because if you’re not, we’re going to follow you.” Tell Fox News reporters Thursday. “Our leaders must support our law enforcement.”
Texas Democrats prepare to return to state after two weeks of absence
Democratic lawmakers in Texas say they are ready to return to the state under certain conditions, ending nearly two weeks of efforts to stop Republicans Five Republican seats will be added through a new Congressional map.
Legislators said Thursday that as long as the legislature ends its first special meeting on Friday, Republicans say they intend to do so. this Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he will call another special meeting immediately.
The first lady asked Hunter Biden to withdraw comments, linking her to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and threatening to do so if he doesn’t.
Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, alleged in an interview this month that Epstein Donald Trump. Melania Trump’s attorney Alejandro Brito said in a letter to Biden that the statements were false, slanderous and “extremely mean.”
Medical Journal rejects RFK JR call to retract vaccine research
The influential American medical journal rejects the call from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy JrThe journal’s editor told Reuters that it is to retract a large Denmark study that found that the aluminum component in the vaccine does not increase children’s health risks.
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