Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright.
President Trump is threatening a federal takeover of Washington,
D.C., citing crime and homelessness in the nation's capital.
NPR's Danielle Kurtz-Laban reports he'll give more details this morning.
In a social media post during the weekend,
President Trump said he will announce his plans for the city with a focus on crime and cleanliness in the District of Columbia.
In another post, he wrote, quote, the homeless have to move out immediately.
Trump added that Muriel Bowser, Washington, D.C.'s Democratic mayor,
is a good person who has tried, but she has been given many chances.
Statistics from D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department show violent crime has been falling after a 2023 peak.
President Trump's recent anger over D.C. crime seems to have been spurred by an assault in the city of a federal employee and former Doge staffer.
Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
Vice President Vance says the U.S. is trying to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the table for talks on ending Russia's war against Ukraine.
Vance was optimistic on Fox News yesterday.
Vladimir Putin said that he would never sit down with Zelensky,
the head of Ukraine, and the president has now got that to change.
We're at a point now where we're now trying to figure out, frankly,
scheduling and things like that around when these three leaders could sit down and discuss and into this conflict.
President Trump and Putin are meeting for talks in Alaska on Friday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is defending his plan to take over parts of Gaza.