President Trump demanded Russia announce a ceasefire in Ukraine by last Friday for face sanctions.
That deadline came and went.
Instead of sanctions, Trump is inviting Russia's president to Alaska for negotiations.
So will diplomacy work?
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Israel is defending its plan to forcibly remove residents from Gaza City
as it seeks to take control of the entire Palestinian territory.
This is the best way to end the war and the best way to end it speedily.
Many world leaders condemn the plan as more forced displacement of Palestinians.
And President Trump has deployed federal agents across Washington, D.C.
He calls the U.S.
Capitol a place of unchecked crime and squalor,
but violent crime in D.C. hit a 30-year low last year.
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