Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. I'm the Navaz is away. On the news hour tonight,

I believe a peace agreement at the end of all of this is something that's very attainable.

President Trump meets with European leaders and the president of Ukraine to discuss that nation's future in light of Russia's proposals to end the war.

We speak with residents of Washington, D.C., about the presence of National Guard troops after the

president's federal takeover of their city.

What the rest of the country needs to understand is while they have more legal basis for doing

it in D.C., this is their goal across the country.

And Texas Democrats end their standoff

and return to the legislature,

allowing a Republican power grab

through redistricting to move forward.

... Welcome to the News Hour.

Leaders from across Europe descended on Washington today

and a remarkable show of support for Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

Who came to the White House

to meet President Trump. The hastily arranged summit followed Friday's anchorage meeting between

Mr. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Today's gathering lacked the red carpet treatment

Trump gave Putin, an indicted war criminal, but had the same goal to end three and a half

years of Russia's

brutal invasion of Ukraine. Nick Schiffran starts our coverage from the White House.

At the White House today, a leader at war survived what his aides worried was a diplomatic

minefield and received promises from President Trump of long-term U.S. support.

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