Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Bartner.

President Trump arrived in Beijing today for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Trump was greeted by a military honor guard, a military band, and hundreds of young Chinese people waving flags and chanting warm welcome.

The greeters were decked out in white and robin's egg blue

outfits that matched the paint job of the iconic presidential plane. The main part of the summit

with President Xi starts tomorrow when they hold bilateral talks, visit the Temple of Heaven,

and take part in a formal banquet. The talks are expected to focus on the Iran War, trade,

and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.

The Senate, once again, narrowly defeated a war powers resolution that would have forced President Trump to end the war in Iran.

Three Republicans joined almost all Senate Democrats to vote in support of the bill.

NPR's Ava Berger is at the Capitol.

The vote is the seventh in an effort largely led by Democrats to constrain Trump's ability

to continue to engage in the conflict with Iran.

The resolution was defeated 49 to 50.

Senators Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul, and Susan Collins, voted with Democrats,

while Senator John Federman, the Pennsylvania Democrat, joined with Republicans to defeat the bill.

The vote came one day after Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, told Congress that the cost of the conflict had risen to nearly $30 billion.

He asked lawmakers for record $1.5 trillion to fund the Pentagon next year.

Eva Berger, NPR News, the Capitol.

One year after President Trump's executive order to shelter 6,000 homeless veterans, NPR's Quill Lawrence, reports Democrats and Republicans say they've seen little progress.

The president's order aimed to create what he called a Center for Warrior Independence on the sprawling VA campus in West Los Angeles.

But at a hearing, Republican Congressman Mike Boss said the administration

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