Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump's federal takeover of law enforcement in Washington, D.C. is officially underway. The arrival of National Guard troops has some hopeful the city will see improvements, while others worry that a short-term blitz could do more harm than good. And PR's Brian Mann reports.

I spent this day talking to people who are living on the street here in Washington. Many of them

say they don't have any place to go. There aren't shelters that they feel comfortable staying in.

Advocacy groups agree that there are very few resources right now and there have been more deep cuts to the social programs that support people, especially with mental health and addiction issues.

The concern now is that if this action moves forward, these people could be swept up.

Many of them could wind up in jails or incarcerated.

That's NPR's Brian Mann reporting. A small number

of Russian troops has slipped through Ukraine's defensive lines on the main battlefront in the east

of the country. NPR's Greg Myrie reports Ukraine acknowledges the breach but says it doesn't

amount to a major Russian breakthrough. The Russian troops found a gap in Ukrainian lines outside the eastern city of Pachorovsk,

a key battleground for the past year.

Ukraine's military says the Russian forces are operating in small groups of 10 to 15 fighters

and do not have sufficient numbers to take and hold territory.

The Russians are advancing incrementally in several places, but have not been able to capture

Pukovsk or other cities in the past year.

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian leader Vladimir Putin may be talking

about a possible peace deal.

But Zelensky says all the signs point to

additional military operations by Russia. Greg Myrie, NPR News, Kyiv. Authorities say the gunmen in

the shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta last Friday died of

a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Shemaine Cruz from member station WABE reports, officials say the shooter had wanted to send

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