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Final preparations are underway for tomorrow's SNAP summit meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin.

NPR's Charles Mainz reports, while the talks are expected to focus on Russia's war in Ukraine, the Kremlin is casting these talks as a broader opportunity to address Russia's

trade and defense concerns. President Putin gathered his top advisors ahead of the summit to

inform them of preparations for the talks. In brief televised remarks, Putin thanked the Trump

administration for what Putin called its sincere efforts to end the war in Ukraine. That comes

as Trump, as revived

demands for a ceasefire and threaten punishing sanctions if Russia fails to agree to one. Yet Putin

suggested the two sides used their time together in Alaska to also discuss arms control,

and separately, Kremlin aide Yuriushakov said huge untapped potential for Russian-American

economic cooperation would also be on the docket.

Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.

Residents in Washington, D.C.,'s most dangerous neighborhoods say they welcome more law enforcement,

but they question whether President Trump's deployment of soldiers and federal agents is a solution.

And Pierce Frank Langford has more from the nation's capital.

Aaron lives in Congress Heights in a section of D.C. where there have been 38 homicides so far this year.

But Aaron, who asked NPR not to reveal his last name, to protect his federal government job, is skeptical that National Guard troops who aren't trained in law enforcement

will help. I would have loved to have seen maybe more funding for police or maybe getting some of

the command folks behind the desk and put them out on the street for presence. Instead, Aaron says he

thinks Trump is making a show of force to embarrass a Democratic-led city instead of addressing the

capital's

very real crime problem in a lasting way. Frank Langford, NPR News, Washington.

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