Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Christian Wright. President Trump heads to Anchorage this morning for a high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports from Alaska, the two leaders will meet one-on-one. President Trump is positioning himself as the key to ending Russia's war in Ukraine because of his relationship with Putin.

But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wasn't invited to this summit. And Trump says his aim today

is to feel out whether Putin is serious about peace. I think it's going to be a good meeting,

but the more important meeting will be the second meeting that we're having.

We're going to have a meeting with President Putin, President Zelensky, myself, and maybe we'll bring some of the European leaders along, maybe not.

Whether that second meeting happens depends on how today's summit goes.

The White House says Trump and Putin will hold a joint press conference after they meet.

Tamara Keith, NPR News, Anchorage, Alaska.

The Trump administration has now named the head of the DEA as Washington, D.C.'s

Emergency Police Commissioner in the federal takeover of the city's Police Department.

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued the directive last night.

She says she's giving drug enforcement

administration commissioner Terry Cole the powers of the local police chief. Bondi says all

directives must now get approval from him. Her order also rescinds local policies related to D.C.'s

Sanctuary City protections. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C.'s Attorney General swiftly

rejected Bondi's order, calling it unlawful. The local AG has told the police chief in a letter

she isn't legally obligated to follow it. In a virtual meeting, former President Barack Obama

rallied Texas Democratic state lawmakers who left the state

to block Republican attempts to redraw congressional maps. The GOP is trying to win more seats,

so Obama told the group it'll be a long battle. What we all recognize is we can't let a systematic

assault on democracy just happen and stand by.

The lawmakers announced they'll come back to Texas under certain conditions.

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