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podcast from NPR and WBUR. Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Hurst. Russian President Vladimir Putin is

back in Moscow and offering additional comments on yesterday's summit meeting in Alaska with President

Trump. NPR's Charles Mainains has more from the Russian Capitol.

In a televised meeting with top officials, Putin said his visit to the U.S. had been timely

and useful. Putin said the talks allowed him to explain to Trump the true origins of the war in Ukraine,

adding that Russia was now closer to a peace deal.

Russian officials have widely praised

the Kremlin leader's performance in Alaska, where they claim Trump welcoming Putin in a

red carpet ceremony as proof the West political isolation of Moscow is over. Moreover,

Trump has since announced he's dropping a demand for an immediate ceasefire, instead embracing a

wider peace framework favored by Moscow.

Trump hosts Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House Monday.

Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.

Washington, D.C.'s police chief will remain in command of the department following a federal court hearing yesterday

after the Trump administration withdrew its bid to name an emergency police chief.

Today, hundreds of protesters are at the White House demanding an end to the federal police takeover.

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