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guard your card.com. Here is your morning brief for Wednesday, July 9th. I'm Luke

Vargas for the Wall Street Journal.

President Trump is considering sending an additional Patriot Air Defense System to Ukraine

as his patience with Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be wearing thin.

In recent weeks, Russia has stepped up its efforts to seize more territory in Ukraine's east

and intensified its aerial

assaults on Ukrainian cities. Trump has been critical of the continued Russian airstrikes

as he's pressured Putin to start peace negotiations, hinting yesterday at possible fresh sanctions

on Moscow. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is looking to ban Chinese buyers from

purchasing American farmland, following years of warnings from state and federal lawmakers

that it could use the land to facilitate spying or influence the U.S. food supply chain.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the government is also

ratcheting up scrutiny on existing land owned by Chinese buyers and looking at ways to

potentially claw back prior purchases. China has downplayed U.S. concerns as overblown, with an embassy

representative in D.C. saying Chinese companies' investments

had created jobs and economic growth. And Apple C.O. Jeff Williams is stepping down from his role

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