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The leaders of the United States and Russia will hold talks at an American military base in Alaska and are expected to hold a news conference afterward.

The Trump administration had asked states to certify that their schools did not practice “illegal D.E.I.” and threatened to cut off billions of dollars from schools that did not comply.

Chief Pamela A. Smith’s order effectively serves as a carve-out to how the department enforces a broader ban that prohibits the local police from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement.

The Army expects up to 200 soldiers out on the capital’s streets within the next few days at any given time in support of federal law enforcement.

The Treasury secretary has been slow to divest assets, including farmland, that he pledged to shed.

Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton are vying to be the tougher candidate on Democratic lawmakers who left Texas, as potential Democratic rivals seek their own spotlight.

The mayor of Hamilton County, Tenn., declared a state of emergency as rescue crews pulled people out of submerged cars and homes.

The president cited a number of false and misleading claims about homicides and youth crime in the nation’s capital.