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What to Know About Secret Service Protection for Former Vice Presidents

The Secret Service usually protects a former vice president for six months after they leave office.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s Secret Service protection would have ended in July, but President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had signed an order extending it for another year.
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Russia’s Top Diplomat Says There Is No Plan for Putin-Zelensky Meeting

The statement by Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov deals a blow to President Trump’s efforts to mediate an end to the war in Ukraine.

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Comments from Sergey V. Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, on NBC’s “Meet the Press” may offer clues to whether a path forward remains.
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Lavrov seems to erase the notion that a Putin-Zelensky meeting is in the works.

In an interview NBC’s “Meet the Press” is set to broadcast an interview on Sunday morning with Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov of Russia

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Comments from Sergey V. Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, on NBC’s “Meet the Press” may offer clues to whether a path forward remains.
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Europe moves to back Ukraine after Trump drops cease-fire demand.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom, left, and President Emmanuel Macron of France were among the European leaders who released statements in support of Ukraine after President Trump’s meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Friday.
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As Trump Meets Putin in Anchorage, Zelensky Condemns Russia’s Continuing Strikes

The Ukrainian leader sounded off on social media before the summit in Anchorage from which he was excluded.

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Ukrainians carrying their belongings out of a heavily damaged building after a Russian strike in the town of Bilozerske in the Donetsk region on Tuesday.
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Trump-Putin Meeting: What Time, Where and How to Watch

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.

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Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on Wednesday.
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Federal Agents Ramp Up D.C. Presence as Protesters Converge on Police Checkpoint

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.

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People gathered to watch federal agents and police in Washington on Wednesday evening.
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