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The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled

President Trump’s repeated claims about having “solved” the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. And that was only the beginning.

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The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled

President Trump’s repeated claims about having “solved” the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. And that was only the beginning.

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Trump Cancels Kamala Harris’s Secret Service Protection

The Secret Service usually protects a former vice president for six months after they leave office, but President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had extended Ms. Harris’s protection beyond that.

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Kamala Harris, then the vice president, on her way to a campaign rally in Wisconsin in October 2024.
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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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Trump Wants to End Mail-In Voting Ahead of Next Year’s Midterms

The president does not have the power to unilaterally change voting laws, and any executive order regarding elections is likely to see immediate legal challenges.

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An official picking up mailed ballots in Scranton, Pa., on Election Day in 2024.
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3 Republican-Led States to Send National Guard Troops to D.C.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia said his state would send 300 to 400 troops to Washington, while Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina pledged 200 members. Gov. Mike DeWine said he would send another 150.

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Gov. Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia said the Trump administration had requested his state’s National Guard in Washington.
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6 Takeaways From Trump’s Meeting With Putin

While no deal was announced, the Russian leader secured some wins and left on good terms with the U.S. president.

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President Trump meeting President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia along the tarmac in Alaska. They left with no announced deal but a warm rapport.
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As Trump Seizes D.C.’s Police, Critics Say He’s Undercut Its Ability to Fight Crime

The Trump administration has taken steps that have hobbled Washington’s efforts to reduce crime, such as gutting its U.S. attorney’s office and enacting budget cuts of more than $1 billion.

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President Trump has deployed 800 members of the National Guard to Washington to assist local and federal law enforcement.
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