Live updates: Trump vows not to send U.S. peacekeeping forces to Ukraine

Switzerland has indicated it would be willing to host a potential summit between Putin and Zelenskyy despite the fact that the Russian leader is subject to an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court.

President Donald Trump pledged today that he would not send U.S. troops into Ukraine to help secure the country against Russian attacks, saying European nations would provide peacekeeping forces.
The Justice Department is investigating whether D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department manipulated crime data to make crime rates appear lower, two senior law enforcement officials tell NBC News.
The U.S. is planning to deploy three warships near Venezuela as it ramps up its fight against drug cartels at sea, a source briefed on the matter told NBC News.
Trump voiced outrage this afternoon in a post on Truth Social about the types of exhibits shown in the Smithsonian and other museums across the country.
A group of Texas Democrats are returning to the state House in Austin where they will spend the night — the latest step in a broader protest over Republican plans to redraw congressional districts in the state.

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