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Despite longing for an end to Russia’s invasion, few believe that a meeting between President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin is likely to deliver a peace plan they can accept. Read full article

Dr. David A. Kessler has outlined a legal path for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the food industry, while testing President Trump’s willingness to do so. Read full article

The cash infusion is a rare move by the Democratic National Committee in deep-blue New Jersey, where Representative Mikie Sherrill narrowly leads her G.O.P. opponent. Read full article

State Representative Gene Wu represents a racially diverse corner of Houston when he’s not defending juveniles in court. The battle over redistricting has pushed him into the national spotlight. Read full article

The Department of Veterans Affairs appeared to be the first agency to begin terminating union contracts, affecting more than 400,000 workers. Read full article

The effort by President Trump and his allies is the latest example of them trying to rewrite the rules to squeeze out every possible political advantage. Read full article

A rented Penske truck was used to ferry agents to the Home Depot where the raid was conducted, days after an appeals court upheld an order limiting some enforcement tactics. Read full article

Before the inauguration, Jacob Buckley, of Port Matilda, Pa., wrote “Bro we going into a literal oligarchy in 4 days and im going to kill Trump,” prosecutors said. Read full article

The Department of Veterans Affairs appeared to be the first agency to begin terminating union contracts, affecting more than 400,000 workers. Read full article

President Trump has revived his first-term policy of separating migrant children from their parents, and the more targeted version is happening far from the border. Read full article