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President Donald Trump heads to Alaska on Friday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the goals of the "summit" appear to be completely different, depending on which leader is speaking.

Trump addressed reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon, stating that the goal is to reach a ceasefire, or at the very least, hold a preliminary meeting to facilitate a ceasefire.

Families of students across the United States are facing significantly higher prices for basic supplies as the new school year begins, a cost burden that a new analysis blames on President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs and the massive Republican budget package he signed into law last month.

The analysis, conducted by The Century Foundation (TCF) and Groundwork Collaborative, estimates that prices for supplies such as index cards have surged by more than 40% this year.

Federal agents and the National Guard rolled into Washington, D.C. this week and began their operation to occupy the streets, arrest residents, and hassle anyone they view as suspicious. Meanwhile, on Thursday, Mayor Muriel Bowser "left town" for Martha's Vineyard.

Huffington Post Jennifer Bendery cited NBC Washington that Bowser will only be out of the city for a day, but it was on the day that the National Guard begins rounding up the homeless population.

President Donald Trump will fly to Alaska on Friday, where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in person to "feel him out" over whether a ceasefire with Ukraine is possible. But CNN anchors called Trump's plan "amorphous."

Trump took questions in the Oval Office about his meeting and made it clear he has no plan. At one point, a reporter asked whether there could be any success that comes from the meeting on Friday if a ceasefire doesn't happen.

The Justice Department press office clashed with a reporter after she refused to print a statement that didn't address her question.

‪Jessica Huseman, editorial director for VoteBeat, the nonpartisan voting watchdog news site, reached out to the DOJ asking, "Does the DOJ have a response to widespread concern that requests for voter rolls violate the Privacy Act of 1974?" She posted the full exchange, saying, "I want you to see how they are talking about truth."

President Donald Trump called in federal agents to help crack down on crime in Washington, D.C., but CNN's Harry Enten said new polling explains the real reason he has taken the extraordinary step.

The president called in the National Guard to help with law enforcement in the nation's capital after a DOGE staffer was carjacked and beaten, and even though violent crime has declined in Washington over the last two years. Enten said that Trump was cracking down because that was still one issue where he enjoys public support.

Owners of U.S. distillers and vineyards are watching in dismay as their sales into Canada have gone into free-fall due to a boycott linked to Donald Trump.

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, it has become almost impossible to find U.S.-produced spirits on the shelves in Canada, after the president declared a trade war with America's northern neighbor.

More than 100 protesters gathered late Wednesday at a checkpoint set up by a combination of local and federal officers on a popular street in Washington, D.C., where U.S. President Donald Trump has taken over the police force and deployed around 800 National Guard members as part of what he hopes will be a long-term occupation of the country's capital—and potentially other major cities.

The officers at the Wednesday night checkpoint reportedly included agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which is also taking part in immigration raids in the city. Some agents were wearing face coverings to conceal their identities.