WHAT TO KNOW
* Trump announced the press conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET * In his Truth Social post, Trump mentioned that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser “is a good person who has tried, but she has been given many chances, and the crime numbers get worse, and the city only gets dirtier and less attractive.” * Bowser said in an MSNBC interview yesterday that comparing the city “to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false.” Earlier, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller told NewsNation’s Kellie Meyer that D.C. was “more violent than Baghdad.” * The White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Alaska, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a senior U.S. official and three people