WHAT TO KNOW
* Trump said at a White House news conference this morning that he is federalizing the D.C. police and deploying the National Guard to the nation’s capital as part of a crime-fighting effort. * D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser refuted Trump’s claims of rising crime, saying that violent crime in the district was on the decline in recent years. * The Trump administration agreed to once again delay the deadline when tariffs on Chinese imports would rise as discussions between the two sides continue. * Trump said his face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday would be a “feel-out meeting” aimed at urging Putin to end the war with Ukraine. * A federal judge today denied the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury materials in Jeffrey Epstein accom