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* 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 Aus

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