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▪ Trump touts DC crime crackdown

▪ Newsom signs redistricting plan

▪ Are firms’ AI investments paying off?

▪ Russia slow-walks Ukraine peace

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President Trump this week dominated the airwaves and optics in his roles as an urban crime fighter, peace-seeker, deal maker and leader of the Republican Party.

Congress ceded its summer stage to the president, who canceled his New Jersey vacation, booked an Alaskan summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and confided to reporters, “I like to fix things.” Russia and Ukraine still remain far apart, but Trump has skipped ahead to a political agenda that pleases his base.

“We’re having a lot of

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