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controversy continues over the Trump administration's removal of the pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he'll introduce legislation designating it as congressionally authorized.

Schumer says he hopes to get bipartisan support.

Last week, New York politicians defiantly raised another rainbow flag at the monument.

The original one flew for years on a flagpole at the National Park Service-run park across the street from the Stonewall Inn.

That's the gay bar where a 1969 police raid sparked an uprising and helped catalyze the modern LGBTQ movement.

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A critical part of the federal government, the Department of Homeland Security, is shut down and Congress isn't in session to reopen it.

Empire Sam Greenglass reports this after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement to restrain the conduct of immigration officers.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says there isn't a single power plant in Ukraine that hasn't been damaged by Russian air attacks.

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference today, he repeated his call for quicker air defense deliveries, saying there are times when missiles would arrive at the last minute before an attack.

Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who's also at the security conference, says he doesn't know if Russia's serious about ending its nearly four-year-old war in Ukraine.

The United States and China have swapped intelligence on combating drugs.

Representatives met in the U.S.

this week.

That's according to Chinese state media.

NPR's Jennifer Pak reports from Shanghai it comes as both sides seek to smooth trade tensions.

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