Luke Vargas

Flanked by congressional Republicans in the Oval Office, Trump hit out at battleground states as places of alleged corruption without citing specific evidence and questioned whether they should continue to run their own elections as the Constitution spells out.

Democrats and top Republicans in Congress have opposed Trump's suggestion.

Meanwhile, President Trump appears to have backed off threatened military action against Colombia.

After a year of trading insults and feuding over counter-drug and immigration policy, Trump welcomed Colombian President Gustavo Petro to the White House yesterday.

The press were blocked from their Oval Office sit-down, but Trump called the meeting productive, and Petro emerged from the White House with a red MAGA hat in hand, saying that things had ended on an optimistic and positive note.

Officials have been working behind the scenes for months to reset relations with one of Washington's most important security partners in Latin America.

And finally, could retractable car door handles soon go the way of the Dodo?

The staple of many EVs meant to increase aerodynamic efficiency are facing increased safety concerns.

And authorities in China this week banned their use starting next year, saying that new cars would need to have both internal and external handles that can be mechanically opened.

Our Yoko Kubota is in Beijing.

And that's it for What's News for this Wednesday morning.

Today's show was produced by Hattie Moyer and Daniel Bach.

Our supervising producer is Sandra Kilhoff.

And I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

We will be back tonight with a new show.

Until then, thanks for listening.

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