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Chapter 1: What recent project did President Trump announce for Washington, D.C.?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. President Trump said Thursday he wants to build a pedestrian bridge to connect the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River. It would yet be another of the list of buildings and renovation projects he's undertaken around Washington, D.C. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben has more.
Trump teased the latest plan from the Oval Office.
It's called the Promenade. Promenade. They want to call it the Trump Promenade, but I don't know if I want to do that. It's going to be beautiful. It's a beautiful project.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum explained that the bridge would go over the roads that separate the Lincoln Memorial from the nearby river. Neither Trump nor Burgum said how much the project would cost or where the funding would come from. This year, Trump has also torn down the White House East Wing to build a ballroom that he has said will include a military complex underneath.
He has also set in motion plans to build a massive arch across the river from the Lincoln Memorial. Danielle Kurtzleman, NPR News, the White House.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will increase its air defenses to counter the recent Ukrainian drone attacks which have reached deep inside Russia, including the city of St. Petersburg. Russia's air defense missiles failed to shoot those drones down. The attacks have cast a large cloud over a major Russian economic forum underway in Putin's hometown.
Speaking at the White House, President Trump once again called for an end to the more than four-year-old war.
They're going to both make compromises. I suggested those compromises. And, you know, we've had a lot to do with it. We'd love to see their two very good people. They're two very, I mean, incredible countries, beautiful countries. They've got to stop.
Meanwhile, Russia's President Vladimir Zelensky is proposing a face-to-face meeting with him and Putin. President Trump says he supports the idea. And in Washington, the House on Thursday passed an $8 billion aid package for Ukraine, and the House called for additional economic sanctions against Russia.
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