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Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Hurst. European leaders are teaming up to support Ukraine with European Union foreign policy chief Kayakhalis calling for an extraordinary meeting of EU foreign ministers tomorrow. This has President Trump and Russian President Putin prepare for their summit meeting in Alaska on Friday. Terry Schultz has more. The leaders of Britain, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and the European Commission begin their joint statement by welcoming Trump's efforts to stop the killing in Ukraine and end Russia's war of aggression. But after that, their concerns about the U.S.-led process become evident.

The leaders say they'll continue military and financial support to Ukraine as well as tough sanctions on Russia. That last point comes amid reports Trump may consider loosening the U.S. measures on Moscow. The seven emphasize international borders must not be changed by force. Trump had suggested he supports a state. swapping of territories between Russia and Ukraine. And the leaders insist no deal can be made without Ukraine. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz. President Trump says crime in the nation's capital is out of control, and he's threatening to send in federal troops to take over and remove homeless people and jail criminals. But D.C.'s mayor, Muriel Bowser, defended the district's control over

its police department, countering Trump's claims that out-of-control violent crime is taking over D.C. It is true that we had a terrible spike in crime in 2023. But this is not 2023. This is 2025. And we've done that by working with the community, working with the police, working with our prosecutors, and in fact working with the federal government. Bowser speaking there to MSNBC. She says crime is actually down 26 percent compared to last year.

This after a former Doge worker was assaulted in an attempted carjacking. The union for workers at the CDC is calling on the federal government to reinforce trust in the agency and protect its employees. This after a shooting at the Atlanta building Friday that left one police officer and the gunmen dead. Melissa Fado of Member Station, WAPE reports. Law enforcement say Patrick Joseph White shot at CDC headquarters located adjacent to Emory University, prompting a campus-wide alert to run, hide fight. There were no civilian injuries, but at least four CDC buildings were damaged by gunfire. The local chapter of the American Federation for Government employees says staff are shaken

and should not be required to immediately return to work next to bullet holes. It wants flexible leave, a delayed return to office, and perimeter security on all its campuses. The group says federal leadership must clearly condemn vaccine disinformation, which is says it's putting scientists at risk. A CDC source told WABE that there had been enhanced security on campus for weeks prior to the shooting. For NPR News, I'm Melissa Fato in Atlanta. This is NPR News. Civil rights groups say they're watching for more details about President Trump's call for an unprecedented change to the U.S. census.

The group say, if carried out, the change would violate the Constitution's requirements for the national headcount. NPR's Hansi Lo Wong has more. The 14th Amendment requires the, quote, whole number of persons in each state to be counted in the 2030 census numbers used to determine each state's share of congressional seats and electoral college votes. In a social media post, President Trump called for people living in the states without legal status to be excluded in a new census. Sophia Lynn Lakin of the American Civil Liberties Union says she'll be monitoring as the Trump administration tries to carry out this change. We won't hesitate to go back to court to protect representation for all communities. The census isn't just a headcount. It's meant to reflect America as it is, not as some would

prefer it to be. In a statement, the Commerce Department says the Census Bureau will use, quote, modern technology tools to analyze data in response to Trump's call. Hansi Luong, NPR News, Washington. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit northwestern Turkey today, killing at least one person, and causing around a dozen buildings to collapse. Rescue workers recovered at least one body from the rubble for others were rescued. Shocks were felt as far away as Istanbul. Officials are reporting after shocks and warning residents to avoid damaged buildings.

At the weekend box office, horror ruled the day. Weapons debuted in the top spot with an estimated $42 million in ticket sales. U.S. Futures contracts are trading higher at this hour. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.