Edgar Kagan
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Trump hosts Xi at White House; Ukraine pushes to draw China into effort to end Russia's war
US President Donald Trump hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on September 24 in a lavish summit that produced no visible breakthroughs on artificial intelligence, trade, Taiwan, or the war with Iran. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Trump to press Xi to influence Russian leader Vladimir Putin to end or de-escalate the war, while US Democratic senators urged Trump to raise the "Graham Law" on Russia sanctions with Xi.