Today, another edition of the Midday News Wrap.
We begin today with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He joins Tom by phone to comment on the roiling controversy over President Trump’s performance at his meeting Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Mr. Trump's contentious discussions the week before with America's European allies, and the President's announcement yesterday that he's invited Mr. Putin to meet again this fall -- at the White House.
Meanwhile, a Russian gun rights advocate and former student at American University is in jail in Washington DC awaiting trial, accused of working as an unregistered agent of the Russian government. And Congress refuses to increase funding for election security. Senator Ben Cardin talks about what’s next for US-Russia relations.
Later in the hour, Luke Broadwater, who covers city politics for the Baltimore Sun, joins us in the studio to review this week's top local stories, including Mayor Pugh's ambitious redevelopment plans for East Baltimore, the latest on the Baltimore Police Department's response to the Department of Justice Consent Decree, and a prison sentence for a state senator.
