People walk near the U.S. State Department in Washington, Monday, March 26, 2018. The White House says the expulsion of Russian diplomats and closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle will "make the United States safer." White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says in a statement that President Donald Trump is responding to "Russia's use of a military-grade chemical weapon on the soil of the United Kingdom." She says the move will reduce "Russia's ability to spy on Americans and to conduct covert operations that threaten America's national security." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)