WASHINGTON: The red-and-white football tossed to President Donald Trump by Russia's Vladimir Putin is undergoing a routine security screening.
The US Secret Service says that's standard for all gifts to the president.
During a joint news conference after their summit this week in Finland, Putin used soccer metaphors and was handed a soccer ball that he tossed to Trump.
Russia hosted the 2018 World Cup.
Trump said he'd give the ball to his 12-year-old son Barron, a soccer fan.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a Putin critic, tweeted after the exchange that he'd have the ball checked for listening devices and "never allow it in the White House."
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told a security conference he's sure the ball "has been looked at very carefully."
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