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Democrats in swing districts advised to avoid talking about immigration

October 15, 2018

Left-leaning groups are advising Democratic candidates in the November midterm elections to steer clear from discussing immigration in states and districts that President Trump won in 2016.A strategy memo co-author...

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Trump’s tariffs could hit $200 billion of Chinese goods this week

September 4, 2018

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The United States could impose tariffs on roughly half of all Chinese goods entering the country by the end of the week.

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American Airlines asks government not to use planes to transfer migrant children

June 20, 2018

Mallory Shelbourne

American Airlines on Wednesday asked the federal government not to use it to transfer migrant children separated from their families at the United States southern border.In a statement, American said the "zero tole...

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US quits UN Human Rights council: What message does it send to the world?

June 20, 2018

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The United States has quit the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), saying the body is a "cesspool of political bias."

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Trump’s Asia trip: 6 takeaways

November 14, 2017

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President Donald Trump completed his lengthy five-country trip through Asia on Tuesday, putting the cap on a nearly two-week jaunt that saw the President begin to remake the United States' position in the world, while looking to usher consensus around ...

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Duterte spokesman: Trump offered to return Philippine fugitive during bilateral talks

November 14, 2017

Emily Rauhala and David Nakamura

MANILA — A spokesman for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday that President Trump offered to return a fugitive who had fled to the United States and did not bring up human rights issues at all during their bilateral meeting a day earlier....

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Here’s the real problem with Kris Kobach’s voter fraud commission

July 5, 2017

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Forty-four states are refusing to turn over voter information requested by Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity vice chairman Kris Kobach, a bipartisan rebuke to a group formed by President Trump to expose alleged voter fraud in US el...

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Trump national security adviser: ‘Range of options’ being developed to respond to North Korea

April 16, 2017

John Wagner

President Trump’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, said Sunday that the United States is exploring “a range of options” to respond to an increasingly provocative North Korea but that the administration would like “to take action short of armed conflict, so we can avoid the worst.” McMaster’s comments came on a weekend during which North […]

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Tilllerson: Defeating ISIS is top US priority in Middle East

March 22, 2017

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that defeating ISIS would be the United States' top priority in the Middle East and hinted at establishing a safe zone for refugee protection.

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Tilllerson: Defeating ISIS is top US priority in Middle East

March 22, 2017

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that defeating ISIS would be the United States' top priority in the Middle East and hinted at establishing a safe zone for refugee protection.