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Trump will be at the airport to greet Xi when China’s leader arrives for his US state visit
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Trump says his son’s wedding party being bankrolled by a Russian oligarch is ‘totally allowed’
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Trump defends bid to put his name on the Kennedy Center
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Trump has a deal to build US military presence in Greenland while leaving island in Denmark’s hands
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Trump announces all 50 states joining Medicaid drug pricing model
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Judge rules EPA illegally terminated $7 billion solar program intended to help poorer Americans
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US deportees to Equatorial Guinea were arrested and beaten by police, lawyers say
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The Pentagon is moving forward with mandatory testosterone testing for most male troops
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US envoy to NATO criticizes Czech Republic’s ‘disappointing’ spending on defense
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Trump administration begins building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region
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