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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow sharply criticized President Donald Trump on Friday, who she accused of turning his back on a life-saving drug that the host said has spared the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans. "It's not like we didn't know it was going to be terrible,” Maddow said in the opening minutes of her show. "And it is terrible,” she...
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A prominent accuser of Jeffrey Epstein has died by suicide, according to a report.Virginia Giuffre became a leading figure in unearthing Epstein's trafficking network and shared detailed accounts of abuse and trafficking by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. That included claims she was trafficked to high-profile figures, including Britain's Prince...
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The Education Department on Friday opened a probe into New York state education officials for threatening to cut funding to a local school district over its decades-old Native American mascot – an image depicting a man in a feathered headdress, according to a report in Politico.The new investigation came days after Donald Trump used the power of...
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The National Republican Senatorial Committee attacked the remarks of U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) as "disgusting” and accused him of working to "overturn the will of Georgia,” after Ossoff promised another impeachment. Ossoff told supporters at Friday Cobb County town hall that he "strongly” supports a push to impeach President Donald Trump a...
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A judge said a 2-year-old girl with U.S. citizenship appears to have been deported along with her mother to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — despite her father's efforts to keep her in the country.According to Politico, "U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee, said the child — identified in court papers by the initials...
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The CIA on Friday broke its silence over the death of Michael Gloss, the son of a senior national security official and an Iraq War veteran, who was killed last April while fighting with Russian forces in Ukraine – one of the few Americans known to have done so, the Washington Post reported.While Gloss, 21, was killed in Donetsk on April 4, 2024,...
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Republicans in Missouri saw their state's abortion ban overturned by a popular referendum last year, the latest in a long line of red states where voters rejected extreme prohibitions on the procedure. But Republicans are now resorting to an "absurd" ploy to pressure voters into voting on an amendment that would effectively reverse their previous...
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Former Department of Defense special counsel Ryan Goodman was taken aback by Attorney General Pam Bondi's public comments about the new criminal case involving Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan.Bondi on Friday sparked a firestorm of criticism from Democrats when she suggested the judge arrested by the FBI on charges of obstructing...
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John Reid, the Republican nominee for Virginia lieutenant governor, defied calls Friday from Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) to drop out of the race after nude photos of men were shared on a social media account that Youngkin's team believes is linked to him."The Governor was made aware late Thursday of the disturbing online content,” Youngkin's...
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One of President Donald Trump's most controversial federal prosecutors is now waging a campaign of intimidation against Wikipedia.According to The Free Press, Ed Martin, the acting U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., sent a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation, the parent organization for the internet encyclopedia, accusing them of "engaging in a...
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For the past month, something of a civil war has raged between Florida Republicans in Tallahassee. Gov. Ron DeSantis has accused Florida GOP House leadership of being "at war with the voters who provided the supermajority in the first place.” He's criticized them for ignoring his request for a property tax cut and not doing enough on condominium...
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Political, foreign policy, and national security experts are expressing shock and outrage after President Donald Trump's special envoy, real estate billionaire Steve Witkoff, met with Vladimir Putin on Friday at the Kremlin for the fourth time—entirely unaccompanied by any senior State Department officials, administration representatives, or...
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House and Senate Democrats are drawing a red line after agents from President Donald Trump's FBI arrested a sitting judge—whom Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested is "deranged” and implied believes she is "above the law.”Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan is "accused of escorting the man and his lawyer out of her courtroom...
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President Donald Trump is trying to walk back his promise to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine on "day one" by passing it off as a joke — but that's simply not true, CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale wrote in an analysis published Friday.Trump attempted the walkback in his wide-ranging interview with Time Magazine conducted this week. "I said that...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has dismissed members of several Pentagon advisory boards focused on defense policy and military technology, further shaking up the department during the former Fox News host's time at the Pentagon, the Wall Street Journal reported.In a memo outlining the removals from the Defense Policy Board, the Defense Science...
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One of the top medical journals in the world is now directly condemning President Donald Trump's administration over its continued attacks on the scientific community.In a recent editorial, the Lancet — a highly regarded, peer-reviewed medical journal based in the United Kingdom — tore into the Trump administration over its threatening letters...
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Arizona Democrats are rushing to contain the political damage from internal feuding that has consumed the state party and its top officials, worried the infighting could cost them in the upcoming midterms.That's according to Politico, which reported Friday that the squabble in Arizona emerged after the state's party chair, Robert E. Branscomb II,...
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When Elon Musk was a 20-something entrepreneur pushing his first startup, he claimed to a potential investor that he couldn't possibly fail at business because he was the reincarnation of one of the greatest warriors in all of human history, according to a new book. Washington Post reporter Faiz Siddiqui recounted the exchange between Musk and...
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Luigi Mangione, accused of gunning down an insurance executive in cold blood in a slaying that has divided Americans, pleaded not guilty to murder charges Friday, after he was arraigned in court.Mangione has now been charged in both New York state and federal court over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He pleaded not guilty to...
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After President Donald Trump's administration revoked hundreds of student visas and threatened deportation for participants of pro-Palestinian campus protests, international students told AFP they were reconsidering their dreams of earning degrees in the United States.Trump has launched a crackdown on higher education in recent weeks, accusing...
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Venezuela's attorney general accused Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele of "human trafficking" and suggested he face international justice for accepting cash to jail deportees from the United States.Over 230 Venezuelans were flown in March to Bukele's notorious CECOT prison, along with around a dozen Salvadorans, under a $6 million deal struck by...
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President Donald Trump is fighting battles on multiple fronts, from foreign conflicts to self-inflicted trade wars.But it was an NFL snub that caught the MAGA leader's attention Friday afternoon.University of Colorado star Shedeur Sanders — son of Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders — was widely expected to be drafted in the first round of...
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A Trump administration official fired off a new threat this week to an old foe — sanctuary cities.Florida Immigration Coalition policy expert Thomas Kennedy posted a letter on X from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatening to withhold funding from local governments if they don't comply with President Donald Trump's mass immigration...
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ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. A Treasury Department inspector general is probing efforts by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to obtain private taxpayer data and other sensitive information,...
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A social media clash erupted Friday between JD Vance and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) after the Democratic lawmaker criticized President Donald Trump and his vice president for the arrest of a judge.The online jabs began to fly shortly after it was spotted that FBI Director Kash Patel deleted a tweet that announced the arrest of a Wisconsin judge accused...
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President Donald Trump expressed optimism that Russia's long-simmering war in Ukraine was nearing a conclusion as he encouraged face-to-face peace talks between the two countries.The comments came Friday on the president's Truth Social platform just as Trump touched down in Rome to join other world leaders for the funeral of Pope Francis."Just...
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The Justice Department's case for criminally charging a Wisconsin county judge for allegedly interfering with the arrest of an unauthorized immigrant is "absurd" and manufactured out of whole cloth, an attorney who chairs the state's Elections Commission wrote in a lengthy thread on X.Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI on Friday and accused...
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Whether a "chainsaw," per Elon Musk, or "scalpel," as President Trump has said — the Trump administration is making deep cuts to the federal government within its first 100 days.And Trump has appointed personal allies with little experience in government to key cabinet positions.For the civil servants working to enact the missions of these...
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Billionaire Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg is yanking support for two private schools he and his wife founded to serve underprivileged communities in the Bay Area, reported The New York Times — blindsiding parents who rely on those schools and leading some to wonder if it has anything to do with President Donald Trump's crusade against diversity...
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Attorney General Pam Bondi is ramping up her efforts to find the "leakers" within the Trump administration with threats to subpoena journalists, Axios reported.The former Biden administration had instituted a policy against subpoenaing journalists, which Bondi is now moving to rescind."I have concluded that it is necessary to rescind Merrick...
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A former prosecutor tore into the Trump administration on Friday after Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested on charges of obstructing justice.Former state and federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner filmed a brief video on YouTube after Dugan's arrest. Last week, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Eduardo...
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier directed state law enforcement to stop arresting migrants under a controversial, recently-passed state law, after a federal judge who had already ordered the law expressed outrage that she was being ignored.According to Fox News, Uthmeier's order "comes after U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams said during...
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Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) faced angry town hall attendees on Friday afternoon back home, with one attendee demanding he "do more" to impeach President Donald Trump.One woman CNN showed in a video asked Ossoff why there were no calls for Trump to be impeached. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) announced on April 5 that he would submit his articles of impeachment in...
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President Donald Trump is likely to be greeted with a blunt snub when he arrives for the funeral of Pope Francis, The Daily Beast reported on Friday: a poor seat assignment.Although Trump confirmed he would attend the funeral earlier than almost any other world leader, per the report, "the thin-skinned president—who famously mocked former...
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' tour headlined with this word has drawn more than 107,000 Americans in blue and deep-red states alike. Former President Joe Biden's use of it in his farewell speech prompted a spike in Google searches. And one recent poll found that a majority of U.S. voters, including 54% of Democrats and more than two-thirds of...
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The cheap online retailers AliExpress, Shein and Temu officially raised prices this week, citing President Donald Trump's tariffs on China. Currently, the tariff on Chinese imports is 145%. The Verge reported Friday that Chinese imports are impacting consumers for products like electronics, cars and clothing.Shein and Temu warned shoppers last week...
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The Supreme Court is set to hear an Oklahoma case that will force the justices to choose between allowing more religious control of public schools or "respecting the wishes of the Founding Fathers," according to a new article in The Atlantic.History professor Adam Laats laid out how, "In 2023, the Oklahoma government approved an application from...
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President Donald Trump's so-called "border czar" sent threats on social media following the arrest of a judge. Tom Homan posted threats on X after the FBI arrested a Wisconsin judge who authorities said helped an immigrant by allowing them to exit a different part of the courtroom. The government alleged it was her way of obstructing justice. Homan...
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President Donald Trump defended his administration following reports that White House officials may have tipped off Wall Street executives about a possible upcoming trade deal with India, The Washington Post reported.Trump made the comments Friday while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, where he admitted it was impossible for him to know...
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President Donald Trump vowed not to raise taxes on the rich to pay for his agenda — and handed a major win to the Democrats' left, a key player in the MAGA movement said Friday.Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon said if the GOP had hiked taxes, it would have gutted "the AOC-Bernie 'oligarchy tour.'”MSNBC Opinion Editor James Downie also believes...
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A new economic survey spells out a dire threat to President Donald Trump and to the country as a whole, reported Politico on Friday.The consumer expectations index, compiled by the University of Michigan, "has dropped by 32 percent since January, the sharpest three-month decline since the U.S. was rocked by a recession in 1990," reported Sam...
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President Donald Trump has long touted his tough stance on immigration as one of the top mandates granted to him by voters. But according to a new piece in Politico, the administration may soon switch course to allow some Christian refugees to remain in the U.S. and avoid deportation.This, after an unknown number of Christian Afghan migrants...
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President Donald Trump on Friday said major news related to conflicts in Africa would soon be on its way, which he griped had "fallen” on his administration to handle. Trump took to his Truth Social platform to issue the vague presidential message, though he offered no specifics or timeline for the promised upcoming announcement.ALSO READ:...
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WallBuilders, LLC, a company founded by evangelical author and activist David Barton, is now selling a special "Founders' Bible" as a "Mother's Day" gift. The new version of the holy book includes special essays by Barton and others between passages, wrote Peter Montgomery on Friday for the liberal organization People for the American Way's (PFAW)...
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's personal cellphone is turning up online on multiples sites, including social media and a fantasy sport site, according to a New York Times report. It's posing significant security fears.The phone number is the same one that was used in the Signal chat in which Hegseth shared sensitive information about air...
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The Trump administration will essentially formalize Elon Musk's disruption of the federal government with its new budget proposal — even after the tech billionaire prepares to return to private business.The proposed 2026 budget includes steep cuts that would eliminate some federal programs and shred the social safety net, cutting billions of...
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Career officials within the Trump adminstration had been trying behind the scenes to return wrongly-deported Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States after learning he had been sent to the infamous Salvadoran CECOT megaprison — but these efforts were shut down by White House officials early on, reported The Atlantic on...
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GOP Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is urging President Donald Trump to end the war in Ukraine — or be seen as a "patsy.""IVE SEEN ENOUGH KILLING OF INNOCENT UKRAINIAN women + children. President Trump pls put the toughest of sanctions on Putin. U ought to c from clear evidence that he is playing America as a patsy,” the 91-year-old posted on...
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Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R-IN) appeared in an X video praising the so-called "Three-Fifths Compromise," established at the Constitutional Convention. The law determined that, for the purposes of representation in Congress and the Electoral College, slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person. Beckwith posted the video in response to...
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President Donald Trump took a moment Friday afternoon to prod Volodymyr Zelensky, complaining on social media that the Ukrainian president hasn't signed his "very important" deal.Trump's recent rare earth mineral deal reportedly involves securing access to critical minerals, reducing dependence on China, and strengthening U.S. security and the...
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Disgraced former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) broke down in tears while being sentenced to 87 months in prison for fraud, CNN's Brynn Gingras told anchors Boris Sanchez and Brianna Keilar on Friday.Santos had barely even been elected when it was revealed he had lied about virtually his entire campaign biography, from where he previously worked to his...
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Independent voters helped propel Donald Trump to his second term in office because they viewed Kamala Harris and the Democrats "as the real threats to democracy," The Brookings Institution reported. But as America nears 100 days since Trump took office, new polling revealed that the same bloc soured on Trump due to at least one of his major...
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Former Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has brought a different approach to dealing with Republicans and Donald Trump since he was elected to a Senate seat in 2024 representing the state despite being warned things run differently there.According to a report from Politico's Hailey Fuchs, the California Democrat has brought a more confrontational style to...
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Staffers for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency are constructing a "deportation machine" using the sensitive data they've scooped up across the federal government, according to a new report.Sources familiar with the plans told CNN that DOGE employees intend to create a centralized repository of data from the Internal Revenue Service,...
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Former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on Friday after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.Santos confessed to a number of schemes, which included lying to Congress, money laundering and fraudulently receiving unemployment benefits."Remember during his sentencing today, George...
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A major supporter of Donald Trump's tariffs, who was appointed this year as executive director of the Office of Trade Relations at Customs and Border Protection, has been banished after a picture of him attending the wedding of one the president's critics was circulated this week.According to a report from the Washington Post, George E. Bogden was...
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The sometimes cold and often frozen relationship between Russia and the U.S. has gotten a lot warmer since President Trump took office. And even though the American drive to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine may be faltering, the desire to do big business deals with the Kremlin has not. We go to Moscow to look at how the relationship...
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Former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on Friday after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Santos confessed to a number of schemes, which included lying to Congress, money laundering and fraudulently receiving unemployment benefits.The Santos legal team argued that he should only...
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FBI director Kash Patel deleted a tweet that announced the arrest a Wisconsin judge accused of trying to help an undocumented migrant avoid arrest."Just NOW, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction — after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week," Patel posted...
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Steve Bannon, the right-wing podcaster and former adviser to President Donald Trump during his first term, made a bold prediction for Politico about the future of the current White House press secretary."After she's spokesman for a year or two, I think she's going to get a Cabinet position. Maybe chief of staff,” Bannon told correspondent Adam...
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Federal agents arrested a Wisconsin judge accused of trying to help an undocumented migrant avoid arrest.Last week, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican immigrant accused of misdemeanor battery, and he then appeared April 18 before Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who FBI director Kash Patel...
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President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. may have to "attack" Iran's nuclear sites to prevent the Islamic Republic from building a nuclear weapon, according to a new report in TIME. CNN's Alayna Treene discussed TIME's interview on Friday's Situation Room. "He said that he would be open to meeting with Iran's supreme leader," Treene said,...
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"America is pissed,” Rick Wilson said in his latest "elephant in the room” segment. The conservative went through the latest polling numbers, calling them "a systemic collapse happening across every public and private poll.” It's not just top-level approval; the "cataclysmic fall off” includes the economy. "He is in the ditch,” Wilson...
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Safety for first responders is paramount at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Which is why its employees, and the first responders who rely on their research and data, are shocked by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s cuts, according to a new POLITICO report. "[The research has] all been put on pause,” Hannah Echt, a union...
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The funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, will take place Saturday. After a multi-lingual mass in St Peter's Square, his coffin will be taken to the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, in central Rome, for burial. Here is the official programme of the ceremonies:05:30 (0330 GMT) St Peter's Square opens.09:30 (0730 GMT) US President Donald...
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US President Donald Trump headed to Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis, the unexpected first foreign trip of his second term in which he will face foreign leaders including Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.Trump had a distant relationship with the late pontiff who did not hesitate to criticize him sharply on his signature policy of mass...
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US President Donald Trump has insisted Chinese leader Xi Jinping called him despite Beijing denials of any contact between the two countries over their bitter trade dispute.In an interview conducted on April 22 with TIME Magazine and published Friday, the US president did not say when the call took place or specify what was discussed."He's called,"...
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday steered clear of describing the Ottoman Empire's World War I-era mass killings of Armenians as "genocide," a reversal from his predecessor Joe Biden.Turkey, whose leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has forged close ties with Trump, has long denied genocide and angrily sought to block any international use of the...
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