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With eye on 2020, Trump seizes on abortion issue
In a State of the Union speech that had been billed as promoting unity, Donald Trump seized upon one of the most sensitive and divisive issues in the country
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Trump stokes Democrats' Virginia turmoil as scandal snares Republican
Donald Trump predicted the turmoil in Virginia over racially offensive behaviour and alleged sexual assault would help flip the state back into the Republican column in 2020.
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Drug-maker GSK's profit gets a Trump bump
Profit after tax soared to £3.62 billion last year compared with £1.53 billion in 2017 as the multinational paid less tax under US President Donald Trump's reforms.
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[WATCH] Search for the next Obama to take on Trump in 2020
The next Obama: How the former US president looms over the 2020 race.
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Trump seeks to 'eliminate HIV' in US within 10 years
Trump used his State of the Union address on Tuesday to call for a bipartisan commitment to eradicate AIDS in the United States within a decade.
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'I will get it built,' Trump tells Congress of border wall
Trump vowed Tuesday to get his disputed border wall built despite Democratic opposition, even as he urged Congress to "work together" and forge a deal on border security.
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Can Trump use 'emergency powers' to build border wall?
Donald Trump is frustrated by the continuing high level of migrants, mostly from Central America, crossing the border and seeking asylum, with more than 50,000 a month detained during the final three months of 2018.
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Trump says US military intervention in Venezuela 'an option,' Russia object
The United States, Canada and several Latin American countries have disavowed Nicolas Maduro over his disputed re-election last year.
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Trump says sending military to Venezuela 'an option' - CBS
Trump said President Nicolas Maduro requested a meeting months ago and he turned down the Venezuela leader.
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Netanyahu's Likud uses Trump photo in Israeli election billboard
Trump is popular in Israel because of his tough policies toward the Palestinians and Iran and his transfer last May of the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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Trump steps up attacks on Pelosi for opposing border wall funds
Trump has said the wall is needed to curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
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Trump 'serious' about Afghan withdrawal, Taliban says
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid spoke to AFP via WhatsApp a day after the US said talks with the militants are 'on the right path'.
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Trump says talks on wall are a 'waste of time'
Donald Trump made no mention of another closure, however, and suggested he will declare a national emergency on the border.
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Trump reverses course, says he and US intelligence 'in agreement'
He now alleges testimony by the country's top spies had been "distorted" by journalists - one of his favourite targets.
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Feng shui masters say Trump secrets could be nosed out in Year of Pig
Taiwanese fortune-teller Tsai Shang-chi explained that the pig can be a particularly bad year for those born in the year of the dog - which includes Donald Trump.
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Trump phones Venezuela's Guaido as US pushes for Maduro to go
The White House said Donald Trump and Juan Guaido agreed to maintain regular communication after Venezuelan authorities opened an investigation that could lead to Guaido’s arrest.
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Trump confidant Roger Stone, indicted by Mueller, pleads not guilty
Roger Stone, 66, is charged with lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction in relation to his contacts with WikiLeaks.
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Shutdown costs pegged at $3 billion as US government reopens
The longest shutdown in US history ended on Friday when Trump and Congress agreed to temporary government funding - without money for his wall.
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Sanctions, peace deal on cards for new US-North Korea summit
North Korea watchers believe that Kim Jong Un’s primary goal is relief from international sanctions and doubt he will suddenly give up his nuclear arsenal.
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Donald Trump climbs down in wall row
But while the president climbed down in agreeing to reopen the government without first getting $5.7 billion in border wall funds, he still threatened to renew hostilities with a new shutdown.
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Trump longtime ally Stone charged in US Special Counsel probe
Roger Stone faces one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of making false statements and one count of witness tampering.
