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US to leave 200 American peacekeepers in Syria after pullout
US President Donald Trump in December ordered a withdrawal of the 2,000 American troops in Syria, saying they had defeated Islamic State militants there.
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Bernie Sanders, from gadfly to serious White House contender
Bernie Sanders, a 77-year-old US Senator from Vermont, announced that he will join an already crowded field of candidates seeking to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020.
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Sixteen states sue Trump over border wall emergency
The lawsuit said the president's order was contrary to the Presentment Clause that outlines legislative procedures and the Appropriations Clause, which defines Congress as the final arbiter of public funds.
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Europeans reject Trump's call to repatriate Syria jihadists
In London, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said the IS foreign fighters should be tried where they are captured.
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White House gets report that could trigger auto tariffs
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has labelled as 'frightening' the prospect that European car imports could be declared a national security threat to the US.
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Critics urge Presidents Day protests against Trump's emergency declaration
Organisers of the demonstrations said they would be held throughout the day in towns and cities including Washington, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
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Japan PM nominated Trump for Nobel after US request - report
Washington sounded out Tokyo over the possibility of nominating Trump for the prize after his landmark summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in June 2018.
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US battle commander: Isil ‘caliphate’ on brink of defeat in Syria
President Donald Trump has sworn to pull US forces from Syria after Islamic State’s territorial defeat.
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US-China trade talks: What’s under debate
President Donald Trump said the talks were going ‘extremely well, while his advisors deep in the details warned there was still ‘much work’ to do.
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Maduro blasts US for ‘stealing’ billions and offering ‘crumbs’
The country is in the midst of an economic crisis that has left millions in poverty and facing shortages of basic necessities such as food and medicine.
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Emergency does 'great violence' to Constitution: Democrats
Officials said the president's unlawful declaration over a crisis that does not exist does great violence to the Constitution and makes America less safe.
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Trump puts on weight, but in 'very good health:' doctor
The US president has described his chief exercise as walking around the White House compound and standing up at public events.
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US Congress poised to vote on border measure without Trump wall
Donald Trump triggered a 35-day-long shutdown of about a quarter of the federal government with his December demand for $5.7 billion to help build a wall.
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Trump, Colombian president meet over Venezuela crisis
Washington has thrown its full weight behind Juan Guaido, recognising him as interim president, demanding that Nicolas Maduro step aside.
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Trump mulls border wall deal ending threat to government
At nearly $1.4 billion for wall construction, the budget agreed by Republican and Democratic lawmakers was far less than the $5.7 billion that Donald Trump wanted.
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US lawmakers reach tentative deal to avoid govt shutdown
A congressional aide, who asked not to be identified, said the outline of the deal included $1.37 billion for erecting new fencing along the southern border.
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California to pull troops from border in apparent riposte to Trump
In a similar move, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham last week ordered most National Guard troops deployed at the state’s border with Mexico to withdraw.
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Humanitarian aid used as weapon in Maduro-Guaido conflict
Maduro insists the shortages plaguing the country are caused by Washington's punitive sections, and he has vowed to stop the "spectacle of fake humanitarian aid."
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US Sen. Warren launches 2020 campaign, sounds note of economic equality
Warren, 69, has made workers’ rights, fair wages and access to healthcare central to her campaign.
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Trump says summit with Kim to take place in Hanoi
North Korea has yet to provide any official confirmation of the summit and Kim Jong Un appeared to make no mention of it during a meeting earlier with the top brass of the Korean People's Army.
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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
