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Trump ignores critics, to unveil Israel-Palestinian peace plan
Long-held secret, the plan will finally be aired jointly by Trump and visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
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Trump lawyers call for immediate acquittal in legal, political defence
In part of his legal filing, Trump’s lawyers cast their arguments in unabashedly political terms.
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Michael Bloomberg: 'I'm spending all my money to get rid of Trump'
Ranked by Forbes as the eighth-richest American, Bloomberg has flooded US airwaves and social media feeds with messages that he stands the best chance to beat Trump.
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White House tells Democrats it will not participate in Trump impeachment hearing
In a letter to Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, White House counsel Pat Cipollone called the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry 'completely baseless'.
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Democrat Kamala Harris ends 2020 White House bid
The exit of the progressive senator leaves 15 candidates in the battle to see who challenges President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election.
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W.House welcomes release of Western hostages in Afghanistan
American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks were handed over to US forces by the Taliban Tuesday in a successful swap for three high-ranking insurgent prisoners that could boost peace talks.
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Adviser tells lawmakers Trump Ukraine call raised national security concerns
Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman became the first current White House staff member to testify in the Democratic-led House of Representatives inquiry into whether to impeach the Republican president.
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White House blocks US diplomat impeachment probe testimony
Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland had voluntarily agreed to be deposed by House Democrats who were expected to press him about Trump's effort this year to pressure Ukraine into investigating a political rival, his lawyer said.
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White House to host meeting with tech executives on Huawei ban: sources
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will also attend the White House event, to which chipmakers Intel Corp and Qualcomm Inc have been invited, the people said.
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Trump under fire for attacks on Democratic congresswomen
Trump also accused the four first-term congresswomen - who are of Hispanic, Arab, Somali and African American origin - of having "love" for US "enemies like Al-Qaeda."
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Trump, producer-president, makes 4th July his own show
Trump may be commander in chief but he's also head showman and on Thursday he'll turn Independence Day into a personal primetime extravaganza.
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Palestinians deserve self-determination - Kushner
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that the Palestinians deserve 'self-determination,' but stopped short of backing Palestinian statehood and expressed uncertainty over their ability to govern themselves.
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Trump to visit Ireland on trip to Europe
The 5 June visit to Ireland is part of a planned European tour for the president that will include stops in Britain and France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the World War II D-Day landings in Normandy.
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White House defends aid cuts to Central America
Trump announced the aid cut-off to El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala last week and threatened once again to close the US border with Mexico in response to the migrant surge.
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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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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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In anti-Maduro push, US warns traders not to deal in Venezuelan gold
Venezuela’s struggle to pay its debts even to allies Russia and China amid a sharp drop in oil output has been exacerbated by the new sanctions.
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US 'jihadist' sought to attack White House - FBI
Byung Pak, the US attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, announced the arrest of Hasher Taheb of Cumming, Georgia late Wednesday.
