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Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un hold nuclear summit in Vietnam
Donald Trump has been in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi, sitting down to shrimp cocktail, steak and chocolate pudding with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un
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Trump’s former lawyer brands President ‘racist’, ‘conman’ and ‘cheat’
There was explosive testimony from Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen today as he testified to the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill.
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Donald Trump due to hold nuclear talks with Kim Jong-un in Vietnam
President Trump has touched down in Hanoi, where he’s due to meet North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un for the second time.
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Tensions on Venezuelan border rise as US aid trucks attempt to cross
A convoy of trucks is inching towards the Venezuelan border from Colombia, defying President Nicolas Maduro who insists the aid they are carrying is not required.
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Bernie Sanders vows to run for Presidency again
He might be 77 years old but Bernie Sanders has announced he’ll run for the Presidency again.
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Trump declares emergency over Mexico border wall
Congress won’t give him the money for his wall, so President Trump is planning to build it without them.
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Donald Trump’s State of the Union: surprise standing ovation from Democrat women
Trump’s calls for co-operation on the border wall may have fallen flat, but the President took a softer tone, rather than his trademark fury at the State of the Union address.
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Are Trump’s most loyal supporters losing faith?
First it was on, then it was off, and now it’s back on again. President Trump’s State of the Union Address to Congress will finally get under way in a few hours.
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Coldest day in UK for seven years
A severe weather warning is in force across parts of the UK. Meanwhile, in some areas of the USA, at least eight people have been killed as temperatures hit record lows – even colder than the South Pole.
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Trump ends shutdown without money for his border wall
President Trump is facing a backlash from conservatives dismayed that he’s agreed a temporary end to the record 35-day US government shutdown – without funding for his border wall. Mr Trump insisted his deal was “in no way a concession” – but Democratic leaders say they’ve got the upper hand – relishing a rare victory…
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Republican political strategist Rick Wilson: Roger Stone ‘would be smart to swallow his pride and make a deal with Robert Mueller’
Rick Wilson is a Republican political strategist who is fiercely critical of Donald Trump. Roger Stone says he would plead not guilty and fight charges including witness tampering and false statements.
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Former Trump aide Roger Stone arrested by FBI as part of Russia probe
The FBI came for him before dawn, dressed in combat gear, using night-vision equipment and shouting “Open the door”, before arresting former Trump campaign aide Roger Stone as part of the investigation into alleged Russian collusion. Nothing to do with us, the White House insisted, while Stone declared he would plead not guilty and fight charges…
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Democrats to investigate claims Trump ‘told his former lawyer to lie to Congress’
The United States House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees are to investigate whether President Trump told his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress under oath. It comes after Buzzfeed News reported claims that the President instructed Mr Cohen to lie about a plan to build a Trump Tower in Russia. The President’s current lawyer, Rudy Giuliani,…
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On the frontline of the US government shutdown in Alabama
The US federal government has been shut down now for 27 days… that’s 800,000 staff who haven’t been paid – while projections of the lost economic growth have doubled. A new poll suggests President Trump’s approval rating is falling, even among his closest supporters – although he’s still blaming his Democratic rivals for the impasse…
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Reinaldo Marcus Green on new film Monsters & Men
Now what if a black man was shot by police – with the whole thing recorded by an eyewitness on his mobile phone turning the case into a national scandal, inflaming passions and dividing loyalties in the local community.