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The US President Joe Biden
The US President Joe Biden
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United States imposes more sanctions on Russian ‘military complex’

The United States has imposed new sanctions on Russia as a result of its illegal annexation of four regions of Ukraine. The US Treasury Department says it is targeting the “military-industrial complex” behind the war in Ukraine including two international suppliers, three leaders of Russia’s financial infrastructure, immediate family members of some senior Russian officials,

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ELKHART, IN - MAY 10: President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a campaign rally on May 10, 2018 in Elkhart, Indiana. The crowd filled the 7,500-person-capacity gymnasium. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Trump hails the ‘abolition of civil rights’ as one of America’s greatest accomplishments

The American President Donald Trump accidentally told an audience of global religious leaders that America’s greatest accomplishments include the “abolition of civil rights.”  Speaking at National Prayer Breakfast held in Washington,Trump said, “Since the founding of our nation, many of our greatest strides, from gaining our independence to abolition of civil rights, to extending the

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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 12: Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, arrives at federal court for his sentencing hearing, December 12, 2018 in New York City. Cohen is set to be sentenced by a federal judge after pleading guilty in August to several charges, including multiple counts of tax evasion, a campaign finance violation and lying to Congress. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)
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Former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen jailed for three years

Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison for crimes including hush-money payments that US prosecutors say Mr Trump ordered. He is the first member of Mr Trump’s inner circle to be jailed over the special counsel’s inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election. He has pleaded

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Donald Trump: Oil prices should be much lower

United States President  Donald Trump on Monday said he hopes Saudi Arabia and OPEC don’t cut oil production hours after the Saudi energy minister indicated the country would reduce its output next month. “Hopefully, Saudi Arabia and OPEC will not be cutting oil production. Oil prices should be much lower based on supply!” Trump tweeted Monday

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Limousine crash leaves 20 dead in New York state

A limousine carrying several couples to a birthday party failed to stop at an intersection in upstate New York and struck a parked vehicle, killing 20 people in the deadliest transportation accident in the United States in nearly a decade, according to authorities and a family member. Everyone in the limousine died along with two

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Brett Kavanaugh on course for US Supreme Court

President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is all but certain to be appointed later, after two key senators said sexual misconduct claims against the judge would not prevent them from backing him. If Mr Kavanaugh is approved in a final Senate vote – likely to happen from 8.30pm (UK time) on Saturday – Mr

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FBI interviews second Brett Kavanaugh accuser

FBI agents have interviewed one of the three women who have accused US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. The White House insisted it was not “micromanaging” the new one-week review of Kavanaugh’s background but some Democrats claimed the White House was keeping investigators from interviewing certain witnesses. President Donald Trump, for his

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