Foreign Aid Terminated, Migrants At Guantánamo, Legal Challenges To Federal Firings

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Trump Meets With China's Xi, Asia's View Of Summit, Trump Targets Law Firms

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for more than two hours at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, with the CEOs of Apple, Tesla and NVIDIA in the room as both sides look to stabilize a trade relationship that has been on shaky ground for years. China's read ...  Show more

Trump In China, Hegseth Requests Wartime Budget, FDA Commissioner Resigns

President Trump is in Beijing today meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping, with American manufacturers hoping for tariff relief even as the war in Iran looms over the high-stakes summit.The Pentagon told Congress they estimate the war in Iran has cost $29 billion dollars so far. D ...  Show more

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