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Trump shows customary disdain for protocol as poker-faced Netanyahu watches on
- President's impromptu news conference in company of Benjamin Netanyahu touched on Gaza, the possibility of further strikes on Iran's nuclear program and Israel's tensions with Syria Hosting Benjamin Netanyahu for the fifth time since returning to the White House 11 months ago, Donald Trump gave a performance on Monday that provided a microcosm of his now customary disdain for foreign policy protocol. In an ...

Source: theguardian.com
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Trump says US hit dock for Venezuela drug boats
- The United States hit and destroyed a docking area for alleged Venezuela drug boats, President Donald Trump said Monday, in what could amount to the first land strike of the military campaign against trafficking from Latin America. The US leader's confirmation of the incident comes as he ramps up a pressure campaign against Venezuela's leftist President Nicolas Maduro, who has accused Trump of seeking regime ...

Source: digitaljournal.com
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Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen over weapons shipment it claims UAE sent to separatists
- Attack signals new escalation in tensions between the kingdom and UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen's port city of Mukalla on Tuesday, targeting what it said was a weapons shipment from the United Arab Emirates meant for the Southern Transitional Council (STC), a Yemeni separatist force. The UAE said that the Saudi strike "surprised" it, and that the struck shipment did not contain ...

Source: theguardian.com
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Accused D.C. pipe bomber told authorities "something just snapped," DOJ says
- The man  accused of planting pipe bombs  outside the Democratic and Republican national committee headquarters on Jan. 5, 2021, told investigators that he believed that the 2020 election had been tampered with and he felt "someone needs to speak up," the Justice Department said in a court filing Sunday.  The Justice Department said that over the course of 90 minutes, Brian Cole, who was arrested in ...

Source: cbsnews.com
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What we learned about the state of the Trump coalition in conversations with 50 voters this year
- A set of focus groups featuring 2024 Trump voters showed them largely sticking with the president, but they also showed discontent around the economy and immigration. The voters who put President Donald Trump back in the White House last year still largely support him. But they are increasingly disagreeing with the president on issues like the economy and immigration, raising questions about the strength of his ...

Source: nbcnews.com