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Experts aren't expecting a "mega-deal" that would end the conflict.
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President Donald Trump arrived on Wednesday for a multi-day state visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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The billion-dollar request for the Secret Service isn't dead. But it is in doubt. Why it matters: Senate Republicans are struggling to get comfortable with providing $220 million to "harden" security at the White House complex — including President Trump's new East Wing ballroom . Zoom in: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and the White House face a long week to learn if 50 Republicans — and the Senate parliamentarian — will sign off on the new funding as part of the $72 billion ICE and Border Patrol reconciliation package. - GOP senators were unmoved by a line-item lobbying effort from Secret Service director Sean Curran in a closed-door lunch on Tuesday, first reported by Axios. - "One of the biggest concerns on our…
King Charles III read out Keir Starmer’s legislative agenda in the traditional manner, even as the British prime minister’s leadership remained under pressure.
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The president came into office planning harsher trade moves on China than on the rest of the world. Here’s why he’s had to scale them back.
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North Carolina State's Wilson College of Textiles commencement speaker announced he and his wife will pay off all seniors' final-year loans, hoping to give graduates a debt-free start to their future.
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Louisiana senators voted early Wednesday to advance a congressional map that eliminates one of the state's majority-Black districts. Why it matters: The proposed map pits U.S. Rep. Troy Carter against U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields for their seats, which are currently in two different districts, writes Piper Hutchinson of the Louisiana Illuminator . The latest: Senate committee members stayed up overnight to hear hours of testimony from residents about the proposals. - The nearly 10-hour meeting ended around 4:30am Wednesday, Hutchinson writes. - The full Senate is expected to vote Thursday on the bill, before sending it to a House committee next week. The big picture: Louisiana currently has six U.S. House districts. Four are majority-white and…
Pentagon officials told Congress they estimate the war in Iran has cost $29 billion so far. And, a new Education Scorecard shows U.S. students are improving in math.
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We preview the Trump-Xi summit.
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During Operation Metro Surge, mutual aid efforts in Minneapolis raised millions of dollars. But with most agents gone, and with increasing fatigue from community members, funds are drying up and people are moving on. Immigrants are not.
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