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Trump says Senate should simply dismiss impeachment case

The Republican president is giving mixed messages ahead of the House’s landmark vote that will launch the Senate proceedings in a matter of days.

Trump proposes major rollback of environmental oversight

“The United States can’t compete and prosper if a bureaucratic system holds us back from building what we need,” President Trump said at the White House.

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Iran fires 15 missiles at U.S. forces at Iraqi air bases

Iran fired a series of surface-to-surface missiles at an Iraqi air base housing U.S. troops early Wednesday and warned the United States and its allies in the region not to retaliate.

Trump says 52 targets are lined up if Iran retaliates

President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Iran on Saturday, threatening to hit dozens of targets in the Islamic Republic “very fast and very hard” if it retaliates for the targeted killing of the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force.

Trump declares Iranian’s general’s ‘reign of terror’ over

President Donald Trump declared Friday that a “reign of terror is over” as he marked the death of an Iranian general killed in a U.S. strike.

US sending more troops to Middle East after killing of Iran’s general

Iran vowed “harsh retaliation” for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad’s airport that killed a top Iranian general who had been the architect of its interventions across the Middle East.

US begins sending asylum seekers across Arizona border

About 30 asylum seekers were sent to Nogales, Mexico, on Thursday, said Gilda Loureiro, director of the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Sonora.

Exemptions made for Trump’s plan to curb vaping flavors

The Trump administration said Thursday it will prohibit fruit, candy, mint and dessert flavors from e-cigarettes, but menthol and tobacco-flavors will remain on the market.