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Trump love not enough to bring back coal

New York, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday to revive America’s coal industry by rolling back regulation, but energy experts expressed doubt his moves would significantly boost prospects for the controversial energy source. Trump, flanked by coal miners and Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, a …

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Spy fiction? Byzantine Russia tale envelops Washington

Washington, United States | AFP | Secret meetings, phone taps, Russian oil money and mysterious intelligence dossiers: the swirling scandal over Donald Trump’s ties to Moscow has all the makings of a classic spy novel — whose ending has yet to be written. But the maelstrom engulfing Washington over Russia’s …

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ANALYSIS: The buck stops with Trump

Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office on Friday evening in an unfamiliar position — having to own failure. His health care reform, his very first significant legislative proposal, had fallen at the first hurdle in a friendly Congress. For sure, the 70-year-old businessman …

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Trump forced to pull health care bill in major setback

Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump on Friday asked House Speaker Paul Ryan to withdraw an embattled Republican health care bill, moments before a vote, signaling a major political defeat for the US president. “The speaker talked to the president at three o’clock today and the president asked the …

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US stocks dip as Trump health vote delayed

New York, United States | AFP | US stocks dipped Thursday as the House of Representatives delayed a vote on a health care replacement bill seen as a barometer of congressional support for President Donald Trump’s agenda. Trump and Republican congressional leaders had pushed hard for the bill, which would undo …

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COMMENT: War against the west

The most dangerous enemies of the West are people who often claim to be saving it, such as Orbán, France’s Marine Le Pen, the Netherlands’ Geert Wilders, Kaczyński, and Trump.  By: Ian Buruma In 1938, Aurel Kolnai, a Hungarian philosopher of Jewish origin living in exile, published his most famous …

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Supreme Court nominee on Trump: ‘No man above the law’

Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, stated repeatedly at his confirmation hearing Tuesday that “no man is above the law,” as senators grilled him on his willingness to take on the nation’s commander in chief. The hearing unfolded along partisan lines in …

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Bill Gates again world’s richest man; Trump slips

New York, United States | AFP | Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates once again topped the Forbes magazine list of the world’s more than 2,000 billionaires, while US President Donald Trump slipped more than 200 spots, the magazine said Monday. Gates, whose wealth is estimated at $86 billion, led the list …

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Ninth grandchild on the way for Trump

New York, United States | AFP |  President Donald Trump is about to become a grandfather for the ninth time after his son Eric revealed on Monday that he and wife Lara are expecting their first child. “@LaraLeaTrump & I are excited to announce that we are adding a boy …

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