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US congressional delegation seeks to reassure Denmark and Greenland after Trump's threats
A U.S. congressional delegation has reassured Denmark and Greenland of American support amid tensions over President Trump's interest in acquiring Greenland.
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Ukrainian delegation arrives in US for peace talks as Russia hammers energy sites
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Iran's leader calls Trump a 'criminal' for backing protests and blames demonstrators for deaths
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Here's where Trump's most jaw-dropping promises stand a year into his second term
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Actor Timothy Busfield's attorneys say an investigation undermines state's child sex abuse charges
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A regional passenger aircraft with 11 people is missing in Indonesia and a search is underway
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Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can't detain or tear gas peaceful protesters
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Tennessee judge grants expanded media access to state-run executions
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Pakistan road crashes kill at least 24 people and injure 45 others
Sri Lanka unveils a rare purple star sapphire claimed to be the biggest of its kind
As Trump's deadline for a cap on credit card rates looms, banks have only questions and no answers
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Trump confidants, former British leader and Middle East officials are at forefront of US Gaza plan
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How abortion coverage threatens to prevent a congressional deal on health care subsidies
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Horses leap through flames and pets go to church in Spanish animal rituals honoring St. Anthony
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NASA's new moon rocket heads to the pad ahead of astronaut launch as early as February
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Egypt and Sudan welcome Trump's offer to mediate Nile River dam dispute
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Journalists in Bangladesh demand protection amid rising attacks
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Analysis: Canada's leader leaves China pronouncing success, but Trump lurks in the background
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Syrian government forces enter northern towns after Kurdish fighters withdraw
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term as opposition rejects results
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Family of Iranian protester searched for her body in a pile of corpses and buried her on a roadside
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Things to know about the High Seas Treaty as it takes effect
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Trump's Twin Cities immigration crackdown has made chaos and tension the new normal
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Why US cities are reverting 1-way streets back to their original 2-way design
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Sen. Thom Tillis takes on the White House, but not Trump
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FAA urges pilots to exercise caution over eastern Pacific, citing 'military activities'
Trump issues a flurry of pardons, including for a woman whose sentence he commuted in his first term
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Supreme Court will hear appeal by maker of popular Roundup weedkiller to block thousands of lawsuits
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ICE says Cuban immigrant died while attempting suicide. A witness says guards pinned and choked him
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