The president’s decision to sell the weapons in a way that bypassed congressional review infuriated lawmakers from both parties.
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Accused of racism, Trump blasts black congressman as racist
The president lashes out again at Rep. Elijah Cummings, the son of former sharecroppers who rose to become the powerful chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee.
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Trump grants pardons or commutations to seven people
The action brings to 19 the total number of people to whom the president has granted executive clemency since taking office.
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House Republicans plan retreat in Baltimore, despite Trump’s attacks
House Republicans have scheduled their yearly policy retreat for a downtown Baltimore hotel in September.
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Another View: New asylum policy undercuts due process
The Trump administration has pushed immigration policy across the line from law enforcement to immoral acts.
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Insight: Is Trump stressing us out?
Increasing numbers of Americans report being worried or angry, at rates similar to the residents of countries like Iran and Rwanda.
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UMaine professor compelled to make art at the border
Activist-artist Susan Smith of Dover-Foxcroft has been traveling extensively to Texas.
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Another View: World trade slowed by Trump’s policies
The International Monetary Fund forecasts a deceleration in global growth brought on by U.S. trade wars.
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U.S., Guatemala sign agreement to restrict asylum cases
The ‘safe third country’ agreement would require migrants who cross into Guatemala on their way to the U.S. to apply for protections there instead of at the U.S. border.
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Marc A. Thiessen: Mueller’s testimony good for Trump – and Pelosi
Some Democrats keep pushing for impeachment, but the former special counsel’s testimony did not give them much to work with.