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Defiant ex-prosecutor testifies to Trump’s ‘criminal’ election plot
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Trump says it would be ‘smart’ for Venezuela’s Maduro to step down
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Trump sending aircraft strike group to region as war fears rise
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Trump says US to repatriate survivors of strike on ‘drug-carrying submarine’ in Caribbean
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Caribbean-American legislators blame Trump, Republicans for US gov’t shutdown
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