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Trump White House asked DOJ to explore new Reflecting Pool charges, sources say
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s White House has asked the Justice Department to examine potential new charges related to alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool despite the department's decision to drop prior cases, according to two
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Reuters
Democratic senators question Belgian diamond industry about ring given to Trump
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Two Democratic senators are demanding answers from two Belgian firms about an 18-carat gold ring encrusted with 321 diamonds that was given to U.S. President Donald Trump weeks before the U.S. exempted Europe's diamond industry from new tariffs.
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Reuters
Trump says his plane faced 'greater risk' in secret flight change
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he secretly switched planes in Turkey last month at the direction of the U.S. Secret Service, but that the plane he ultimately flew on was still more vulnerable than Air Force One.
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AP News
Why the elaborate ruse Trump used in Turkey isn't like other secret presidential trips
President Donald Trump's secretive overseas trip out of Turkey in July has raised eyebrows because his advisers went to extraordinary lengths to conceal his whereabouts from the public
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Reuters
'If I go, you go, right?': Traveling on the presidential plane - without Trump
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - From the beginning, something didn't add up. During the closing hours of the NATO Leaders' Summit in Ankara in July, U.S.
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Rolling Stone
Trump Hid in an Airport Catering Cart Amid Iranian Threat: Report
Journalists and some White House staff were aboard the legacy Air Force One that served as a “decoy,” according to The Washington Post
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USA Today
Trump used catering truck, Air Force One decoy to slip out of Turkey
Trump boarded Air Force One in Turkey amid an Iranian threat. Then came the secret switch using a second plane, a truck and a catering container.
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AP News
The Latest: Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle
President Donald Trump says that since Iran is seeking compensation as part of any peace talks, he’ll demand the same
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AP News
The Latest: Trump signs executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held belief that certain shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits
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AP News
Todd Blanche is sworn in as attorney general after bruising confirmation fight
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, has been sworn in as attorney general after a bruising confirmation fight that exposed bipartisan concerns about the Justice Department’s direction under the Republican president
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AP News
Washington grapples with a National Guard deployment extended until 2029
Washington residents and officials see President Donald Trump’s extended National Guard deployment as an attempt to restrict the heavily Democratic city’s autonomy
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AP News
Trump used elaborate ruse to fly out of Turkey following summit because of Iran threat, report says
The Washington Post reports that President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month's NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft due to an Iranian assassination threat
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